The 15 Bestselling Adult Fiction Books on AALBC for 2025

This page highlights 15 books, published in 2025, that made our Bestsellers List.
(Note: Bestseller status carries over to new editions, so the publication year may differ from the original release.)

Fish Tales: A Novel
3 Time Bestseller

Fish Tales: A Novel

by Nettie Jones
Dream Count
2 Time Bestseller

Dream Count

by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
The Risk of Loving You: When Danger Meets Desire
2 Time Bestseller

The Risk of Loving You: When Danger Meets Desire

by Dana Bari
Death of the Author
2 Time Bestseller

Death of the Author

by Nnedi Okorafor
Something in the Water
2 Time Bestseller

Something in the Water

by Phyllis R. Dixon
Harlem Rhapsody
2 Time Bestseller

Harlem Rhapsody

by Victoria Christopher Murray
I, Medusa
1 Time Bestseller

I, Medusa

by Ayana Gray
Sky Full of Elephants
1 Time Bestseller

Sky Full of Elephants

by Cebo Campbell
Happy Land
1 Time Bestseller

Happy Land

by Dolen Perkins-Valdez
Junie
1 Time Bestseller

Junie

by Erin Crosby Eckstine
My Bully, My Aunt, and Her Final Gift
1 Time Bestseller

My Bully, My Aunt, and Her Final Gift

by Harold Phifer
God Don’t Play
1 Time Bestseller

God Don’t Play

by Mary Monroe
Ring Shout
1 Time Bestseller

Ring Shout

by P. Djèlí Clark
A Gardin Wedding: A Gardins of Edin Novel
1 Time Bestseller

A Gardin Wedding: A Gardins of Edin Novel

by Rosey Lee
Gray Dawn: An Easy Rawlins Mystery
1 Time Bestseller

Gray Dawn: An Easy Rawlins Mystery

by Walter Mosley

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