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Celebrate Black History Month

Celebrate Black History Month

Black History Month Books


From African American history to books written by Black authors, find essential fiction and nonfiction books to read during Black History Month 2026. Read Pulitzer Prize winners like Beloved by Toni Morrison or James by Percival Everett, biographies including Baldwin by Nicholas Boggs and Truly by Lionel Richie, must-read memoirs like Maya Angelou's I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, or newer release like We Refuse: A Forceful History of Black Resistance. You can even add in a cookbook with African American recipes or cookbooks by Black authors like Snoop Dogg, Kardea Brown, Toni Tipton-Martin and Michael W. Twitty. Whether you want to read research compiled over seven years of travel through thirty countries in An African History of Africa, learn about systemic racism in American schools in Original Sins, dive into the legend of Harriet Tubman, or examine the lasting impacts of slavery in America in The 1619 Project, there are a multitude of books you can choose from to learn, grow & celebrate during Black History Month.

Children's Books for Black History Month


Teach your children something new this month with a Black History picture book or kids book. Books for your littlest readers include Dream Big, Little One, a picture book featuring eighteen trailblazing Black women in American history, I am Martin Luther King, Jr., or The ABCs of Black History, an inspirational alphabet of Black history and culture. Older kids can start to learn more about important historical figures like Rosa Parks, Harriet Tubman and Martin Luther King Jr., and teens can dive deeper into historical events, slavery, racism, and the fight for equality and justice.

10 Books to Read During Black History Month 2026


Black in Fashion: 100 Years of Style, Influence & Culture
Reframing Blackness: What's Black about "History of Art"?
Fire Next Time; Nobody Knows My Name; No Name in the Street; The Devil Finds Work
Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood
Hood Feminism: Notes from the Women That a Movement Forgot
Overground Railroad: The Green Book and the Roots of Black Travel in America
Black-Owned: The Revolutionary Life of the Black Bookstore
Black Utopians: Searching for Paradise and the Promised Land in America
Without Fear: Black Women and the Making of Human Rights
Black in Blues: How a Color Tells the Story of My People