The 32 Bestselling Adult Nonfiction Books for 2020

This page highlights 32 books, published in 2020, 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.





10 Time 2020 Bestseller Book cover of The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness by Michelle Alexander

The New Jim Crow

by Michelle Alexander

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8 Time 2020 Bestseller Book cover of Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents by Isabel Wilkerson

Caste

by Isabel Wilkerson

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5 Time 2020 Bestseller Book cover of The Source of Self-Regard: Selected Essays, Speeches, and Meditations by Toni Morrison

The Source of Self-Regard

by Toni Morrison

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4 Time 2020 Bestseller Book cover of Black Fatigue: How Racism Erodes the Mind, Body, and Spirit by Mary-Frances Winters

Black Fatigue

by Mary-Frances Winters

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4 Time 2020 Bestseller Book cover of Black Power, Black Lawyer: My Audacious Quest for Justice by Nkechi Taifa

Black Power, Black Lawyer

by Nkechi Taifa

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3 Time 2020 Bestseller Book cover of Black Lives Matter at School: An Uprising for Educational Justice by Denisha Jones and Jesse Hagopian

Black Lives Matter at School

by Denisha Jones and Jesse Hagopian

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3 Time 2020 Bestseller Book cover of Mediocre: The Dangerous Legacy of White Male America by Ijeoma Oluo

Mediocre

by Ijeoma Oluo

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3 Time 2020 Bestseller Book cover of His Truth Is Marching on: John Lewis and the Power of Hope by Jon Meacham

His Truth Is Marching on

by Jon Meacham

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2 Time 2020 Bestseller Book cover of My Vanishing Country by Bakari Sellers

My Vanishing Country

by Bakari Sellers

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2 Time 2020 Bestseller Book cover of Begin Again: James Baldwin’s America and Its Urgent Lessons for Our Own by Eddie S. Glaude Jr.

Begin Again

by Eddie S. Glaude Jr.

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2 Time 2020 Bestseller Book cover of Afropessimism by Frank B. Wilderson III

Afropessimism

by Frank B. Wilderson III

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2 Time 2020 Bestseller Book cover of When We Free The World by Kevin Powell

When We Free The World

by Kevin Powell

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2 Time 2020 Bestseller Book cover of Me and White Supremacy: Combat Racism, Change the World, and Become a Good Ancestor by Layla Saad

Me and White Supremacy

by Layla Saad

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2 Time 2020 Bestseller Book cover of Long Time Coming: Reckoning with Race in America (signed) by Michael Eric Dyson

Long Time Coming

by Michael Eric Dyson

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2 Time 2020 Bestseller Book cover of Hood Feminism: Notes from the Women That a Movement Forgot by Mikki Kendall

Hood Feminism

by Mikki Kendall

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2 Time 2020 Bestseller Book cover of Dispatches from the Race War by Tim Wise

Dispatches from the Race War

by Tim Wise

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1 Time 2020 Bestseller Book cover of Rise Up: Confronting a Country at the Crossroads by Al Sharpton

Rise Up

by Al Sharpton

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1 Time 2020 Bestseller Book cover of A Promised Land by Barack Obama

A Promised Land

by Barack Obama

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1 Time 2020 Bestseller Book cover of Pray Hear Write: 21 Days of Prayer and Fasting for Breakthrough in Your Writing by Jevon Bolden

Pray Hear Write

by Jevon Bolden

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1 Time 2020 Bestseller Book cover of From Slavery to Freedom: A History of African Americans (10th Edition) by John Hope Franklin and Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham

From Slavery to Freedom

by John Hope Franklin and Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham

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1 Time 2020 Bestseller Book cover of The Rise: Black Cooks and the Soul of American Food by Marcus Samuelsson

The Rise

by Marcus Samuelsson

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1 Time 2020 Bestseller Book cover of Stakes Is High: Life After the American Dream by Mychal Denzel Smith

Stakes Is High

by Mychal Denzel Smith

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1 Time 2020 Bestseller Book cover of The Sword and the Shield: The Revolutionary Lives of Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr. by Peniel E. Joseph

The Sword and the Shield

by Peniel E. Joseph

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1 Time 2020 Bestseller Book cover of Black Boy by Richard Wright

Black Boy

by Richard Wright

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1 Time 2020 Bestseller Book cover of Our Time Is Now by Stacey Abrams aka Selena Montgomery

Our Time Is Now

by Stacey Abrams aka Selena Montgomery

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1 Time 2020 Bestseller Book cover of The Brother You Choose: Paul Coates and Eddie Conway Talk about Life, Politics, and the Revolution by Susie Day, W. Paul Coates and Eddie Conway

The Brother You Choose

by Susie Day, et al.

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1 Time 2020 Bestseller Book cover of The Little Book of Big Lies: A Journey Into Inner Fitness by Tina Lifford

The Little Book of Big Lies

by Tina Lifford

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1 Time 2020 Bestseller Book cover of Anna’s Boy by Tom Wood

Anna’s Boy

by Tom Wood

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1 Time 2020 Bestseller Book cover of Race First: The Ideological and Organizational Struggles of Marcus Garvey and the Universal Negro Improvement Association by Tony Martin

Race First

by Tony Martin

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1 Time 2020 Bestseller Book cover of The 5th Little Girl: Soul Survivor of the 16th Street Baptist Church Bombing by Tracy Snipe with Sarah Collins Rudolph

The 5th Little Girl

by Tracy Snipe with Sarah Collins Rudolph

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1 Time 2020 Bestseller Book cover of The Substance Of Hope: Barack Obama And The Paradox Of Progress by William Jelani Cobb

The Substance Of Hope

by William Jelani Cobb

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1 Time 2020 Bestseller Book cover of Intimations: Six Essays by Zadie Smith

Intimations

by Zadie Smith

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