Our Story

Booknoire didn’t start as a business—it started as a bookshelf in our family home, filled with the stories that shaped us.

My parents began collecting books by Black authors decades ago, filling our house with the voices of Langston Hughes, Nikki Giovanni, Zora Neale Hurston, Pearl Cleage, Maya Angelou, and so many more. We’d spend weekends at yard sales, Black-owned bookstores, and secondhand shops—always hunting for history, poetry, and fiction that felt like home.

Sometimes we read together. Sometimes we read alone and share our favorite lines over breakfast or on the porch. We’ve built a personal library filled with first editions of Du Bois, Hurston, and Woodson—books that remind us of who we are and where we’ve been.

Now, we’re opening that library to you.

Booknoire is a family-run bookstore curating themed bundles of gently used books by and about Black people. I curate each bundle with care. My mom takes the photographs. My dad packs every box by hand. Every order is a continuation of the legacy they passed down to me—and a small act of resistance against the erasure of our stories.

We're not just selling books. We're sharing inheritance.

Welcome to the family.