Cups and Books

Cups and Books is a black family owned and operated, independent cafe bookstore located in the heart of Brooklyn, NY within Prospect Lefferts-Gardens(Flatbush to everyone else). Our bookshelves are unsegregated; featuring a majority of classic and contemporary books by and about individuals of the African Diaspora alongside national bestsellers. We are committed to bringing people together through shared stories. 

The Man Who Lived Underground: A Novel
Notes on Grief
The Final Revival of Opal & Nev
The Nickel Boys
The Underground Railroad
Mind of My Mind
Parable of the Sower
Parable of the Talents
Wild Seed
Girl, Woman, Other: A Novel (Booker Prize Winner)
Go Tell It on the Mountain
If Beale Street Could Talk
The Fire Next Time
The Color Purple
The City We Became
Black Software: The Internet & Racial Justice, from the Afronet to Black Lives Matter
Race After Technology: Abolitionist Tools for the New Jim Code
On Juneteenth
Just Us: An American Conversation
Black Futures
Overground Railroad: The Green Book and the Roots of Black Travel in America
Strangers in Their Own Land: Anger and Mourning on the American Right
Driving While Black: African American Travel and the Road to Civil Rights
My Grandmother's Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Pathway to Mending Our Hearts and Bodies
Black Diamond Queens: African American Women and Rock and Roll
We Were Eight Years in Power: An American Tragedy
How to Be an Antiracist
Light for the World to See: A Thousand Words on Race and Hope
The Seven Necessary Sins for Women and Girls
The Fire This Time: A New Generation Speaks about Race
Fish in a Tree
Clap When You Land
The Poet X
Happily Ever Afters
Children of Blood and Bone
Children of Virtue and Vengeance
Clayton Byrd Goes Underground
Jojo's Bizarre Adventure: Part 4--Diamond Is Unbreakable, Vol. 1
Jojo's Bizarre Adventure: Part 4--Diamond Is Unbreakable, Vol. 2
You Should See Me in a Crown
With the Fire on High
We Are Displaced: My Journey and Stories from Refugee Girls Around the World
This Book Is Anti-Racist: 20 Lessons on How to Wake Up, Take Action, and Do the Work
Miles Morales: Spider-Man
The Marrow Thieves
Born Ready: The True Story of a Boy Named Penelope
The Kindness Book
The ABCs of Black History
Freedom Soup
Seeing Into Tomorrow
I Am Every Good Thing
Ada Twist, Scientist
Ada Twist's Big Project Book for Stellar Scientists
Hidden Figures: The True Story of Four Black Women and the Space Race
A is for Activist
Antiracist Baby Board Book
Brown: The Many Shades of Love
Black Is a Rainbow Color
Backpack Explorer: On the Nature Trail: What Will You Find?
No!: My First Book of Protest
The Value of Everything: Making and Taking in the Global Economy Intelligent Investor: The Classic Text on Value Investing Clever Girl Finance: Learn How Investing Works, Grow Your Money
Cups and Books

Business and Self Help

On Juneteenth
Barracoon: The Story of the Last Black Cargo
Overground Railroad: The Green Book and the Roots of Black Travel in America
The Sword and the Shield: The Revolutionary Lives of Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr.
Driving While Black: African American Travel and the Road to Civil Rights
Enemy of All Mankind: A True Story of Piracy, Power, and History's First Global Manhunt
Black Wave: Saudi Arabia, Iran, and the Forty-Year Rivalry That Unraveled Culture, Religion, and Collective Memory in the Middle E
Brown V. Board of Education: A Fight for Simple Justice
Black Diamond Queens: African American Women and Rock and Roll
The Cooking Gene: A Journey Through African American Culinary History in the Old South: A James Beard Award Winner
The Brooklyn Nobody Knows: An Urban Walking Guide (With French Flaps)
Brooklyn: The Once and Future City
Vegetable Kingdom: The Abundant World of Vegan Recipes
Falastin: A Cookbook
The Complete Cookbook for Young Chefs: 100+ Recipes That You'll Love to Cook and Eat
The Cooking Gene: A Journey Through African American Culinary History in the Old South: A James Beard Award Winner
The Taste of Country Cooking: The 30th Anniversary Edition of a Great Southern Classic Cookbook
Zaitoun: Recipes from the Palestinian Kitchen
Nothing Fancy: Unfussy Food for Having People Over
Magnolia Table, Volume 2: A Collection of Recipes for Gathering
Milk Street Fast and Slow: Instant Pot Cooking at the Speed You Need
115 Greatest Caribbean Recipes of All Time: A Cookbook of Popular West Indian Cuisine from 26 Caribbean Islands
The Cross and the Lynching Tree
Outlove: A Queer Christian Survival Story
Bamboozled by Jesus: How God Tricked Me Into the Life of My Dreams
I Am Restored: How I Lost My Religion But Found My Faith
Jesus and the Disinherited
Sacred Woman: A Guide to Healing the Feminine Body, Mind, and Spirit (Revised)
Acts of Faith: 25th Anniversary Edition
The Headspace Guide to Meditation and Mindfulness: How Mindfulness Can Change Your Life in Ten Minutes a Day
Crushing: God Turns Pressure Into Power
Be Here Now
Galatians: A Biblical Study
Colossians: A Biblical Study
Chasing Vines Group Experience: Finding Your Way to an Immensely Fruitful Life
The Dead Are Arising: The Life of Malcolm X
Marcus Garvey and the Vision of Africa
Chadwick Boseman: Forever Our King 1976-2020
Becoming
A Promised Land
The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream
His Truth Is Marching on: John Lewis and the Power of Hope
Across That Bridge: A Vision for Change and the Future of America
Walking with the Wind: A Memoir of the Movement (Reissue)
The Mamba Mentality: How I Play
Between the World and Me
Begin Again: James Baldwin's America and Its Urgent Lessons for Our Own
Unorthodox: The Scandalous Rejection of My Hasidic Roots
Toni Morrison: The Last Interview: And Other Conversations
Playing in the Dark: Whiteness and the Literary Imagination