Get Lit! Tina Knowles ‘Matriarch’ and More Books By Black Authors This April

April is definitely here because we’re being showered with books! Let’s start with the mother mogul known as Tina Knowles. The woman who brought up Beyoncé and Solange is sharing her life experience and laying out the blueprint for Black mothers who want to stand in their power in her engaging new memoir, Matriarch.

A colorful children’s book from Georgia senator and reverend Raphael G. Warnock reminds us that miracles can still make a difference in Leo’s Lunch Box. Pamela Thomas-Graham shares the photographic collection that helped her grieve the loss of her husband, author Lawrence Otis Graham.

Break out your reading umbrella and dive under this major stack of books by Black authors coming out in April 2025.

Gursha: Timeless Recipes for Modern Kitchens, from Ethiopia, Israel, Harlem, and Beyond

Beejhy Barhany and Elisa Ung (April 1)

Price: $20

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If We Were a Movie

Zakiya N. Jamal (April 1)

Two high school rivals find friendship and more working at a historic Black-owned movie theater.

Price: $20

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Rewrite Your Rules

Morgan DeBaun (April 1)

A handy guide to achieving more by making radical life changes.

Price: $30

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The Family I’m In

Sharon D. Flake (April 1)

Examining the complex relationships between Black boys and their fathers, and what it truly means to be a man.

Price: $19

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High Functioning: Overcome Your Hidden Depression and Reclaim Your Joy

Judith Joseph (April 8)

A five-tool guide to break the cycle of high functioning depression to experience more joy in your life.

Price: $27

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Prose to the People: A Celebration of Black Bookstores

Katie Mitchell (April 8)

Black bookstores get due deferance for being centers of history, community, activism and culture in this collection with an original foreword by Nikki Giovanni.

Price: $27

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When Words Fail: A Photographic Journey through New York City

Pamela Thomas-Graham (April 8)

The businesswoman turned amateur photographer captures New York City as an outlet to grieve her husband’s death.

Price: $56

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Matriarch: A Memoir

Tina Knowles (April 22)

Mother and mogul Knowles shares her extraoridinary life story and reveals the power of Black motherhood.

Price: $35

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Gold Coast Dilemma: A Novel

Nana Malone (April 29)

A Ghanaian American heiress in love must choose between culture and a love connection.

Price: $19

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We’re in This Together: Leo’s Lunch Box

Raphael G. Warnock (April 22)

Based on the biblical Feeding of the Five Thousand, a magical retelling of the story, through the eyes of a young boy and his new lunch box.

Price: $20

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A Protest History of the United States

Gloria J. Browne-Marshall (April 22)

Professor Browne-Marshall revisits our history to take a deeper dive into 500 years of American resistance. “”A Protest History of the United States was written to equip everyone, especially young people, with the tools to push back against oppression today while giving historical examples of different types of protests and why protesting remains an effective strategy for social change,” the author shares with EBONY.

Price: $30

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Concrete Dreamland: Coming of Age in Underground New York

Patrick Dougher (April 29)

A personal narrative that conquers family trauma, addiction and poverty and curating a creative life in the Big Apple.

Price: $32

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