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The 77 Bestselling Fiction Books for 2013





5 Time 2013 Bestseller Click for a larger image of I Dreamt I Was in Heaven - The Rampage of the Rufus Buck Gang

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

3 Time 2013 Bestseller Click for a larger image of The Twelve Tribes of Hattie

The Twelve Tribes of Hattie
by Ayana Mathis

3 Time 2013 Bestseller Click for a larger image of A House Divided (Reverend Curtis Black #10)

A House Divided (Reverend Curtis Black #10)
by Kimberla Lawson Roby

3 Time 2013 Bestseller Click for a larger image of The Perfect Marriage

The Perfect Marriage
by Kimberla Lawson Roby

3 Time 2013 Bestseller Click for a larger image of Friends & Foes

Friends & Foes
by ReShonda Tate Billingsley and Victoria Christopher Murray

3 Time 2013 Bestseller Click for a larger image of Awaken

Awaken
by Timothy George

2 Time 2013 Bestseller Click for a larger image of The Family Business

The Family Business
by Carl Weber

2 Time 2013 Bestseller Click for a larger image of The Reverend’ss Wife (Reverend Curtis Black #9)

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

2 Time 2013 Bestseller Click for a larger image of Thin Ice

Thin Ice
by KR Bankston

2 Time 2013 Bestseller Click for a larger image of A Family Affair

A Family Affair
by ReShonda Tate Billingsley

2 Time 2013 Bestseller Click for a larger image of Never Say Never

Never Say Never
by Victoria Christopher Murray

2 Time 2013 Bestseller Click for a larger image of Justify My Thug

Justify My Thug
by Wahida Clark

2 Time 2013 Bestseller Click for a larger image of January Jackson and Friends

January Jackson and Friends
by Zonie Felder

1 Time 2013 Bestseller Click for a larger image of The Narrows

The Narrows
by Ann Petry

1 Time 2013 Bestseller Click for a larger image of The Street: A Novel

The Street: A Novel
by Ann Petry

1 Time 2013 Bestseller Click for a larger image of Like a Broken Doll-Urban Underground

Like a Broken Doll-Urban Underground
by Anne Schraff

1 Time 2013 Bestseller Click for a larger image of Murderville 3: The Black Dahlia

Murderville 3: The Black Dahlia
by Ashley Antoinette and JaQuavis Coleman

1 Time 2013 Bestseller Click for a larger image of Gathering of Waters

Gathering of Waters
by Bernice L. McFadden

1 Time 2013 Bestseller Click for a larger image of Sugar: A Novel

Sugar: A Novel
by Bernice L. McFadden

1 Time 2013 Bestseller Click for a larger image of Country Girls

Country Girls
by Blake Karrington

1 Time 2013 Bestseller Click for a larger image of Snitch: A Novel

Snitch: A Novel
by Booker T. Mattison

1 Time 2013 Bestseller Click for a larger image of Voices from the Other Side

Voices from the Other Side
by Brandon Massey, Eric Jerome Dickey, and Tananarive Due, L. A. Banks

1 Time 2013 Bestseller Click for a larger image of A Brother’s Honor (The Grangers)

A Brother’s Honor (The Grangers)
by Brenda Jackson

1 Time 2013 Bestseller Click for a larger image of The Man In 3B

The Man In 3B
by Carl Weber

1 Time 2013 Bestseller Click for a larger image of A Dollar And A Dream

A Dollar And A Dream
by Carl Weber, Angel Hunter, Dwayne S. Joseph, and La Jill Hunt

1 Time 2013 Bestseller Click for a larger image of The Sons Of Shea

The Sons Of Shea
by Dame DaVohn

1 Time 2013 Bestseller Click for a larger image of Destiny’s Daughters

Destiny’s Daughters
by Donna Hill, Gwynne Forster and Parry Brown

1 Time 2013 Bestseller Click for a larger image of The Supremes at Earl's All-You-Can-Eat

The Supremes at Earl's All-You-Can-Eat
by Edward Kelsey Moore

1 Time 2013 Bestseller Click for a larger image of The Patrick Melrose Novels: Never Mind, Bad News, Some Hope, and Mother's Milk

The Patrick Melrose Novels: Never Mind, Bad News, Some Hope, and Mother's Milk
by Edward St. Aubyn

1 Time 2013 Bestseller Click for a larger image of Can I Be Me?

Can I Be Me?
by Esther Armah

1 Time 2013 Bestseller Click for a larger image of Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass

Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
by Frederick Douglass

1 Time 2013 Bestseller Click for a larger image of Mixed Like Me

Mixed Like Me
by Gina Golliday-Cabell

1 Time 2013 Bestseller Click for a larger image of Echoes of a Distant Summer

Echoes of a Distant Summer
by Guy Johnson

1 Time 2013 Bestseller Click for a larger image of Standing at the Scratch Line

Standing at the Scratch Line
by Guy Johnson

1 Time 2013 Bestseller Click for a larger image of Buttermilk Bottom

Buttermilk Bottom
by H. Victoria Hargro Atkerson

1 Time 2013 Bestseller Click for a larger image of Heartlove: Wedding and Love Poems

Heartlove: Wedding and Love Poems
by Haki Madhubuti

1 Time 2013 Bestseller Click for a larger image of Finding Oprah’s Roots: Finding Your Own

Finding Oprah’s Roots: Finding Your Own
by Henry Louis Gates, Jr.

