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The 3 Bestselling Adult Nonfiction Books for 1985

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This page highlights 3 books, published in 1985, that made our Bestsellers List.

Note: We carry over bestseller status for out of print versions of books to new editions, so the punlication year may not reflect the year the book was orignally published.


  • Adult Fiction
  • Adult Nonfiction
  • Adult Poetry
  • Board Book Fiction
  • Board Book Nonfiction
  • Early Reader Fiction
  • Early Reader Nonfiction
  • Early Reader Poetry
  • Middle Grade Fiction
  • Middle Grade Nonfiction
  • Middle Grade Poetry
  • Picture Book Fiction
  • Picture Book Nonfiction
  • Picture Book Poetry
  • Young Adult Fiction
  • Young Adult Nonfiction
  • Young Adult Poetry

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21 Time 1985 Bestseller Book cover of Countering the Conspiracy to Destroy Black Boys by Jawanza Kunjufu

Countering the Conspiracy to Destroy Black Boys

by Jawanza Kunjufu

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4 Time 1985 Bestseller Book cover of Wonderful Ethiopians Of The Ancient Cushite Empire, Book 1 by Drusilla Dunjee Houston

Wonderful Ethiopians Of The Ancient Cushite Empire, Book 1

by Drusilla Dunjee Houston

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1 Time 1985 Bestseller Book cover of Apartheid U.S.A.; Our Common Enemy, Our Common Cause: Freedom Organizing in the Eighties (Freedom Organizing Series, Number 2) by Audre Lorde and Merle Woo

Apartheid U.S.A.; Our Common Enemy, Our Common Cause

by Audre Lorde and Merle Woo

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