HUES Book Box

HUES Book Box Books centering Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) delivered to your door every 3 months. Founded in Fall 2020.

Rapture-ready? Not without checking these BIPOC books off your TBR.
09/23/2025

Rapture-ready? Not without checking these BIPOC books off your TBR.

A book that will have you saying “oui oui.” I mean come on it’s: ✅ A black-lead love story ✅ Full of dogs ✅ Cozy and cut...
09/22/2025

A book that will have you saying “oui oui.” I mean come on it’s:
✅ A black-lead love story
✅ Full of dogs
✅ Cozy and cute

SYNOPSIS
Ashanti owns both a successful doggy daycare l and a social media-famous French bulldog. His antics create a rival which births an enemies-to-lovers relationship with the new, dog-averse owner of her poodle-loving companion. The story follows their attempts to navigate business challenges & family drama. It’s a slow burn centering dogs, and set in New Orleans & New York City.

Get this book and others like it in your subscription box. Sign up at the link in bio. Huesbookbox.com

If your fave movie is Harlem Nights, try reading these 1. Jazz by Toni Morrison 2. Down These Mean Streets by Piri Tho...
06/05/2025

If your fave movie is Harlem Nights, try reading these

1. Jazz by Toni Morrison
2. Down These Mean Streets by Piri Thomas
3. Harlem After Midnight by Louise Hare

DONATE: gofundme.com/f/huesbookboxHi, Charmaine here, the founder of HUES Book Box, a quarterly subscription box that ce...
05/09/2025

DONATE: gofundme.com/f/huesbookbox

Hi, Charmaine here, the founder of HUES Book Box, a quarterly subscription box that celebrates BIPOC books, with every box tailored to each subscriber's preferences.

HUES recently ordered 1,000 improved boxes that are sturdier + higher quality, providing better protection to your books in transit.

But our printer is in China & these boxes have already been printed & paid for.

Due to the tariffs, the shipping fee is now ~$1,400.

Shipping was going to be complimentary due to the large order size but the factory – which has been confirmed to pay its workers fairly and provide great working conditions – is also unable to eat those costs.

That's why, even though this is a difficult ask, I am raising $1,400 to cover the unanticipated shipping expenses. Every dollar goes directly to covering the logistics costs for this shipment.

How You Can Help:

If 280 people donate $5 we would save this shipment! (Link in bio.)
If you can't give $5, please consider sharing the fundraiser and spreading the word.

How We'll Move Going Forward:

Future boxes will be printed in the US. Doing so will raise our costs by 150%. In order to accommodate this hike in expenses and minimize price increases for our customers :

Our two book-only subscriptions (Bright and Vibrant) will be switched to padded mailers.

Our HUEge (3 books + goodies) and HUEmongous (book club box with 3-10 copies of the same book) subscriptions will use mailer boxes and prices will increase $5-$10.

Thank HUE for supporting us. We are determined to push through this hurdle and come back stronger, and we can't wait to continue curating for you!

HUE guys… We’re almost out of books! Better hurry up and come shop the pop up. (Of course you can always sign up online ...
04/05/2025

HUE guys… We’re almost out of books! Better hurry up and come shop the pop up. (Of course you can always sign up online and get your books sent directly to you).

HUES has a spot on this morning. We’ll be on there sometime between 9-10am (can’t give you an exact time bc it’s a live...
03/14/2025

HUES has a spot on this morning. We’ll be on there sometime between 9-10am (can’t give you an exact time bc it’s a live show).

If you see it please record or take a pic and tag us!

Thank HUE and have a great Friday!

Hey, I'm Charmaine Merriweather (Charm. Me.). I founded HUES for 2 simple reasons:1. My best friend died. She suddenly c...
08/15/2024

Hey, I'm Charmaine Merriweather (Charm. Me.). I founded HUES for 2 simple reasons:

1. My best friend died. She suddenly collapsed no warning. We were working on a subscription box together but hadn't decided what it would contain.

2. My bestie and I both believed in a world where people of all HUES had meaningful relationships with each other. Books can do that.

Books allow you to submerge yourself in other cultures in a noninvasive way. When you do that, you feel a little closer to others.

Subverting your biases, learning about other cultures... it doesn't have to be difficult. You don't have to "do the work" by reading endless antiracism books. You can just read a fun book from another culture.

