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Today’s Featured Deals

Black Boy by Richard Wright for $1.99. Get it here, or just click on the cover image below.

I’m Judging You: The Do-Better Manual by Luvve Ajayi for $2.99. Get it here, or just click on the cover image below.

A Little Book of Japanese Contentments: Ikigai, Forest Bathing, Wabi-sabi, and More for $1.99. Get it here, or just click on the cover image below.

A Little Book of Japanese Contentments: Ikigai, Forest Bathing, Wabi-sabi, and More by Erin Nimi Longhurst

In Case You Missed Yesterday’s Most Popular Deals

Periodic Tales: A Cultural History of the Elements, from Arsenic to Zinc by Hugh Aldersey-Williams for $1.99. Get it here, or just click on the cover image below.

Ottolenghi: The Cookbook by Yotam Ottolenghi and Sami Tamimi for $2.99. Get it here, or just click on the cover image below.

Previous Daily Deals That Are Still Active As Of This Writing (Get ’em While They’re hot!):

Well-Read Black Girl: Finding Our Stories, Discovering Ourselves by Glory Edim for $1.99.

Renegades by Marissa Meyer for $2.99.

China Dolls by Lisa See for $1.99

The Book of the Unnamed Midwife by Meg Elison for $1.99

The Minimalist Cooks Dinner: More Than 100 Recipes for Fast Weeknight Meals and Casual Entertaining by Mark Bittman for $2.99

The Good Lord Bird by James McBride for $1.99

The Witch of Willow Hall by Hester Fox for $1.99

Beautiful Creatures by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl for $0.99

Rules of Civility by Amor Towles for $1.99

A People’s History of the United States by Howard Zinn for $2.99

Dear Universe: 200 Mini-Meditations for Instant Manifestations by Sarah Prout for $2.99

The Murmur of Bees by Sofia Segovia for $1.99

The Readers of Broken Wheel Recommend by Katarina Bivald for $2.99.

The Hangman’s Daughter by Oliver Pötzsch for $1.99.

The Wedding Date by Jasmine Guillory for $1.99.

The Murders of Molly Southbourne by Tade Thompson for $3.99.

Mind Platter by Najwa Zebian for $1.99.

An Untamed State by Roxane Gay for $1.99

The Calculating Stars by Mary Robinette Kowal for $2.99

The Hunger by Alma Katsu for $1.99

Black Boy by Richard Wright for $1.99

Temper by Nicky Drayden for $1.99

Girls of Paper and Fire by Natasha Ngan for $2.99

Feel Free by Zadie Smith for $3.99

New Suns: Original Speculative Fiction by People of Color Edited By Nisi Shawl for $0.99.

Mapping the Interior by Stephen Graham Jones for $3.99

Shuri (2018 #1) by Nnedi Okorafor for $1.99

The Only Harmless Great Thing by Brooke Bolander for $1.99

Rosewater by Tade Thompson for $2.99

The Black God’s Drums by P. Djèlí Clark for $1.99

Gods, Monsters, and the Lucky Peach by Kelly Robson for $1.99

My Soul to Keep by Tananarive Due for $0.99

All Systems Red: The Murderbot Diaries by Martha Wells for $3.99

Jade City by Fonda Lee for $2.99

A Big Ship at the Edge of the Universe by Alex White for $2.99

Silver in the Wood by Emily Tesh for $3.99

A Curious Beginning by Deanna Raybourn for $2.99

Storm Front by Jim Butcher (Book One of the Dresden Files) for $2.99

Guapa by Saleem Haddad for $1.99

Hogwarts: an Incomplete and Unreliable Guide by J.K. Rowling for $2.99

Short Stories from Hogwarts by J.K. Rowling for $2.99

The Paper Magician by Charlie N. Holmberg for $1.99

The Girl with the Red Balloon by Katherine Locke for $1.99

The Invisible Library by Genevieve Cogman for $0.99

Half-Resurrection Blues by Daniel José Older for $2.99

Can’t Escape Love by Alyssa Cole for $1.99

Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman for $0.99.

The Haunting of Tram Car 015 by P. Djèlí Clark for $3.99

A Quiet Life in the Country by T E Kinsey for $3.99

Empire of Sand by Tasha Suri for $4.99

Life and Death in Shanghai by Nien Cheng for $4.99

Binti by Nnedi Okorafor for $1.99

Binti: Home by Nnedi Okorafor for $2.99

Binti: The Night Masquerade by Nnedi Okorafor for $3.99

Instant Pot® Obsession: The Ultimate Electric Pressure Cooker Cookbook for Cooking Everything Fast by Janet A. Zimmerman for $2.99

Tell the Truth & Shame the Devil by Lezley McSpadden with Lyah Beth LeFlore for $0.99

Magic Bites by Ilona Andrews for $2.99

Once Ghosted, Twice Shy by Alyssa Cole for $1.99

Whatever Happened to Interracial Love? by Kathleen Collins for $3.99

In Search of Lost Time: Volumes 1-7 by Marcel Proust for $0.99

Prime Meridian by Silvia Moreno-Garcia for $3.99

The Mirror Empire by Kameron Hurley for $2.99

I Met a Traveller in an Antique Land by Connie Willis for $0.99

Soy Sauce for Beginners by Kirstin Chen for $3.99

Silver Phoenix by Cindy Pon for $2.99

A Curious Beginning by Deanna Raybourn for $2.99

George by Alex Gino for $3.99

Destiny’s Captive by Beverly Jenkins for $1.99

A Rogue By Any Other Name by Sarah MacLean for $1.99

The Price of Salt by Patricia Highsmith for $0.99

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