Miami Book Fair 2025

Jelani Cobb stands at history’s breaking point, taking attendance. His new book, “Three or More Is a Riot: Notes on How We Got Here,” is less memoir than mirror, forcing America to confront the decade it tried to forget. “The real thread that unites the book is democracy and its challenges,” he says. “And the […]

History is often written by those who arrive late. Dr. Edda Fields-Black started where most accounts end—on the banks of South Carolina’s Combahee River, where Harriet Tubman commanded and led one of the boldest Civil War operations. In “Combee: Harriet Tubman, the Combahee River Raid, and Black Freedom during the Civil War,” Fields-Black—a Brownsville native

With so many books available, where do you start? Here’s a small sample of titles to choose from. Author Events Saturday, Nov. 22 300 NE Second Ave., Miami FL 33132 Roots and Reckonings: Family, Memory and Caribbean Identity Camille U. Adams, Monique Clesca Geoffrey Philp 12 p.m. Building 8, 3rd Floor • Room 8302 In

In their third novel, Miami natives and sisters Maika and Maritza Moulite have united to cook up an intriguing story highlighting their Haitian roots while serving up a raw and riveting look at class, capitalism and race with a grotesque twist. From the golden fork and gilded pearls on the cover to the disturbingly detailed

For more information and a complete list of programs and activities visit MIAMIBOOKFAIR.COM Miami Book Fair, the longest-running literary festival in the United States, is returning to Miami Dade College’s Wolfson Campus from Nov. 16-23, 2025. The festival will feature over 550 authors from over 35 countries across six continents. This year’s headliners include #1

In the tradition of James Baldwin and Richard Wright, Michael Thomas pens a poignant and powerful, always captivating and oftentimes heartbreaking story of the Black male experience amidst America’s relentless struggle with race and class. His memoir – “The Broken King” – focuses on the lives of five men: his absentee father, a street philosopher

When novelist Fabienne Josaphat discusses storytelling, it feels more like an inheritance than an interview. “I grew up in a family of avid readers,” she says. “My grandfather nurtured me with oral storytelling, so I was constantly immersed in stories.” That immersion became her compass. By college, Josaphat knew writing was her calling. “I realized

Nnedi Okorafor writes as if summoning whole worlds into being, each one daring readers to confront the one they inhabit. When she speaks of “Who Fears Death,” she isn’t describing a single story but an evolving worldview. Set in a post-apocalyptic Africa torn by the Nuru’s domination of the Okeke, the novel explores devastation and