1 Time 2013 Bestseller Click for a larger image of Homemade Love

Homemade Love
by J. California Cooper

1 Time 2013 Bestseller Click for a larger image of How Stanley Got His Back in Groove

How Stanley Got His Back in Groove
by James Earl Hardy

1 Time 2013 Bestseller Click for a larger image of The Angry Ones

The Angry Ones
by John A. Williams

1 Time 2013 Bestseller Click for a larger image of Animal 2: The Omen

Animal 2: The Omen
by K’wan

1 Time 2013 Bestseller Click for a larger image of Fire in the Streets

Fire in the Streets
by Kekla Magoon

1 Time 2013 Bestseller Click for a larger image of Changing Faces

Changing Faces
by Kimberla Lawson Roby

1 Time 2013 Bestseller Click for a larger image of Dilemmas

Dilemmas
by Lae’Zriah Justice

1 Time 2013 Bestseller Click for a larger image of A Gangster's Daughter 2

A Gangster's Daughter 2
by Leo Sullivan

1 Time 2013 Bestseller Click for a larger image of Gangster's Daughter 3

Gangster's Daughter 3
by Leo Sullivan

1 Time 2013 Bestseller Click for a larger image of The Raven Boys (Raven Cycle)

The Raven Boys (Raven Cycle)
by Maggie Stiefvater

1 Time 2013 Bestseller Click for a larger image of The Wedding Gift

The Wedding Gift
by Marlen Suyapa Bodden

1 Time 2013 Bestseller Click for a larger image of God Don't Like Ugly

God Don't Like Ugly
by Mary Monroe

1 Time 2013 Bestseller Click for a larger image of Harlem: Lost and Found

Harlem: Lost and Found
by Michael Henry Adams

1 Time 2013 Bestseller Click for a larger image of Steamfunk!

Steamfunk!
by Milton J. Davis and Marcellus Jackson

1 Time 2013 Bestseller Click for a larger image of Checkmate - the Baddest Chick

Checkmate - the Baddest Chick
by Nisa Santiago

1 Time 2013 Bestseller Click for a larger image of Kindred

Kindred
by Octavia Butler

1 Time 2013 Bestseller Click for a larger image of Boss Lady: A Novel

Boss Lady: A Novel
by Omar Tyree

1 Time 2013 Bestseller Click for a larger image of All or Nothing

All or Nothing
by Preston L. Allen

1 Time 2013 Bestseller Click for a larger image of Insignificant Others

Insignificant Others
by Pynk and Carol Taylor

1 Time 2013 Bestseller Click for a larger image of Makeda

Makeda
by Randall Robinson

1 Time 2013 Bestseller Click for a larger image of Sinners & Saints

Sinners & Saints
by ReShonda Tate Billingsley and Victoria Christopher Murray

1 Time 2013 Bestseller Click for a larger image of The Outsider (Perennial Library)

The Outsider (Perennial Library)
by Richard Wright

1 Time 2013 Bestseller Click for a larger image of Uncle Tom’s Children (P.S.)

Uncle Tom’s Children (P.S.)
by Richard Wright

1 Time 2013 Bestseller Click for a larger image of After Hours: A Collection of Erotic Writing by Black Men

After Hours: A Collection of Erotic Writing by Black Men
by Robert Fleming

1 Time 2013 Bestseller Click for a larger image of In Laws and Play Cousins: Growing Pains, Promiscuity, Success and Murder

In Laws and Play Cousins: Growing Pains, Promiscuity, Success and Murder
by Robyn Gant

1 Time 2013 Bestseller Click for a larger image of Tell Them I Died

Tell Them I Died
by Sarah Gordon Weathersby

1 Time 2013 Bestseller Click for a larger image of Out of My Mind

Out of My Mind
by Sharon M. Draper

1 Time 2013 Bestseller Click for a larger image of Pretty Kings

Pretty Kings
by T. Styles

1 Time 2013 Bestseller Click for a larger image of Shyt List 4: Children of the Wronged

Shyt List 4: Children of the Wronged
by T. Styles

1 Time 2013 Bestseller Click for a larger image of My Soul to Keep

My Soul to Keep
by Tananarive Due

1 Time 2013 Bestseller Click for a larger image of Devil’s Wake

Devil’s Wake
by Tananarive Due and Steven Barnes

1 Time 2013 Bestseller Click for a larger image of Who Asked You?

Who Asked You?
by Terry McMillan

1 Time 2013 Bestseller Click for a larger image of To Be Sung Underwater

To Be Sung Underwater
by Tom McNeal

1 Time 2013 Bestseller Click for a larger image of Love to Langston

Love to Langston
by Tony Medina

1 Time 2013 Bestseller Click for a larger image of Breaking All My Rules

Breaking All My Rules
by Trice Hickman

1 Time 2013 Bestseller Click for a larger image of Looking for Trouble

Looking for Trouble
by Trice Hickman

1 Time 2013 Bestseller Click for a larger image of Payback Is A Mutha

Payback Is A Mutha
by Wahida Clark

1 Time 2013 Bestseller Click for a larger image of Thug Matrimony

Thug Matrimony
by Wahida Clark

1 Time 2013 Bestseller Click for a larger image of Fire!! A Quarterly Devoted To The Younger Negro Artists

Fire!! A Quarterly Devoted To The Younger Negro Artists
by Wallace Thurman

1 Time 2013 Bestseller Click for a larger image of Zane's Busy Bodies: Chocolate Flava

Zane's Busy Bodies: Chocolate Flava
by Zane

Bestselling Books By Month May be Found Here

Our All-Time Bestselling Books May be Found Here