The 33 Bestselling Adult Fiction Books for 2020

This page highlights 33 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.

21 Time 2020 Bestseller Book cover of Voices of the Harlem Renaissance: Originally Published as The New Negro an Interpretation by Alain Locke and Introduction by Troy Johnson

Voices of the Harlem Renaissance

by Alain Locke and Introduction by Troy Johnson

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6 Time 2020 Bestseller Book cover of The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett

The Vanishing Half

by Brit Bennett

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6 Time 2020 Bestseller Book cover of The Secret Lives of Church Ladies by Deesha Philyaw

The Secret Lives of Church Ladies

by Deesha Philyaw

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5 Time 2020 Bestseller Book cover of When No One Is Watching: A Thriller by Alyssa Cole

When No One Is Watching

by Alyssa Cole

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5 Time 2020 Bestseller Book cover of Deacon King Kong by James McBride

Deacon King Kong

by James McBride

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4 Time 2020 Bestseller Book cover of Black States of America: Real Black Power by d. E. Rogers

Black States of America

by d. E. Rogers

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4 Time 2020 Bestseller Book cover of Hitting a Straight Lick with a Crooked Stick by Zora Neale Hurston and M. Genevieve West (editor)

Hitting a Straight Lick with a Crooked Stick

by Zora Neale Hurston and M. Genevieve West (editor)

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3 Time 2020 Bestseller Book cover of Black Gangster by Donald Goines

Black Gangster

by Donald Goines

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3 Time 2020 Bestseller Book cover of Speaking of Summer: A Novel by Kalisha Buckhanon

Speaking of Summer

by Kalisha Buckhanon

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3 Time 2020 Bestseller Book cover of His Only Wife by Peace Adzo Medie

His Only Wife

by Peace Adzo Medie

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3 Time 2020 Bestseller Book cover of It’s Not All Downhill from Here by Terry McMillan

It’s Not All Downhill from Here

by Terry McMillan

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2 Time 2020 Bestseller Book cover of Glorious by Bernice L. McFadden

Glorious

by Bernice L. McFadden

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2 Time 2020 Bestseller Book cover of They Tell Me Of A Home: A Novel by Daniel Black

They Tell Me Of A Home

by Daniel Black

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2 Time 2020 Bestseller Book cover of Step Into a World: A Global Anthology of the New Black Literature by Kevin Powell

Step Into a World

by Kevin Powell

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2 Time 2020 Bestseller Book cover of Blacktop Wasteland by S. A. Cosby

Blacktop Wasteland

by S. A. Cosby

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2 Time 2020 Bestseller Book cover of B-More Careful by Shannon Holmes

B-More Careful

by Shannon Holmes

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2 Time 2020 Bestseller Book cover of The Awkward Black Man by Walter Mosley

The Awkward Black Man

by Walter Mosley

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1 Time 2020 Bestseller Book cover of On the Corner of Hope and Main: A Blessings Novel by Beverly Jenkins

On the Corner of Hope and Main

by Beverly Jenkins

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1 Time 2020 Bestseller Book cover of Real Life by Brandon Taylor

Real Life

by Brandon Taylor

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1 Time 2020 Bestseller Book cover of Romance in Marseille by Claude McKay

Romance in Marseille

by Claude McKay

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1 Time 2020 Bestseller Book cover of Confessions in B-Flat by Donna Hill

Confessions in B-Flat

by Donna Hill

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1 Time 2020 Bestseller Book cover of The Other Sister by Donna Hill

The Other Sister

by Donna Hill

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1 Time 2020 Bestseller Book cover of What A Woman’s Gotta Do by Evelyn Coleman

What A Woman’s Gotta Do

by Evelyn Coleman

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1 Time 2020 Bestseller Book cover of Hood Rat: A Novel by K’wan

Hood Rat

by K’wan

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1 Time 2020 Bestseller Book cover of Real Men Knit by K.M. Jackson

Real Men Knit

by K.M. Jackson

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1 Time 2020 Bestseller Book cover of Here and Now by Kimberla Lawson Roby

Here and Now

by Kimberla Lawson Roby

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1 Time 2020 Bestseller Book cover of The Missing American by Kwei Quartey

The Missing American

by Kwei Quartey

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1 Time 2020 Bestseller Book cover of Bourbon Street by Leonce Gaiter

Bourbon Street

by Leonce Gaiter

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1 Time 2020 Bestseller Book cover of The Old Drift: A Novel by Namwali Serpell

The Old Drift

by Namwali Serpell

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1 Time 2020 Bestseller Book cover of Wild Seed (Patternist #1) by Octavia Butler

Wild Seed (Patternist #1)

by Octavia Butler

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1 Time 2020 Bestseller Book cover of The Stolen Daughter by ReShonda Tate Billingsley

The Stolen Daughter

by ReShonda Tate Billingsley

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1 Time 2020 Bestseller Book cover of Transcendent Kingdom by Yaa Gyasi

Transcendent Kingdom

by Yaa Gyasi

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