The 34 Bestselling Adult Fiction Books on AALBC for 2020

This page highlights 34 books, published in 2020, that made our Bestsellers List.
(Note: Bestseller status carries over to new editions, so the publication year may differ from the original release.)

Voices of the Harlem Renaissance: Originally Published as The New Negro an Interpretation
30 Time Bestseller

Voices of the Harlem Renaissance: Originally Published as The New Negro an Interpretation

by Alain Locke and Introduction by Troy Johnson
The Willie Lynch Letter And the Making of A Slave
11 Time Bestseller

The Willie Lynch Letter And the Making of A Slave

by Willie Lynch
The Vanishing Half
6 Time Bestseller

The Vanishing Half

by Brit Bennett
The Secret Lives of Church Ladies
6 Time Bestseller

The Secret Lives of Church Ladies

by Deesha Philyaw
When No One Is Watching: A Thriller
5 Time Bestseller

When No One Is Watching: A Thriller

by Alyssa Cole
Deacon King Kong
5 Time Bestseller

Deacon King Kong

by James McBride
Black States of America: Real Black Power
4 Time Bestseller

Black States of America: Real Black Power

by d. E. Rogers
Hitting a Straight Lick with a Crooked Stick
4 Time Bestseller

Hitting a Straight Lick with a Crooked Stick

by Zora Neale Hurston and M. Genevieve West
Black Gangster
3 Time Bestseller

Black Gangster

by Donald Goines
Speaking of Summer: A Novel
3 Time Bestseller

Speaking of Summer: A Novel

by Kalisha Buckhanon
His Only Wife
3 Time Bestseller

His Only Wife

by Peace Adzo Medie
It’s Not All Downhill from Here
3 Time Bestseller

It’s Not All Downhill from Here

by Terry McMillan
Glorious
2 Time Bestseller

Glorious

by Bernice L. McFadden
They Tell Me Of A Home: A Novel
2 Time Bestseller

They Tell Me Of A Home: A Novel

by Daniel Black
Step Into a World: A Global Anthology of the New Black Literature
2 Time Bestseller

Step Into a World: A Global Anthology of the New Black Literature

by Kevin Powell
Blacktop Wasteland
2 Time Bestseller

Blacktop Wasteland

by S. A. Cosby
B-More Careful
2 Time Bestseller

B-More Careful

by Shannon Holmes
The Awkward Black Man
2 Time Bestseller

The Awkward Black Man

by Walter Mosley
On the Corner of Hope and Main: A Blessings Novel
1 Time Bestseller

On the Corner of Hope and Main: A Blessings Novel

by Beverly Jenkins
Real Life
1 Time Bestseller

Real Life

by Brandon Taylor
Romance in Marseille
1 Time Bestseller

Romance in Marseille

by Claude McKay
Confessions in B-Flat
1 Time Bestseller

Confessions in B-Flat

by Donna Hill
The Other Sister
1 Time Bestseller

The Other Sister

by Donna Hill
What A Woman’s Gotta Do
1 Time Bestseller

What A Woman’s Gotta Do

by Evelyn Coleman
There Is Confusion
1 Time Bestseller

There Is Confusion

by Jessie Redmon Fauset
Real Men Knit
1 Time Bestseller

Real Men Knit

by K.M. Jackson
Here and Now
1 Time Bestseller

Here and Now

by Kimberla Lawson Roby
The Missing American
1 Time Bestseller

The Missing American

by Kwei Quartey
Hood Rat: A Novel
1 Time Bestseller

Hood Rat: A Novel

by K’wan
Bourbon Street
1 Time Bestseller

Bourbon Street

by Leonce Gaiter
The Old Drift: A Novel
1 Time Bestseller

The Old Drift: A Novel

by Namwali Serpell
Wild Seed (Patternist #1)
1 Time Bestseller

Wild Seed (Patternist #1)

by Octavia E. Butler
The Stolen Daughter
1 Time Bestseller

The Stolen Daughter

by ReShonda Tate Billingsley
Transcendent Kingdom
1 Time Bestseller

Transcendent Kingdom

by Yaa Gyasi

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