11 Publications from Akashic Books are AALBC Bestselling Books

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Akashic Books is a Brooklyn-based independent company dedicated to publishing urban literary fiction and political nonfiction by authors who are either ignored by the mainstream, or who have no interest in working within the ever-consolidating ranks of the major corporate publishers.

1 Time Bestseller
Cover of Gathering of WatersGathering of Waters
by Bernice L. McFadden
1 Time Bestseller
Cover of The Book of HarlanThe Book of Harlan
by Bernice L. McFadden
1 Time Bestseller
Cover of GloriousGlorious
by Bernice L. McFadden
1 Time Bestseller
Cover of Kingston Noir (Akashic Noir)Kingston Noir (Akashic Noir)
by Colin Channer
1 Time Bestseller
Cover of ProvidentialProvidential
by Colin Channer
1 Time Bestseller
Cover of The Sexy Part of the Bible (Akashic Urban Surreal Series)The Sexy Part of the Bible (Akashic Urban Surreal Series)
by Kola Boof
1 Time Bestseller
Cover of Tisa: New-Generation African Poets, a Chapbook Box SetTisa: New-Generation African Poets, a Chapbook Box Set
by Kwame Dawes and Chris Abani
1 Time Bestseller
Cover of Creatures of PassageCreatures of Passage
by Morowa Yejide
1 Time Bestseller
Cover of AfricanAfrican
by Peter Tosh
1 Time Bestseller
Cover of All or NothingAll or Nothing
by Preston L. Allen
1 Time Bestseller
Cover of Jesus BoyJesus Boy
by Preston L. Allen