The 30 Bestselling Adult Nonfiction Books on AALBC for 2022

This page highlights 30 books, published in 2022, that made our Bestsellers List.
(Note: Bestseller status carries over to new editions, so the publication year may differ from the original release.)

Reparations on Fire: How and Why it’s Spreading Across America
14 Time Bestseller

Reparations on Fire: How and Why it’s Spreading Across America

by Nkechi Taifa
White Fear: How the Browning of America Is Making White Folks Lose Their Minds
6 Time Bestseller

White Fear: How the Browning of America Is Making White Folks Lose Their Minds

by Roland S. Martin with Leah Lakins
The Jewish Onslaught: Despatches from the Wellesley Battlefront
4 Time Bestseller

The Jewish Onslaught: Despatches from the Wellesley Battlefront

by Tony Martin
Finding Me: A Memoir
4 Time Bestseller

Finding Me: A Memoir

by Viola Davis
Miss Chloe: A Literary Friendship with Toni Morrison
3 Time Bestseller

Miss Chloe: A Literary Friendship with Toni Morrison

by A.J. Verdelle
Allow Me to Retort: A Black Guy’s Guide to the Constitution
3 Time Bestseller

Allow Me to Retort: A Black Guy’s Guide to the Constitution

by Elie Mystal
South to America: A Journey Below the Mason-Dixon to Understand the Soul of a Nation
3 Time Bestseller

South to America: A Journey Below the Mason-Dixon to Understand the Soul of a Nation

by Imani Perry
The Enneagram for Black Liberation: Return to Who You Are Beneath the Armor You Carry
2 Time Bestseller

The Enneagram for Black Liberation: Return to Who You Are Beneath the Armor You Carry

by Chichi Agorom
Our Unfinished March: The Violent Past and Imperiled Future of the Vote-A History, a Crisis, a Plan
2 Time Bestseller

Our Unfinished March: The Violent Past and Imperiled Future of the Vote-A History, a Crisis, a Plan

by Eric Holder
Illustrated Black History: Honoring the Iconic and the Unseen
2 Time Bestseller

Illustrated Black History: Honoring the Iconic and the Unseen

by George McCalman
How We Can Win: Race, History and Changing the Money Game That’s Rigged
2 Time Bestseller

How We Can Win: Race, History and Changing the Money Game That’s Rigged

by Kimberly Jones
Power 101: The Harvard Report, Soul Music, and The American Dream
2 Time Bestseller

Power 101: The Harvard Report, Soul Music, and The American Dream

by Logan H. Westbrooks and Schuyler C. Traughber
Koshersoul
2 Time Bestseller

Koshersoul

by Michael W. Twitty
White Lies: The Double Life of Walter F. White and America’s Darkest Secret
1 Time Bestseller

White Lies: The Double Life of Walter F. White and America’s Darkest Secret

by A. J. Baime
Gathering Blossoms Under Fire: The Journals of Alice Walker
1 Time Bestseller

Gathering Blossoms Under Fire: The Journals of Alice Walker

by Alice Walker and Valerie Boyd
I Always Knew: A Memoir
1 Time Bestseller

I Always Knew: A Memoir

by Barbara Chase-Riboud
Isn’t Her Grace Amazing!: The Women Who Changed Gospel Music
1 Time Bestseller

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

by Cheryl Wills
You Grow, Gurl!
1 Time Bestseller

You Grow, Gurl!

by Christopher Griffin
Of Blood and Sweat: Black Lives and the Genesis of White Power and Wealth
1 Time Bestseller

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

by Clyde W. Ford
Your Purpose Is Calling: Your Difference Is Your Destiny
1 Time Bestseller

Your Purpose Is Calling: Your Difference Is Your Destiny

by Dharius Daniels
Living While Black: Using Joy, Beauty, and Connection to Heal Racial Trauma
1 Time Bestseller

Living While Black: Using Joy, Beauty, and Connection to Heal Racial Trauma

by Guilaine Kinouani
Walking in My Joy: In These Streets
1 Time Bestseller

Walking in My Joy: In These Streets

by Jenifer Lewis
Love and Justice: A Journey of Empowerment, Activism, and Embracing Black Beauty
1 Time Bestseller

Love and Justice: A Journey of Empowerment, Activism, and Embracing Black Beauty

by Laetitia Ky
Under the Skin: The Hidden Toll of Racism on American Lives and on the Health of Our Nation
1 Time Bestseller

Under the Skin: The Hidden Toll of Racism on American Lives and on the Health of Our Nation

by Linda Villarosa
The Light We Carry: Overcoming in Uncertain Times
1 Time Bestseller

The Light We Carry: Overcoming in Uncertain Times

by Michelle Obama
Starry Messenger: Cosmic Perspectives on Civilization
1 Time Bestseller

Starry Messenger: Cosmic Perspectives on Civilization

by Neil deGrasse Tyson
The Third Reconstruction: America’s Struggle for Racial Justice in the Twenty-First Century
1 Time Bestseller

The Third Reconstruction: America’s Struggle for Racial Justice in the Twenty-First Century

by Peniel E. Joseph
His Name Is George Floyd: One Man’s Life and the Struggle for Racial Justice
1 Time Bestseller

His Name Is George Floyd: One Man’s Life and the Struggle for Racial Justice

by Robert Samuels and Toluse Olorunnipa
Rest Is Resistance: A Manifesto
1 Time Bestseller

Rest Is Resistance: A Manifesto

by Tricia Hersey
You Don’t Know Us Negroes And Other Essays
1 Time Bestseller

You Don’t Know Us Negroes And Other Essays

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

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