About

"As a culture worker who belongs to an oppressed people, my job is to make revolution irresistible."

          - Toni Cade Bambara

Hot Second Books is a publisher and online boutique. We publish approachable, page-turning fiction and curate used fiction and art, plus select non-fiction books.

We celebrate the diverse African diaspora. We believe in creative expression as a tool for liberation.

Get in contact with us here.