Amistad, a HarperCollins Imprint, Has 81 Books with 210 AALBC Bestseller Appearances

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Amistad Founder Charles Harris
Amistad’s Founder, Charles Harris (photo: Malaika Adero)

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47 Times Bestseller

Cover of Confessions of a Video Vixen

Confessions of a Video Vixen

by Karrine Steffans

14 Times Bestseller

Cover of One Crazy Summer

One Crazy Summer

by Rita Williams-Garcia

7 Times Bestseller

Cover of Barracoon: The Story of the Last “Black Cargo”

Barracoon: The Story of the Last “Black Cargo”

by Zora Neale Hurston and Deborah G. Plant

6 Times Bestseller

Cover of Be Careful What You Pray For (Reverend Curtis Black #7)

Be Careful What You Pray For (Reverend Curtis Black #7)

by Kimberla Lawson Roby

5 Times Bestseller

Cover of Our Gen

by Diane McKinney-Whetstone

5 Times Bestseller

Cover of Clayton Byrd Goes Underground

Clayton Byrd Goes Underground

by Rita Williams-Garcia

4 Times Bestseller

Cover of Something Like Beautiful: One Single Mother’s Story

Something Like Beautiful: One Single Mother’s Story

by asha bandele

4 Times Bestseller

Cover of How We Do It: Black Writers on Craft, Practice, and Skill

How We Do It: Black Writers on Craft, Practice, and Skill

by Jericho Brown

4 Times Bestseller

Cover of Gone Crazy in Alabama

Gone Crazy in Alabama

by Rita Williams-Garcia

4 Times Bestseller

Cover of P.S. Be Eleven

by Rita Williams-Garcia

4 Times Bestseller

Cover of Hitting a Straight Lick with a Crooked Stick

Hitting a Straight Lick with a Crooked Stick

by Zora Neale Hurston and M. Genevieve West

3 Times Bestseller

Cover of Miss Chloe: A Literary Friendship with Toni Morrison

Miss Chloe: A Literary Friendship with Toni Morrison

by A.J. Verdelle

3 Times Bestseller

Cover of
The Great Mrs. Elias: A Novel Based on a True Story

The Great Mrs. Elias: A Novel Based on a True Story

by Barbara Chase-Riboud

3 Times Bestseller

Cover of Just As I Am

by Cicely Tyson

3 Times Bestseller

Cover of Wench: A Novel

by Dolen Perkins-Valdez

3 Times Bestseller

Cover of Diamond Doris

by Doris Payne

3 Times Bestseller

Cover of Radical Reparations: Healing the Soul of a Nation

Radical Reparations: Healing the Soul of a Nation

by Marcus Anthony Hunter

3 Times Bestseller

Cover of New Daughters of Africa: An International Anthology of Writing by Women of African Descent

New Daughters of Africa: An International Anthology of Writing by Women of African Descent

by Margaret Busby

3 Times Bestseller

Cover of Life Is God’s Best Gift: Wisdom from the Ancestors on Finding Peace and Joy in Today’s World

Life Is God’s Best Gift: Wisdom from the Ancestors on Finding Peace and Joy in Today’s World

