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Our Top 100 Bestselling Authors (25 to 48)

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1 to 24
25 to 48
49 to 72
73 to 100+

#25 – (16 Times on List)

John Henrik Clarke

John Henrik Clarke

#26 – (16 Times on List)

Terry McMillan

Terry McMillan

#27 – (15 Times on List)

Aaron McGruder

Aaron McGruder

#28 – (15 Times on List)

E. Lynn Harris

E. Lynn Harris

#29 – (15 Times on List)

Ivan Van Sertima

Ivan Van Sertima

#30 – (14 Times on List)

Frances Cress Welsing

Frances Cress Welsing

#31 – (13 Times on List)

Cornel West

Cornel West

#32 – (13 Times on List)

Edwidge Danticat

Edwidge Danticat

#33 – (13 Times on List)

Naleighna Kai

Naleighna Kai

#34 – (13 Times on List)

ReShonda Tate Billingsley

ReShonda Tate Billingsley

#35 – (13 Times on List)

Toni Morrison

Toni Morrison

#36 – (13 Times on List)

W.E.B. Du Bois

W.E.B. Du Bois

#37 – (12 Times on List)

Amos N. Wilson

Amos N. Wilson

#38 – (12 Times on List)

Ta-Nehisi Coates

Ta-Nehisi Coates

#39 – (12 Times on List)

Tiffani Quarles-Sanders

Tiffani Quarles-Sanders

#40 – (12 Times on List)

Timothy George

Timothy George

#41 – (11 Times on List)

Ntozake Shange

Ntozake Shange

#42 – (11 Times on List)

Tavis Smiley

#43 – (10 Times on List)

Donald Goines

Donald Goines

#44 – (10 Times on List)

Herb Boyd

#45 – (10 Times on List)

James Earl Hardy

James Earl Hardy

#46 – (10 Times on List)

Kola Boof

#47 – (10 Times on List)

Tia Williams

Tia Williams

#48 – (10 Times on List)

Tom Burrell

Tom Burrell

1 to 24
25 to 48
49 to 72
73 to 100+

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