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AALBC.com’s 100 Bestselling Books of All Time
Based upon books sales since December 1997. Learn about our Bestsellers Seal.

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Books 81 to 100 (of 100)


#81 – 6 Time Bestseller

Click for a larger image of Baldwin's Harlem: A Biography of James Baldwin

Baldwin's Harlem: A Biography of James Baldwin
by Herb Boyd
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#82 – 6 Time Bestseller

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Pimp: The Story of My Life
by Iceberg Slim
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#83 – 6 Time Bestseller

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Brown Girl Dreaming
by Jacqueline Woodson
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#84 – 6 Time Bestseller

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Queen Bitch: Part 4 (Bitch Series)
by Joy Deja King
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#85 – 6 Time Bestseller

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The Summer of my Fifteenth Year
by Geri Spencer Hunter
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#86 – 6 Time Bestseller

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Wild Stars Seeking Midnight Suns: Stories
by J. California Cooper
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#87 – 6 Time Bestseller

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The Covenant with Black America
by Tavis Smiley
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#88 – 6 Time Bestseller

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Dutch II. Angel’s Revenge (Dutch Trilogy)
by Teri Woods
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#89 – 6 Time Bestseller

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Payback Is A Mutha
by Wahida Clark
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#90 – 6 Time Bestseller

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Never Satisfied: How & Why Men Cheat
by Michael Baisden
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#91 – 6 Time Bestseller

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A Hustler’s Wife (Urban Books)
by Nikki Turner
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#92 – 6 Time Bestseller

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Unthinkable Sins
by Tiffani Quarles-Sanders
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#93 – 5 Time Bestseller

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The Perfect Marriage
by Kimberla Lawson Roby
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#94 – 5 Time Bestseller

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Letter to My Daughter
by Maya Angelou
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#95 – 5 Time Bestseller

Click for a larger image of The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness

The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness
by Michelle Alexander
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#96 – 5 Time Bestseller

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The Family Business
by Carl Weber
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#97 – 5 Time Bestseller

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Farther Than I Meant to Go, Longer Than I Meant to Stay
by Tiffany Warren
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#98 – 5 Time Bestseller

Click for a larger image 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
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#99 – 5 Time Bestseller

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Satan, I'm Taking Back My Health
by Jawanza Kunjufu
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#100 – 5 Time Bestseller

Click for a larger image of Letters to a Young Sister: DeFINE Your Destiny

Letters to a Young Sister: DeFINE Your Destiny
by Hill Harper
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