by Sam Chege

3 Times Bestseller

Cover of Their Eyes Were Watching God

Their Eyes Were Watching God

by Zora Neale Hurston

2 Times Bestseller

Cover of Side Notes from the Archivist: Poems

Side Notes from the Archivist: Poems

by Anastacia-Reneé

2 Times Bestseller

Cover of My Vanishing Country

My Vanishing Country

by Bakari Sellers

2 Times Bestseller

Cover of One Night in Georgia

One Night in Georgia

by Celeste O. Norfleet

2 Times Bestseller

Cover of Defining Moments in Black History: Reading Between the Lies

Defining Moments in Black History: Reading Between the Lies

by Dick Gregory

2 Times Bestseller

Cover of No More Lies: The Myth and Reality of American History

No More Lies: The Myth and Reality of American History

by Dick Gregory

2 Times Bestseller

Cover of Illustrated Black History: Honoring the Iconic and the Unseen

Illustrated Black History: Honoring the Iconic and the Unseen

by George McCalman

2 Times Bestseller

Cover of A House Is Not a Home: A B-Boy Blues Novel

A House Is Not a Home: A B-Boy Blues Novel

by James Earl Hardy

2 Times Bestseller

Cover of The Minister Primarily

The Minister Primarily

by John Oliver Killens

2 Times Bestseller

Cover of The Last Suspicious Holdout: Stories

The Last Suspicious Holdout: Stories

by Ladee Hubbard

2 Times Bestseller

Cover of The Rib King

by Ladee Hubbard

2 Times Bestseller

Cover of Ramadan Ramsey

by Louis Edwards

2 Times Bestseller

Cover of Koshersoul

by Michael W. Twitty

2 Times Bestseller

Cover of Jollof Rice and Other Revolutions

Jollof Rice and Other Revolutions

by Omolola Ijeoma Ogunyemi

2 Times Bestseller

Cover of The Road to the Salt Sea

The Road to the Salt Sea

by Samuel Kolawole

2 Times Bestseller

Cover of Afrocentric Style: A Celebration of Blackness & Identity in Pop Culture

Afrocentric Style: A Celebration of Blackness & Identity in Pop Culture

by Shirley Neal

2 Times Bestseller

Cover of Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man

Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man

by Steve Harvey and Denene Millner

2 Times Bestseller

Cover of Unbreak My Heart: A Memoir

Unbreak My Heart: A Memoir

by Toni Braxton

2 Times Bestseller

Cover of Zora Neale Hurston Boxed Set

Zora Neale Hurston Boxed Set

by Zora Neale Hurston

1 Time Bestseller

Cover of Black Bottom Saints (Paperback)

Black Bottom Saints (Paperback)

by Alice Randall

1 Time Bestseller

Cover of Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story

Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story

by Ben Carson

1 Time Bestseller

Cover of Open Season: Legalized Genocide of Colored People

Open Season: Legalized Genocide of Colored People

by Ben Crump

1 Time Bestseller

Cover of A Brother’s Honor (The Grangers)

A Brother’s Honor (The Grangers)

by Brenda Jackson

1 Time Bestseller

Cover of My Holy Bible For African-American Children, Kjv

My Holy Bible For African-American Children, Kjv

by Cheryl Willis Hudson and Wade Hudson

1 Time Bestseller

Cover of Isn’t Her Grace Amazing!: The Women Who Changed Gospel Music

Isn’t Her Grace Amazing!: The Women Who Changed Gospel Music

by Cheryl Wills

1 Time Bestseller

Cover of The Pursuit of Happyness

The Pursuit of Happyness

by Chris Gardner and Quincy Troupe

1 Time Bestseller

Cover of A High Price for Freedom: Raising Hidden Voices from the African American Past

A High Price for Freedom: Raising Hidden Voices from the African American Past

by Clyde W. Ford

1 Time Bestseller

Cover of Of Blood and Sweat: Black Lives and the Genesis of White Power and Wealth

Of Blood and Sweat: Black Lives and the Genesis of White Power and Wealth

by Clyde W. Ford

1 Time Bestseller

Cover of Michelle Obama: Meet The First Lady

Michelle Obama: Meet The First Lady

by David Bergen Brophy

1 Time Bestseller

Cover of A Small Nation of People: W. E. B. Du Bois and African American Portraits of Progress

A Small Nation of People: W. E. B. Du Bois and African American Portraits of Progress

by David Levering Lewis

1 Time Bestseller

Cover of Dick Gregory’s Natural Diet for Folks Who Eat: Cookin’ with Mother Nature

Dick Gregory’s Natural Diet for Folks Who Eat: Cookin’ with Mother Nature

by Dick Gregory

1 Time Bestseller

Cover of Dorothy Dandridge: A Biography

Dorothy Dandridge: A Biography

by Donald Bogle

1 Time Bestseller

Cover of The Original Black Elite: Daniel Murray and the Story of a Forgotten Era

The Original Black Elite: Daniel Murray and the Story of a Forgotten Era

by Elizabeth Dowling Taylor

1 Time Bestseller

Cover of The Great Migration: Journey To The North

The Great Migration: Journey To The North

by Eloise Greenfield

1 Time Bestseller

Cover of Reclamation: Sally Hemings, Thomas Jefferson, and a Descendant’s Search for Her Family’s Lasting Legacy

Reclamation: Sally Hemings, Thomas Jefferson, and a Descendant’s Search for Her Family’s Lasting Legacy

by Gayle Jessup White

1 Time Bestseller

Cover of At Home with Muhammad Ali: A Memoir of Love, Loss, and Forgiveness

At Home with Muhammad Ali: A Memoir of Love, Loss, and Forgiveness

by Hana Ali

1 Time Bestseller

Cover of Nobody Knows the Trouble I’ve Seen: The Emotional Lives of Black Women

Nobody Knows the Trouble I’ve Seen: The Emotional Lives of Black Women

by Inger Burnett-Zeigler

1 Time Bestseller

Cover of Love the One You’re With (B-Boy Blues, Book 5)

