The 23 Bestselling Adult Nonfiction Books for 2019

This page highlights 23 books, published in 2019, 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.





6 Time 2019 Bestseller Book cover of So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo

So You Want to Talk About Race

by Ijeoma Oluo

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5 Time 2019 Bestseller Book cover of How to Be an Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi

How to Be an Antiracist

by Ibram X. Kendi

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3 Time 2019 Bestseller Book cover of Diamond Doris by Doris Payne

Diamond Doris

by Doris Payne

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3 Time 2019 Bestseller Book cover of Life Is God’s Best Gift: Wisdom from the Ancestors on Finding Peace and Joy in Today’s World by Sam Chege

Life Is God’s Best Gift

by Sam Chege

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3 Time 2019 Bestseller Book cover of Black History: An Inclusive Account of American History by Walter Milton, Jr. and Joel A. Freeman

Black History

by Walter Milton, et al.

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2 Time 2019 Bestseller Book cover of Self-Value: The Story of Me by Brandon Williams

Self-Value

by Brandon Williams

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2 Time 2019 Bestseller Book cover of Bitcoin & Black America by Isaiah Jackson

Bitcoin & Black America

by Isaiah Jackson

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1 Time 2019 Bestseller Book cover of After Life: My Journey from Incarceration to Freedom by Alice Marie Johnson

After Life

by Alice Marie Johnson

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1 Time 2019 Bestseller Book cover of Open Season: Legalized Genocide of Colored People by Ben Crump

Open Season

by Ben Crump

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1 Time 2019 Bestseller Book cover of The World According to Fannie Davis: My Mother’s Life in the Detroit Numbers by Bridgett M. Davis

The World According to Fannie Davis

by Bridgett M. Davis

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1 Time 2019 Bestseller Book cover of For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Politics by Donna L. Brazile, Yolanda Caraway, Leah Daughtry, Minyon Moore, and Veronica Chambers

For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Politics

by Donna L. Brazile, et al.

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1 Time 2019 Bestseller Book cover of America for Americans: A History of Xenophobia in the United States by Erika Lee

America for Americans

by Erika Lee

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1 Time 2019 Bestseller Book cover of Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass by Frederick Douglass

Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass

by Frederick Douglass

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1 Time 2019 Bestseller Book cover of At Home with Muhammad Ali: A Memoir of Love, Loss, and Forgiveness by Hana Ali

At Home with Muhammad Ali

by Hana Ali

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1 Time 2019 Bestseller Book cover of The Truths We Hold: An American Journey by Kamala Harris

The Truths We Hold

by Kamala Harris

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1 Time 2019 Bestseller Book cover of The Condemnation of Blackness: Race, Crime, and the Making of Modern Urban America by Khalil G. Muhammad

The Condemnation of Blackness

by Khalil G. Muhammad

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1 Time 2019 Bestseller Book cover of Book of Letters by Mary J. Taylor

Book of Letters

by Mary J. Taylor

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1 Time 2019 Bestseller Book cover of The Osiris Papers: Reflections on the Life and Writings of Dr. Frances Cress Welsing by Raymond A. Winbush and Dr. Denise Wright

The Osiris Papers

by Raymond A. Winbush and Dr. Denise Wright

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1 Time 2019 Bestseller Book cover of The Yellow House: A Memoir by Sarah M. Broom

The Yellow House

by Sarah M. Broom

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1 Time 2019 Bestseller Book cover of Black Fortunes: The Story of the First Six African Americans Who Escaped Slavery and Became Millionaires by Shomari Wills

Black Fortunes

by Shomari Wills

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1 Time 2019 Bestseller Book cover of Lead from the Outside: How to Build Your Future and Make Real Change by Stacey Abrams aka Selena Montgomery

Lead from the Outside

by Stacey Abrams aka Selena Montgomery

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1 Time 2019 Bestseller Book cover of Jubilee: Recipes from Two Centuries of African-American Cooking by Toni Tipton-Martin

Jubilee

by Toni Tipton-Martin

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1 Time 2019 Bestseller Book cover of Pillars in Ethiopian History: African History Notebook Vol I by William Leo Hansberry and Joseph E. Harris (editor)

Pillars in Ethiopian History

by William Leo Hansberry and Joseph E. Harris (editor)

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