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Title:  Somebody Else's Child
(Third month in a row as best-seller on the AALBC web site)
Author:  Terris McMahan Grimes
Publisher:  NAL/Dutton
Date Published:  February 1996
Format:  Mass Market Paperbound

Theresa is a career woman, a mother and a wife. When her mother calls to say there's trouble at her elderly neighbor's house and she's going over to investigate, Theresa has no choice but to get involved. Before the night is over, Theresa finds herself caught up in the harsh brutality of the streets, with a drive-by shooting, a mysterious kidnapping, and more.

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Title:  In The Meantime: Finding Yourself and The Love You Want
Author:  Iyanla Vanzant
(Ms. Vanzant is the all time best selling author on the AALBC)
Publisher:  Simon & Schuster Trade
Date Published:  January 1998

The best-selling author of "Acts of Faith" and "The Value in the Valley"--whose books have empowered countless women--now reaches out to anyone who yearns for love, in a book about relationships that can help them reach new levels of awareness, spiritual growth, and fulfillment.

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Title:  One Day My Soul Just Opened Up: 40 Days and 40 Nights Towards Spiritual Strength and Personal Growth
Author:  Iyanla Vanzant
Publisher:  Simon & Schuster Trade
Date Published:  December 1997
Format:  Trade Paper

Both an inspiring guide and a hands-on measurement tool that enables readers to chart their spiritual growth as it unfolds, One Day My Soul Just Opened Up encourages readers to use journal-writing as a self-awareness process. Vanzant introduces 40 principles to follow and embrace in daily living as guideposts on the path toward spiritual strength and understanding.

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Title:  My Painted House, My Friendly Chicken, and Me
Author:  Maya Angelou, Courtney-Clarke (Illustrator)
Publisher:  Crown
Date Published:  August 1994
Format:  Trade Cloth

My Painted House, My Friendly Chicken, and Me is the enchanting story of an eight-year-old girl named Thandi, her village, her mischievous brother, her best friend--a chicken--and the remarkable mural art that is produced by the Ndebele women. Features over 70 full-color photographs of the Ndebele people and their breathtaking paintings and artwork. Full color.

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Title:  Black American Short Stories
(Second month in a row as best-seller on the AALBC web site)
Author:  John Henrik Clarke (Editor)
Publisher:  Hill & Wan
Date Published:  December 1992
Format:  Trade Paper

An expanded edition of American Negro Short Stories, which has sold more than 250,000 copies. The new introduction offers a broad account of black fiction from the last years of the 19th century to the present. Seven new contributions to this expanded edition include stories by Maya Angelou, Alice Walker, and James Alan McPherson.

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