The 26 Bestselling Adult Nonfiction Books for 2014

This page highlights 26 books, published in 2014, 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.

11 Time 2014 Bestseller Book cover of 10-Day Green Smoothie Cleanse by J.J. Smith

10-Day Green Smoothie Cleanse

by J.J. Smith

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2 Time 2014 Bestseller Book cover of Praedamus Let Us Prey Selling Heaven: It’s All An Illusion by Don Spears

Praedamus Let Us Prey Selling Heaven

by Don Spears

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2 Time 2014 Bestseller Book cover of Essence Maya Angelou: Her Phenomenal Life & Poetic Journey by Editors of Essence Magazine

Essence Maya Angelou

by Editors of Essence Magazine

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2 Time 2014 Bestseller Book cover of Stop Being Niggardly: And Nine Other Things Black People Need to Stop Doing by Karen Hunter

Stop Being Niggardly

by Karen Hunter

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2 Time 2014 Bestseller Book cover of Mayor For Life: The Incredible Story of Marion Barry Jr. by Marion Barry Jr. and Omar Tyree

Mayor For Life

by Marion Barry Jr. and Omar Tyree

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2 Time 2014 Bestseller Book cover of Rainbow in the Cloud: The Wisdom and Spirit of Maya Angelou by Maya Angelou

Rainbow in the Cloud

by Maya Angelou

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2 Time 2014 Bestseller Book cover of Unbreak My Heart: A Memoir by Toni Braxton

Unbreak My Heart

by Toni Braxton

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1 Time 2014 Bestseller Book cover of Ain’t I a Woman: Black Women and Feminism by bell hooks

Ain’t I a Woman

by bell hooks

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1 Time 2014 Bestseller Book cover of Miss Anne in Harlem: The White Women of the Black Renaissance by Carla Kaplan

Miss Anne in Harlem

by Carla Kaplan

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1 Time 2014 Bestseller Book cover of One Hour To Wealth: Your Great Idea Is Valuable...Get Up And Write It Down! by Christopher D. Burns

One Hour To Wealth

by Christopher D. Burns

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1 Time 2014 Bestseller Book cover of Ebony and Ivy: Race, Slavery, and the Troubled History of America’s Universities by Craig Steven Wilder

Ebony and Ivy

by Craig Steven Wilder

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1 Time 2014 Bestseller Book cover of The Man from Essence: Creating a Magazine for Black Women by Edward Lewis

The Man from Essence

by Edward Lewis

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1 Time 2014 Bestseller Book cover of Guiou: The Other Blacks,  Second Edition by Gloria J.  Arnold

Guiou

by Gloria J. Arnold

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1 Time 2014 Bestseller Book cover of The Norton Anthology of African American Literature (3rd Edition) Set by Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Valerie Smith, William L. Andrews, Kimberly Benston, Brent Hayes Edwards, Frances Smith Foster, Deborah E. McDowell, Robert G. O’Meally, Hortense J. Spillers, and Cheryl A. Wall

The Norton Anthology of African American Literature (3rd Edition) Set

by Henry Louis Gates, et al.

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1 Time 2014 Bestseller Book cover of James Baldwin The Last Interview: and Other Conversations by James Baldwin

James Baldwin The Last Interview

by James Baldwin

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1 Time 2014 Bestseller Book cover of Dorothy Porter Wesley At Howard University: Building A Legacy Of Black History by Janet Sims-Wood

Dorothy Porter Wesley At Howard University

by Janet Sims-Wood

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1 Time 2014 Bestseller Book cover of Who We Be: The Colorization of America by Jeff Chang

Who We Be

by Jeff Chang

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1 Time 2014 Bestseller Book cover of Life in Motion: An Unlikely Ballerina by Misty Copeland

Life in Motion

by Misty Copeland

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1 Time 2014 Bestseller Book cover of Black Stats: African Americans by the Numbers in the Twenty-first Century by Monique W. Morris

Black Stats

by Monique W. Morris

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1 Time 2014 Bestseller Book cover of You Make Me Wanna (Urban Books) by Nikki Rashan

You Make Me Wanna (Urban Books)

by Nikki Rashan

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1 Time 2014 Bestseller Book cover of How White Folks Got So Rich: The Untold Story of American White Supremacy by Reclamation Project

How White Folks Got So Rich

by Reclamation Project

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1 Time 2014 Bestseller Book cover of The Motherhood Diaries 2: Humorous and Heartwarming Musings on Motherhood by ReShonda Tate Billingsley

The Motherhood Diaries 2

by ReShonda Tate Billingsley

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1 Time 2014 Bestseller Book cover of Justice While Black: Helping African-American Families Navigate and Survive the Criminal Justice System by Robbin Shipp and Nick Chiles

Justice While Black

by Robbin Shipp and Nick Chiles

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1 Time 2014 Bestseller Book cover of The Rise And Fall Of Black Wall Street: The Seven Key Empowerment Principles by Robin Walker

The Rise And Fall Of Black Wall Street

by Robin Walker

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1 Time 2014 Bestseller Book cover of Act Like a Success, Think Like a Success: Discovering Your Gift and the Way to Life’s Riches by Steve Harvey

Act Like a Success, Think Like a Success

by Steve Harvey

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