GB Books is an affordable pop-up bookstore that specializes in bespoke Black literature while promoting sustainability through recycling and resale. Our mission is to improve literacy rates within the Black community.
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Title: Finding Me
Binding: Hardcover
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Title: Yonder
Binding: Hardcover
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Title: Just As I AM
Binding: Hardcover
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Title: The Sweetness of Water
Binding: Hardcover
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Title: Master of Poisons
Binding: Hardcover
Discover pre-loved stories & reduce waste with us.
Tupac
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Genre: Arts, Photography, Music
A glimpse into the genius that is Tupac Shakur. The perfect coffee table book full of vivid imagery.
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Paperback
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Very good
Darkroom
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Genre: Arts, Photography, Music
Published by the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Darkroom features the powerful work of sixteen South African photographers and video artists from the 1950’s to the present.
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Paperback
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Very good
Black Futures
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Genre: Arts, Photography, Music
A visually stunning and dynamic mixed-media anthology of Black culture and creativity.
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Hardback
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Acceptable
(slight wear on front cover)
Black Buck
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Genre: Fiction Satire
It’s a New York Times Best Seller and cackling satire about ambition and race in America’s workforce.
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Hardback
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Very good
Americanah
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Genre: Fiction
A bit of everything. It’s a love story, a coming of age novel, and a soulful look into the immigrant experience.
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Paperback
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Good
Here For It
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Genre: Biography | LGBTQ+
A quirky and funny novel on being Black and queer in America.
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Hardback
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Very Good
No Heaven For Good Boys
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Genre: Fiction
Set in Senegal, this heart-wrenching and heart-warming read depicts the best and worst of humanity.
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Hardback
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Very good
Patsy
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Genre: Fiction | LGBTQ+
A mother moves from Jamaica to New York, without her daughter, to pursue a better life. It’s an eye-opening portrayal of an immigrants path to freedom and opportunity.
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Hardback
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Very Good
The Perishing
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Genre: Science Fiction
A speculative sci-fi fantasy about a Black immortal in 1930’s LA. If you’re a fan of N.K. Jemisin and Octavia Butler, this is for you.
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Hardback
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Very Good
Everything Inside
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Genre: Fiction
From Haiti to Miami, Brooklyn and beyond turn these pages to discover thoughtful stories of love, loss, and survival.
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Paperback
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Very good
Negro Art
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Genre: Arts, Photography, Music
Discover the immense range of central African art through color and black and white illustrations.
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Hardback
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Acceptable
Faces At The Bottom Of The Well
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Genre: African American Studies
This one is for the critical thinkers and freedom fighters who continue to challenge systemic racism.
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Paperback
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Acceptable
The God Child
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Genre: Fiction
An easy read that reinvents the immigrant narrative.
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Hardback
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Very good
Born A Crime
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Genre: Biography, Memoir
A moving memoir about the comedian, Trevor Noah, his upbringing during Apartheid, and the many moments that led him on his life path.
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Hardback
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Very Good
Africaville
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Genre: Fiction
Set in Nova Scotia’s Black community, it’s an interesting true story about Canada’s past.
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Hardback
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Very good
Black American Refugee
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Genre: Biography, Memoir
A powerful and relatable book about the Black American experience.
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Hardback
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Very good
Native Son
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Genre: Fiction
A stark examination of poverty, violence, hopelessness and racism.
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Paperback
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Good
Becoming
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Genre: Biography, Memoir
The former first lady is so much more than just the wife of Barack!
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Hardback
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Very good
How Beautiful We Were
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Genre: Fiction
It’s about Africa, colonialism, depletion of resources, and abuse of powers.
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Paperback
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Good
The Prophets
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Genre: Fiction | LGBTQ+
This is a rare glimpse into the lives of two slaves who happen to be gay. It’s an ambitiously beautiful book.
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Hardback
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Very Good
Song Of Solomon
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Genre: Fiction
Toni Morrison delves into the violence that plagues our male population in America.
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Paperback
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Acceptable
African Art & Identity
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Genre: Arts, Photography, Music
A very well written and illustrated book which provides a wealth of knowledge.
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Paperback
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Acceptable (creases and wear on front cover)
The House Of Deep Water
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Genre: Fiction
If you’re in the mood to read about motherhood, love, loss, drama, and healing then this is for you.
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Paperback
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Very Good
Miseducated
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Genre: Biography, Memoir
A transformative and true story about Fleming’s abusive and horrific childhood and how he turned his pain into purpose.
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Paperback
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Very good
We Still Here
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Genre: African American Studies
An accurate overview of how the pandemic further disenfranchised Black people.
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Paperback
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Good
Citizen
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Genre: Arts, Photography
A profound meditation on racism expressed through literary fragments.
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Paperback
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Very Good
Riot Baby
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Genre: Science Fiction
A literary fiction about a superhero girl and her family who battle the injustices of living in an uncaring white world.
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Hardback
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Very good
The Private Joys of Nnenna Maloney
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Genre: Fiction, Humorous
This story explores the relationship between mother and daughter and their respective coming of age in 1992 and 2009.
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Paperback
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Very Good
How To Be Black
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Genre: Fiction Satire
Part autobiography, part irony rolled up into great social commentary.
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Paperback
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Very Good
African Art Book
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Genre: Arts, Photography
Published December of 1987, enjoy this vintage library find.
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Hardback
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Acceptable (wear and tear on front cover, minor writing on a few pages)
