Books: Bestselling, Award Winning, New, and Classic Titles

We sell a curated selection of almost 20,000 titles covering a century of Black writing from around the world. In addition to buying your books here, you’ll find reviews, bestsellers lists, awards, excerpts, publisher information, and more. Readers: discover books grouped by over 1,500 different categories. Authors and Publishers: here are a variety of ways to get your books on AALBC.

Bestselling Books by Two-Month Reporting Period:

★ 98 Bestselling Books for All of 2023

Bestselling Books by Year of Publication – Since 1960.

★ Books Coming Out in the Next 6 Months and Beyond
★ Books Published in the Last 60 Days
★ This is What Banned Books Look Like
★ 100 New Audiobooks You’ll Love ♥
★ Top 100 Recommended African-American Children’s Books
★ The Most Critically Acclaimed Books of the Past 40 Years
★ The Best African American Children’s Picture Books for 2020
★ Read Full Chapter Excerpts of Books
★ More Lists of Books

Editors Selections:

Book Cover Image: Off-White by Astrid Roemer

Book Cover Image: One of Us Knows: A Thriller by Alyssa Cole

Book Cover Image: One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer: Three Tales of John Lee Hooker by Gabe Soria, Illustrated by Kyle Baker

Book Cover Image: Our God Is Marching on by Martin Luther King, Jr.

Book Cover Image: The Moment: Thoughts on the Race Reckoning That Wasn’t and How We All Can Move Forward Now by Bakari Sellers

Book Cover Image: We Refuse to Be Silent: Women’s Voices on Justice for Black Men Edited by Angela P. Dodson

Book Cover Image: Tasha’s Voice by Carmen Bogan, Illustrated by Floyd Cooper

Book Cover Image: Stamped (for Kids): Racism, Antiracism, and You by Jason Reynolds and Ibram X. Kendi

Book Cover Image: Summer Is Here by Renée Watson, Illustrated by Bea Jackson

Book Cover Image: The Secret Library by Kekla Magoon

More Lists of Important Books

★ Bestselling Books by Year of Publication
★ Our 150 All-Time Favorite African-American Children’s Books
★ 100 Essential Black Books
★ Top 100 Selling Publisher Imprints
★ Visit our Book Reviews Section
★ 100 Bestselling Books of All-Time
★ The Top 10 Books in 100 Different Categories
★ 100 Bestselling Books of All Time
★ Black-Owned Publishing Companies
★ Favorite 100 Titles of the 20th Century
★ The QBR 100 Essential Black Books
★ Favorite 100 Titles of the 21sth Century (list being compiled now, cast your vote)
★ Go On Girl! Book Club’s Complete Reading List (1991 – 2024)
★ The Coffee Will Make You Black Book Club’s Reading List (1998–2006, and 2010)
★ The Power List BestSelling Books (Spring 2013 to Spring 2015)
★ Get Your Book on AALBC.com

Recently Reviewed Books

Book Cover: My Divine Natural Hair: Inspiration & Tips to Love & Care for Your Crownby Shelia Burlock, Sylvia Burlock, and Melissa Burlock

Book Cover: Psalms of My People: A Story of Black Liberation as Told through Hip-Hop by Lenny Duncan

Book Cover: Dancing the Afrofuture: Hula, Hip-Hop, and the Dunham Legacy by Halifu Osumare

Book Cover: American Imam: From Pop Stardom to Prison Abolition by Taymullah Abdur-Rahman

Book Cover: The Rise of Rage: Harnessing the Most Misunderstood Emotion by Julie A. Christiansen

Book Cover: Chasing Me to My Grave: An Artist’s Memoir of the Jim Crow South by Winfred Rembert with Erin I. Kelly

Book Cover: Black Women, Ivory Tower: Revealing the Lies of White Supremacy in American Education by Jasmine L. Harris

Book Cover: Place of Cool Waters by Ndirangu Githaiga

Book Cover: In Trembling Boldness: Wisdom for Today from Ancient Jesus People by Natalie Renee Perkins and Hal Taussig

Book Cover: Powerhouse Radio: Rough Roads, Radiance, and Rebirth by Kingsley H. Smith

Book Cover: Searching for Agabus: Embracing Authenticity and Finding Your Way to You by Michael Walrond

Book Cover: Let Us Descend by Jesmyn Ward

Before the Streetlights Come On: Black America’s Urgent Call for Climate Solutions by Heather McTeer Toney

Book Cover: The Unsettled by Ayana Mathis

Book Cover: Burial Ground by Glenda R. Taylorr

Book Cover: The New Brownies’ Book: A Love Letter to Black Families by Karida L. Brown and Charly Palmer

Book Cover: I Love My People by Kim Singleton

Book Cover: Pregnant While Black: Advancing Justice for Maternal Health in America by Monique Rainford

Book Cover: Black Hands White House: Slave Labor and the Making of America by Renee K. Harrison

Book Cover: The Prophetic Lens: The Camera and Black Moral Agency from MLK to Darnella Frazier

Book Cover Image: Jimmy’s Rhythm & Blues: The Extraordinary Life of James Baldwin by Michelle Meadows, Illustrated by Jamiel Law

Book Cover Image: There Are Dinosaurs in the Library! by A.G. Allen, Illustrated by Octavio Cordova

Book Cover Image: Jelani’s Key by D. Amari Jackson

Book Cover Image: A Flag for Juneteenth by Kim Taylor, Illustrated by Kim Taylor

Book Cover: The Mermaid Princesses: A Sister Tale by Maya Cameron-Gordon, Illustrated by Mirelle Ortega

Lists of Award Winning Books

We track all of the Black winners of the National Book Awards, Pulitzer Prize, Carter G. Woodson Award, Coretta Scott King Award, and many more. Winners of these awards are factored into our formula for determining The Most Critically Acclaimed Books of the Past 40 Years.

Online Book Club

#readingblack encouraging everyone to read quality books written by Black people

The Coffee Will Make You Black is AALBC’s online book club. Check out our reading list and participate in discussions that take place over the course of a month. There is no commitment or pressure; just enjoy.