Love the One You’re With (B-Boy Blues, Book 5)

by James Earl Hardy

1 Time Bestseller

Cover of Just Us Women

by Jeannette Caines

1 Time Bestseller

Cover of Walking in My Joy: In These Streets

Walking in My Joy: In These Streets

by Jenifer Lewis

1 Time Bestseller

Cover of The Blacker The Berry

The Blacker The Berry

by Joyce Carol Thomas

1 Time Bestseller

Cover of Black Crossword: 100 MIDI Puzzles Connecting the African Diaspora

Black Crossword: 100 MIDI Puzzles Connecting the African Diaspora

by Juliana Pache

1 Time Bestseller

Cover of Heart and Soul: The Story of America and African Americans

Heart and Soul: The Story of America and African Americans

by Kadir Nelson

1 Time Bestseller

Cover of Make Good the Promises: Reclaiming Reconstruction and Its Legacies

Make Good the Promises: Reclaiming Reconstruction and Its Legacies

by Kinshasha Holman Conwill and Paul Gardullo

1 Time Bestseller

Cover of Black, White, Colored: The Hidden Story of an Insurrection, a Family, a Southern Town, and Identity in America

Black, White, Colored: The Hidden Story of an Insurrection, a Family, a Southern Town, and Identity in America

by Lauretta Malloy Noble and LeeAnet Noble

1 Time Bestseller

Cover of It’s Never Too Late: A Memoir

It’s Never Too Late: A Memoir

by Marla Gibbs

1 Time Bestseller

Cover of Lakewood

by Megan Giddings

1 Time Bestseller

Cover of We Are Each Other’s Harvest

We Are Each Other’s Harvest

by Natalie Baszile

1 Time Bestseller

Cover of Freedom’s a-Callin Me

Freedom’s a-Callin Me

by Ntozake Shange

1 Time Bestseller

Cover of Wade in the Water

Wade in the Water

by Nyaneba Nkrumah

1 Time Bestseller

Cover of By The River Piedra I Sat Down And Wept: A Novel Of Forgiveness

By The River Piedra I Sat Down And Wept: A Novel Of Forgiveness

by Paulo Coelho

1 Time Bestseller

Cover of Bad Fat Black Girl: Notes from a Trap Feminist

Bad Fat Black Girl: Notes from a Trap Feminist

by Sesali Bowen

1 Time Bestseller

Cover of Black Fortunes: The Story of the First Six African Americans Who Escaped Slavery and Became Millionaires

Black Fortunes: The Story of the First Six African Americans Who Escaped Slavery and Became Millionaires

by Shomari Wills

1 Time Bestseller

Cover of Act Like a Success, Think Like a Success: Discovering Your Gift and the Way to Life’s Riches

Act Like a Success, Think Like a Success: Discovering Your Gift and the Way to Life’s Riches

by Steve Harvey

1 Time Bestseller

Cover of Straight Talk, No Chaser: How to Find, Keep, and Understand a Man

Straight Talk, No Chaser: How to Find, Keep, and Understand a Man

by Steve Harvey

1 Time Bestseller

Cover of Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man Movie (Tie-in)

Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man Movie (Tie-in)

by Steve Harvey and Denene Millner

1 Time Bestseller

Cover of Infinitum: An Afrofuturist Tale

Infinitum: An Afrofuturist Tale

by Tim Fielder

1 Time Bestseller

Cover of The Little Book of Big Lies (paperback): A Journey Into Inner Fitness

The Little Book of Big Lies (paperback): A Journey Into Inner Fitness

by Tina Lifford

1 Time Bestseller

Cover of Trinity

by Zelda Lockhart

1 Time Bestseller

Cover of You Don’t Know Us Negroes And Other Essays

You Don’t Know Us Negroes And Other Essays

by Zora Neale Hurston, Henry Louis Gates, Jr., M. Genevieve West

1 Time Bestseller

Cover of In The Land Of Words: New And Selected Poems

In The Land Of Words: New And Selected Poems

by Eloise Greenfield

1 Time Bestseller

Cover of Surprises (I Can Read Book 3)

Surprises (I Can Read Book 3)

by Lee Bennett Hopkins

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