Our Top 100 Bestselling Authors (1 to 24)

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A Beautiful Collage of AALBC’s 100 Bestselling Authors.

1 to 24
25 to 48
49 to 74
75 to 100+

#1 – (217 Times on List)

Zane
#2 – (102 Times on List)

Jawanza Kunjufu
#3 – (78 Times on List)

Karrine Steffans
#4 – (76 Times on List)

Teri Woods
#5 – (76 Times on List)

Wahida Clark
#6 – (53 Times on List)

J. A. Rogers
#7 – (50 Times on List)

Kimberla Lawson Roby
#8 – (47 Times on List)

Iyanla Vanzant
#9 – (39 Times on List)

Maya Angelou
#10 – (35 Times on List)

Carter G. Woodson
#11 – (34 Times on List)

Jabari Asim
#12 – (31 Times on List)

Walter Mosley
#13 – (30 Times on List)

Nkechi Taifa
#14 – (29 Times on List)

J. California Cooper
#15 – (29 Times on List)

Martha Kennerson
#16 – (28 Times on List)

Hill Harper
#17 – (28 Times on List)

John Henrik Clarke
#18 – (28 Times on List)

Joy Deja King
#19 – (28 Times on List)

Kwame Alexander
#20 – (28 Times on List)

Toni Morrison
#21 – (27 Times on List)

Frances Cress Welsing
#22 – (27 Times on List)

Rita Williams-Garcia
#23 – (26 Times on List)

Eric Jerome Dickey
#24 – (26 Times on List)

Nikki Turner

1 to 24
25 to 48
49 to 74
75 to 100+

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