The 19 Bestselling Adult Nonfiction Books for 2023

This page highlights 19 books, published in 2023, 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.





4 Time 2023 Bestseller Book cover of How We Do It: Black Writers on Craft, Practice, and Skill by Jericho Brown

How We Do It

by Jericho Brown

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3 Time 2023 Bestseller Book cover of Black on Black: On Our Resilience and Brilliance in America by Daniel Black

Black on Black

by Daniel Black

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3 Time 2023 Bestseller Book cover of I Love My People by Kim Singleton

I Love My People

by Kim Singleton

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3 Time 2023 Bestseller Book cover of Black AF History: The Un-Whitewashed Story of America by Michael Harriot

Black AF History

by Michael Harriot

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3 Time 2023 Bestseller Book cover of Searching for Agabus: Embracing Authenticity and Finding Your Way to You by Michael Walrond

Searching for Agabus

by Michael Walrond

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2 Time 2023 Bestseller Book cover of The Gospel according to James Baldwin: What America’s Great Prophet Can Teach Us about Life, Love, and Identity by Greg Garrett

The Gospel according to James Baldwin

by Greg Garrett

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2 Time 2023 Bestseller Book cover of CROWNED: Magical Folk and Fairy Tales from the Diaspora by Kahran and Regis Bethencourt

CROWNED

by Kahran and Regis Bethencourt

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2 Time 2023 Bestseller Book cover of Why Fathers Cry at Night: A Memoir in Love Poems, Recipes, Letters, and Remembrances by Kwame Alexander

Why Fathers Cry at Night

by Kwame Alexander

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2 Time 2023 Bestseller Book cover of In Spite of the Consequences: Prison Letters on Exoneration, Abolition, and Freedom by Lacino Hamilton

In Spite of the Consequences

by Lacino Hamilton

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2 Time 2023 Bestseller Book cover of Only for the Brave at Heart: Essays Rethinking Race, Crime, and Justice by Leon E. Pettiway

Only for the Brave at Heart

by Leon E. Pettiway

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2 Time 2023 Bestseller Book cover of The Invisible Ache: Black Men Identifying Their Pain and Reclaiming Their Power by Robin L. Smith and Courtney B. Vance

The Invisible Ache

by Robin L. Smith and Courtney B. Vance

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2 Time 2023 Bestseller Book cover of Don’t Let Them Bury My Story: The Oldest Living Survivor of the Tulsa Race Massacre in Her Own Words by Viola Ford Fletcher

Don’t Let Them Bury My Story

by Viola Ford Fletcher

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1 Time 2023 Bestseller Book cover of When Crack Was King: A People’s History of a Misunderstood Era by Donovan X. Ramsey

When Crack Was King

by Donovan X. Ramsey

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1 Time 2023 Bestseller Book cover of My Sunday Best: Pearls of Wisdom, Wit, Grace, and Style by La Verne Ford Wimberly

My Sunday Best

by La Verne Ford Wimberly

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1 Time 2023 Bestseller Book cover of It's Time To Shine: A Guide For Professionals of Color on How to Advance Their Career by Laurie Robinson Haden

It’s Time To Shine

by Laurie Robinson Haden

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1 Time 2023 Bestseller Book cover of Pregnant While Black: Advancing Justice for Maternal Health in America by Monique Rainford

Pregnant While Black

by Monique Rainford

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1 Time 2023 Bestseller Book cover of Snoop Dogg Presents Goon with the Spoon by Snoop Dogg and Earl “E-40” Stevens

Snoop Dogg Presents Goon with the Spoon

by Snoop Dogg and Earl “E-40” Stevens

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1 Time 2023 Bestseller Book cover of Juke Joints, Jazz Clubs, and Juice: A Cocktail Recipe Book: Cocktails from Two Centuries of African American Cookbooks by Toni Tipton-Martin

Juke Joints, Jazz Clubs, and Juice

by Toni Tipton-Martin

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1 Time 2023 Bestseller Book cover of BLK ART: The Audacious Legacy of Black Artists and Models in Western Art by Zaria Ware

BLK ART

by Zaria Ware

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