The 85 Bestselling Fiction Books for 2012

The Reverend’ss Wife (Reverend Curtis Black #9)by Kimberla Lawson Roby

I Dreamt I Was in Heaven - The Rampage of the Rufus Buck Gangby Leonce Gaiter

Justify My Thugby Wahida Clark

The Family Businessby Carl Weber

Fifty Shades of Grayby E L James

Thug Matrimonyby Wahida Clark

The Cartel 4by Ashley Antoinette and JaQuavis Coleman

The Man In 3Bby Carl Weber

An Accidental Affairby Eric Jerome Dickey

Can I Be Me?by Esther Armah

Going Homeby Evelyn Palfrey

Love, Honor, and Betray (Reverend Curtis Black #8)by Kimberla Lawson Roby

Secret Obsessionby Kimberla Lawson Roby

One Bloodby Qwantu Amaru

Low Down And Dirty: A Novelby Vickie M. Stringer

Payback Is A Muthaby Wahida Clark

Thug Lovin'by Wahida Clark

Been So Longby Adrienne Thompson

Another Woman’s Husbandby Angel Mechelle

The Twelve Tribes of Hattieby Ayana Mathis

Sugar: A Novelby Bernice L. McFadden

Covenantby Brandon Massey

A Steele for Christmas (Harlequin Kimani RomanceForged of Steel)by Brenda Jackson

A Soldier’s Play (Dramabook)by Charles Fuller

The Oneby Cheryl Robinson

Kingston Noir (Akashic Noir)by Colin Channer

Another Man Willby Daaimah S. Poole

Princes Of The Roadby David Covin

Wimbey’s Cornerby David Covin

Only Twice I've Wished for Heavenby Dawn Turner Trice

A Modern Witch (A Modern Witch Series: Book 1)by Debora Geary

Sparkle: A Novelby Denene Millner, Howard Rosenman, Joel Schumacher, and Mara Brock Akil

White Man’s Justiceby Donald Goines

Fifty Shades Darkerby E L James

1996by Gloria Naylor

Echoes of a Distant Summerby Guy Johnson

Standing at the Scratch Lineby Guy Johnson

Church Boyz: Rod of the Wickedby H H Fowler

Buttermilk Bottomby H. Victoria Hargro Atkerson

Life Is Short but Wideby J. California Cooper

Wild Stars Seeking Midnight Suns: Storiesby J. California Cooper

A Hustler’s Promiseby Jackie Chanel

B-Boy Bluesby James Earl Hardy

How Stanley Got His Back in Grooveby James Earl Hardy

Street Lifeby Jihad Shaheed Uhuru

Animalby K’wan

Tuskegee Love Lettersby Kim Russell, Luana Knighten, and J. Bernard Knighten

A Deep Dark Secretby Kimberla Lawson Roby

A Taste of Realityby Kimberla Lawson Roby

Be Careful What You Pray For (Reverend Curtis Black #7)by Kimberla Lawson Roby

Behind Closed Doorsby Kimberla Lawson Roby

Casting the First Stone (Reverend Curtis Black #1)by Kimberla Lawson Roby

Here and Nowby Kimberla Lawson Roby

It’s A Thin Lineby Kimberla Lawson Roby

Love and Lies(Reverend Curtis Black #4)by Kimberla Lawson Roby

The Best of Everything (Reverend Curtis Black #6)by Kimberla Lawson Roby

The Perfect Marriageby Kimberla Lawson Roby

The Sexy Part of the Bible (Akashic Urban Surreal Series)by Kola Boof

Children of the Streetby Kwei Quartey

Intimate Apparel/Fabulationby Lynn Nottage

Maintenance Man II: Money, Politics & Sex: Everyone Has A Price by Michael Baisden

Harlem: Lost and Foundby Michael Henry Adams

Red Clay Dirt & Mountainsby Monda Raquel Webb

Kindredby Octavia Butler

Sinners & Saintsby ReShonda Tate Billingsley and Victoria Christopher Murray

When Sunday Comes Againby Terry E. Hill

Mamaby Terry McMillan

The Other Side of Divineby Vanessa Davis Griggs

The Other Side Of Goodnessby Vanessa Davis Griggs

Dirty Red: A Novelby Vickie M. Stringer

The Devil In Silver: A Novelby Victor Lavalle

Scandalousby Victoria Christopher Murray

Payback Ain't Enoughby Wahida Clark

Payback with Ya Lifeby Wahida Clark

Thugs and the Women Who Love Themby Wahida Clark

Gettin' Buck Wild: Sex Chronicles IIby Zane

Head Bangers: An APF Sexcapadeby Zane

Purple Panties: An Eroticanoir.com Anthologyby Zane

The Sex Chroniclesby Zane

Z-Rated: Chocolate Flava 3by Zane

January Jackson and Friendsby Zonie Felder

Their Eyes Were Watching Godby Zora Neale Hurston