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✨JOY PRESCRIPTIONS by @TiffanyMoonMD is a USA Today Bestseller!✨ "A testament to [Moon's] mission of helping others overcome perfectionism and find lasting joy through gratitude, self-compassion, and connection." — @GLAMOUR_sa
![legacylitbooks's tweet image. ✨JOY PRESCRIPTIONS by @TiffanyMoonMD is a USA Today Bestseller!✨
"A testament to [Moon's] mission of helping others overcome perfectionism and find lasting joy through gratitude, self-compassion, and connection."
— @GLAMOUR_sa](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Gq6zSZNWcAAU4PC.jpg)
💪🏿✨ IRON WILL by Roderick Sewell is "an optimistic and heartfelt story" about a "world-class athlete who embraced his identity and learned to face adversity as if it was simply another day.” — @ALA_Booklist Order now at bit.ly/4mTBaQU


✨#NowInPaperback Called "perfectly timed and timeless" by @AprilDRyan, BET ON BLACK by @EboniKWilliams is a call to action for Black people all over to adopt a freshly informed mindset that centers our resilience, excellence, beauty, and brilliance. bit.ly/45BQ8VM


📢#AuthorEvent Join the author of THE CONJURING OF AMERICA, Lindsey Stewart in conversation with Tara Stringfellow at Novel Memphis on Tuesday, July 29, 2025 at 6:00pm! RSVP at bit.ly/43Qo7IO

📚👀 New cover, who dis? BET ON BLACK by @EboniKWilliams is coming out in paperback! "An illuminating account of overcoming adversity… an inspiring and hopeful narrative on Blackness.” — @Bakari, author of My Vanishing Country ORDER NOW at bit.ly/45BQ8VM On Sale 7/8

THE GHOSTS OF GWENDOLYN MONTGOMERY by Clarence A. Haynes (@ClarenceAHaynes), narrated by Brittany Bradford & André Santana (@Andreonthemic) from our friends at @legacylitbooks
📖😎Happy Publication Day to THE GHOSTS OF GWENDOLYN MONTGOMERY by Clarence A. Haynes! This fast-paced, sexy, ghostly adventure follows a publicist at the top of her game must confront her secret mystical past. ORDER NOW at bit.ly/3SXABIe


My @womeninhighered profile of Krishan Trotman, publisher of @legacylitbooks of @HachetteUS. Publishing Books Meaningful to Academia | WIHE wihe.com/article-detail…
Three Bestsellers in ONE MONTH! 🥳 Congrats again to authors Daria Burke, John B. King, Jr., and Tiffany Moon! The Legacy Lit team has been celebrating all month in honor of OF MY OWN MAKING, TEACHER BY TEACHER, and JOY PRESCRIPTIONS all making the USA Today Bestseller list.

#TeacherByTeacher Wow! What a moving weekend read - tears for the pain endured, immense pride & gratitude for the triumph, purpose & success of @JohnBKing. If you need proof of the power of teachers to make a difference and save a life, HERE it is! @legacylitbooks
Excited to share that I’ll be on @NBCNews Daily today at 12:45 PM ET to talk about Teacher by Teacher and the teachers who helped shape my life. We’ll also be digging into what it means to truly support educators today and why that matters for all of us. Hope you’ll tune in!…
THANK YOU FOR CALLING THE LESBIAN LINE by Elizabeth Lovatt, narrated by Roshaan Riyahi-Boni from our friends at @legacylitbooks
🚨 Announced: @legacylitbooks will publish INDEPENDENT by @K_JeanPierre, the first Black & openly queer White House Press Secretary. A powerful breakdown of America’s two-party system & a call to think beyond party lines. Out 10/21/25 #KarineJeanPierre #INDEPENDENT #LegacyLit
#Forthcoming IRON WILL by Roderick Sewell! 💪🏿 Following the first bilateral above-the-knee amputee to become IRONMAN, IRON WILL is the story of an athlete with an indomitable spirit, proving a winner’s mindset is more than physical and mental endurance. bit.ly/4mTBaQU

✨💐OF MY OWN MAKING by Daria Burke is a USA Today Bestseller! "Readers of memoirs like Educated and The Glass Castle will enjoy Burke’s inspiring story of overcoming early abuse and neglect to build the life she knew was waiting for her," says @ALA_Booklist.

#Forthcoming 👨🏾⚕️🧠 HOW I KNOW WHITE PEOPLE ARE CRAZY AND OTHER STORIES by Jonathan Lassiter! This thought provoking look on the mental health system reveals the hurdles that Black psychologists and students are forced to endure in the field. Order at bit.ly/4dKUHPB 🔗

✨Now in Paperback✨ I WASN'T SUPPOSED TO BE HERE by @iamjonconyers! This "heartfelt memoir about overcoming long odds...[is] inspirational but never sentimental, with many lessons on “adding value to the world," says @KirkusReviews. Order now at bit.ly/4l8spB9
![legacylitbooks's tweet image. ✨Now in Paperback✨ I WASN'T SUPPOSED TO BE HERE by @iamjonconyers!
This "heartfelt memoir about overcoming long odds...[is] inspirational but never sentimental, with many lessons on “adding value to the world," says @KirkusReviews. Order now at bit.ly/4l8spB9](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Gsh8uVGasAQGWZL.jpg)
![legacylitbooks's tweet image. ✨Now in Paperback✨ I WASN'T SUPPOSED TO BE HERE by @iamjonconyers!
This "heartfelt memoir about overcoming long odds...[is] inspirational but never sentimental, with many lessons on “adding value to the world," says @KirkusReviews. Order now at bit.ly/4l8spB9](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Gsh8uVZasAUx42h.jpg)
✨📞AVAILABLE NOW📞✨ Happy Publication Day to THANK YOU FOR CALLING THE LESBIAN LINE by Elizabeth Lovatt, a celebration of everyday queer women, and "a modern declaration of love to queer folks throughout time," says @KirkusReviews. Order now at bit.ly/3YWdJwf!

💗📞THANK YOU FOR CALLING THE LESBIAN LINE by Elizabeth Lovatt is a "fun, informative, heartfelt and passionate book of lesbian history that shows how across generations, lesbians have found their way to one another.” — @bookpage ORDER NOW at bit.ly/3YWdJwf 🔗

#Forthcoming 🌊⛴️BETWEEN THE DEVIL AND THE DEEP BLUE SEA by Khadijah Queen! This masterfully penned story of family, survival, and one servicewoman’s search for autonomy was called a" compulsively readable memoir" by Tracy K. Smith. PRE-ORDER at bit.ly/4kw7hUV

THE BATTLE FOR THE BLACK MIND by Karida L. Brown, narrated by Heni Zoutomou from our friends at @legacylitbooks