The 30 Bestselling Adult Nonfiction Books for 2022

This page highlights 30 books, published in 2022, 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 2022 Bestseller Book cover of Reparations on Fire: How and Why it’s Spreading Across America by Nkechi Taifa

Reparations on Fire

by Nkechi Taifa

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5 Time 2022 Bestseller Book cover of White Fear: How the Browning of America Is Making White Folks Lose Their Minds by Roland S. Martin

White Fear

by Roland S. Martin

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4 Time 2022 Bestseller Book cover of The Jewish Onslaught: Despatches from the Wellesley Battlefront by Tony Martin

The Jewish Onslaught

by Tony Martin

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4 Time 2022 Bestseller Book cover of Finding Me: A Memoir by Viola Davis

Finding Me

by Viola Davis

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3 Time 2022 Bestseller Book cover of Miss Chloe: A Literary Friendship with Toni Morrison by A.J. Verdelle

Miss Chloe

by A.J. Verdelle

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3 Time 2022 Bestseller Book cover of Allow Me to Retort: A Black Guy’s Guide to the Constitution by Elie Mystal

Allow Me to Retort

by Elie Mystal

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3 Time 2022 Bestseller Book cover of South to America: A Journey Below the Mason-Dixon to Understand the Soul of a Nation by Imani Perry

South to America

by Imani Perry

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2 Time 2022 Bestseller Book cover of The Enneagram for Black Liberation: Return to Who You Are Beneath the Armor You Carry by Chichi Agorom

The Enneagram for Black Liberation

by Chichi Agorom

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2 Time 2022 Bestseller Book cover of Our Unfinished March: The Violent Past and Imperiled Future of the Vote-A History, a Crisis, a Plan by Eric Holder

Our Unfinished March

by Eric Holder

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2 Time 2022 Bestseller Book cover of Illustrated Black History: Honoring the Iconic and the Unseen by George McCalman

Illustrated Black History

by George McCalman

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2 Time 2022 Bestseller Book cover of How We Can Win: Race, History and Changing the Money Game That’s Rigged by Kimberly Jones

How We Can Win

by Kimberly Jones

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2 Time 2022 Bestseller Book cover of Power 101: The Harvard Report, Soul Music, and The American Dream by Logan H. Westbrooks and Schuyler C. Traughber

Power 101

by Logan H. Westbrooks and Schuyler C. Traughber

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2 Time 2022 Bestseller Book cover of Koshersoul by Michael W. Twitty

Koshersoul

by Michael W. Twitty

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1 Time 2022 Bestseller Book cover of White Lies: The Double Life of Walter F. White and America’s Darkest Secret by A. J. Baime

White Lies

by A. J. Baime

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1 Time 2022 Bestseller Book cover of Gathering Blossoms Under Fire: The Journals of Alice Walker by Alice Walker and Valerie Boyd (editor)

Gathering Blossoms Under Fire

by Alice Walker and Valerie Boyd (editor)

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1 Time 2022 Bestseller Book cover of I Always Knew: A Memoir by Barbara Chase-Riboud

I Always Knew

by Barbara Chase-Riboud

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1 Time 2022 Bestseller Book cover of Isn’t Her Grace Amazing!: The Women Who Changed Gospel Music by Cheryl Wills

Isn’t Her Grace Amazing!

by Cheryl Wills

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1 Time 2022 Bestseller Book cover of You Grow, Gurl! by Christopher Griffin

You Grow, Gurl!

by Christopher Griffin

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1 Time 2022 Bestseller Book cover of Of Blood and Sweat: Black Lives and the Genesis of White Power and Wealth by Clyde W. Ford

Of Blood and Sweat

by Clyde W. Ford

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1 Time 2022 Bestseller Book cover of Your Purpose Is Calling: Your Difference Is Your Destiny by Dharius Daniels

Your Purpose Is Calling

by Dharius Daniels

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1 Time 2022 Bestseller Book cover of Living While Black: Using Joy, Beauty, and Connection to Heal Racial Trauma by Guilaine Kinouani

Living While Black

by Guilaine Kinouani

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1 Time 2022 Bestseller Book cover of Walking in My Joy: In These Streets by Jenifer Lewis

Walking in My Joy

by Jenifer Lewis

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1 Time 2022 Bestseller Book cover of Love and Justice: A Journey of Empowerment, Activism, and Embracing Black Beauty by Laetitia Ky

Love and Justice

by Laetitia Ky

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1 Time 2022 Bestseller Book cover of Under the Skin: The Hidden Toll of Racism on American Lives and on the Health of Our Nation by Linda Villarosa

Under the Skin

by Linda Villarosa

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1 Time 2022 Bestseller Book cover of The Light We Carry: Overcoming in Uncertain Times by Michelle Obama

The Light We Carry

by Michelle Obama

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1 Time 2022 Bestseller Book cover of Starry Messenger: Cosmic Perspectives on Civilization by Neil deGrasse Tyson

Starry Messenger

by Neil deGrasse Tyson

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1 Time 2022 Bestseller Book cover of The Third Reconstruction: America’s Struggle for Racial Justice in the Twenty-First Century by Peniel E. Joseph

The Third Reconstruction

by Peniel E. Joseph

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1 Time 2022 Bestseller Book cover of His Name Is George Floyd: One Man’s Life and the Struggle for Racial Justice by Robert Samuels and Toluse Olorunnipa

His Name Is George Floyd

by Robert Samuels and Toluse Olorunnipa

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1 Time 2022 Bestseller Book cover of Rest Is Resistance: A Manifesto by Tricia Hersey

Rest Is Resistance

by Tricia Hersey

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1 Time 2022 Bestseller Book cover of You Don’t Know Us Negroes And Other Essays by Zora Neale Hurston, Henry Louis Gates, Jr. (editor), M. Genevieve West (editor)

You Don’t Know Us Negroes And Other Essays

by Zora Neale Hurston, et al.

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