You can read a love story based in India. You can read a fantasy novel with Black leads. You can read a Latino murder mystery. In doing so you'll find yourself accidentally growing your empathy alongside your appreciation for different cultures.

This cultural exchange is what HUES champions. By curating BIPOC books, we're bringing the world closer, one reader at a time.
I love reading. I love culture. I love bringing people together. I wanted to honor my friend's memory. HUES just made sense for me to start.

Now, every time someone signs up, I just know my bestie is proud of me for doing what I can to honor her memory while making the world a better place.

Need a quick rundown on all the history of racism as it was pertains to Black Americans? Black Fatigue is your book. 🚨 F...
05/15/2024

Need a quick rundown on all the history of racism as it was pertains to Black Americans? Black Fatigue is your book. 🚨 Fair warning:

While the information is great and succinct, it often reads like an academic research essay. If that’s not your thing this probably isn’t the book for HUE.

Studies show that reading increases empathy. Maybe everyone in the world just needs to find a good book they can get los...
05/03/2024

Studies show that reading increases empathy. Maybe everyone in the world just needs to find a good book they can get lost in.

Did HUE prefer the book or the TV show? SYNOPSIS 👇🏽In Shaker Heights, a placid, progressive suburb of Cleveland, everyth...
05/02/2024

Did HUE prefer the book or the TV show? SYNOPSIS 👇🏽

In Shaker Heights, a placid, progressive suburb of Cleveland, everything is planned—from the layout of the winding roads, to the colors of the houses, to the successful lives its residents will go on to lead. And no one embodies this spirit more than Elena Richardson, whose guiding principle is playing by the rules.

Enter Mia Warren—an enigmatic artist and single mother—who arrives in this idyllic bubble with her teenaged daughter Pearl, and rents a house from the Richardsons. Soon Mia and Pearl become more than tenants: all four Richardson children are drawn to the mother-daughter pair. But Mia carries with her a mysterious past and a disregard for the status quo that threatens to upend this carefully ordered community.

When old family friends of the Richardsons attempt to adopt a Chinese-American baby, a custody battle erupts that dramatically divides the town—and puts Mia and Elena on opposing sides. Suspicious of Mia and her motives, Elena is determined to uncover the secrets in Mia’s past. But her obsession will come at unexpected and devastating costs.

Little Fires Everywhere explores the weight of secrets, the nature of art and identity, and the ferocious pull of motherhood—and the danger of believing that following the rules can avert disaster.

Double tap to pet the cat. Spotted this furry book curator and this book at the other day. SYNOPSIS 👇🏽Speak enters the ...
04/30/2024

Double tap to pet the cat. Spotted this furry book curator and this book at the other day.

SYNOPSIS 👇🏽

Speak enters the world of Gossip Girl in this modern immigrant story from New York Times bestselling author Kelly Yang about two girls navigating wealth, power, friendship, and trauma.

They’re called parachutes: teenagers dropped off to live in private homes and study in the United States while their wealthy parents remain in Asia. Claire Wang never thought she’d be one of them, until her parents pluck her from her privileged life in Shanghai and enroll her at a high school in California.

Suddenly she finds herself living in a stranger’s house, with no one to tell her what to do for the first time in her life. She soon embraces her newfound freedom, especially when the hottest and most eligible parachute, Jay, asks her out.

Dani De La Cruz, Claire’s new host sister, couldn’t be less thrilled that her mom rented out a room to Claire. An academic and debate team star, Dani is determined to earn her way into Yale, even if it means competing with privileged kids who are buying their way to the top. But Dani’s game plan veers unexpectedly off course when her debate coach starts working with her privately.

As they steer their own distinct paths, Dani and Claire keep crashing into one another, setting a course that will change their lives forever.

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Got the last batch of the month packed! Just gotta label them for pickup so your books can get to HUE.
12/16/2023

Got the last batch of the month packed! Just gotta label them for pickup so your books can get to HUE.

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THE PURPOSE OF HUES IS TO…


  • Highlight books by and/or featuring Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC). Support BIPOC creatives.

  • Provide an easy way & fun way for people to view different perspectives and cultures.

    • HOW HUES GOT STARTED