Our Top 100 Bestselling Authors (25 to 48)

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#25 – (26 Times on List)

Octavia Butler

Octavia Butler

#26 – (24 Times on List)

Jacqueline Woodson

Jacqueline Woodson

#27 – (23 Times on List)

Leonce Gaiter

Leonce Gaiter

#28 – (23 Times on List)

Terry McMillan

Terry McMillan

#29 – (22 Times on List)

Guy Johnson

Guy Johnson

#30 – (22 Times on List)

Nikki Giovanni

Nikki Giovanni

#31 – (21 Times on List)

Anthony Browder

Anthony Browder

#32 – (21 Times on List)

Donald Goines

Donald Goines

#33 – (21 Times on List)

Ta-Nehisi Coates

Ta-Nehisi Coates

#34 – (21 Times on List)

Vickie M. Stringer

Vickie M. Stringer

#35 – (20 Times on List)

Carl Weber

#36 – (19 Times on List)

J.J. Smith

#37 – (19 Times on List)

Naleighna Kai

Naleighna Kai

#38 – (18 Times on List)

Carleen Brice

Carleen Brice

#39 – (18 Times on List)

James Baldwin

James Baldwin

#40 – (17 Times on List)

Clarence V. Reynolds

Clarence V. Reynolds

#41 – (17 Times on List)

Claud Anderson

Claud Anderson

#42 – (17 Times on List)

Ivan Van Sertima

Ivan Van Sertima

#43 – (17 Times on List)

Tiffani Quarles-Sanders

Tiffani Quarles-Sanders

#44 – (17 Times on List)

W.E.B. Du Bois

W.E.B. Du Bois

#45 – (16 Times on List)

Derrick Barnes

Derrick Barnes

#46 – (16 Times on List)

Isabel Wilkerson

Isabel Wilkerson

#47 – (16 Times on List)

Ntozake Shange

Ntozake Shange

#48 – (16 Times on List)

ReShonda Tate Billingsley

ReShonda Tate Billingsley