All 65 Bestselling Books for September/October - 2022

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21 Bestselling Fiction

  1. Killens Review of Arts & Letters (Fall / Winter 2021): The Beautiful Struggle by Clarence V. Reynolds
  2. The Quarter Storm by Veronica G. Henry
  3. Derelict by Relentless Aaron and Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson
  4. The Secret Lives of Church Ladies by Deesha Philyaw
  5. Voices of the Harlem Renaissance: Originally Published as The New Negro an Interpretation by Alain Locke and Introduction by Troy Johnson
  6. Street Players by Donald Goines
  7. The Streets Keep Pulling Me Back by Brittani Williams
  8. When No One Is Watching: A Thriller by Alyssa Cole
  9. Dark Reflections by Samuel R. Delany
  10. Kindred: A Graphic Novel Adaptation by Octavia Butler
  11. The Portable Promised Land: Stories by Touré
  12. Four Degrees of Heat: A Collection of Sexy Summer Escapades by Brenda L. Thomas, Crystal Lacey Winslow, Rochelle Alers, and ReShonda Tate Billingsley
  13. Wolf Hustle: A Black Woman on Wall Street by Cin Fabré
  14. Running to Fall: A Novel by Kalisha Buckhanon
  15. Our Gen by Diane McKinney-Whetstone
  16. Bruised Hibiscus by Elizabeth Nunez
  17. Cane by Jean Toomer
  18. Black Gangster by Donald Goines
  19. Something On The Side by Carl Weber
  20. Inner City Hoodlum by Donald Goines
  21. Dopefiend by Donald Goines

20 Bestselling Nonfiction Books

  1. Critical Race Theory: The Key Writings That Formed the Movement by Kimberlé Crenshaw, Neil Gotanda, Garry Peller, and Kendall Thomas
  2. Koshersoul by Michael W. Twitty
  3. Your Purpose Is Calling: Your Difference Is Your Destiny by Dharius Daniels
  4. The Source of Self-Regard: Selected Essays, Speeches, and Meditations by Toni Morrison
  5. Nile Valley Contributions to Civilization by Anthony Browder
  6. Introduction to African Civilizations by John G. Jackson
  7. Pimp: The Story of My Life by Iceberg Slim
  8. White Fear: How the Browning of America Is Making White Folks Lose Their Minds by Roland S. Martin
  9. Illustrated Black History: Honoring the Iconic and the Unseen by George McCalman
  10. Under the Skin: The Hidden Toll of Racism on American Lives and on the Health of Our Nation by Linda Villarosa
  11. Higher Is Waiting by Tyler Perry
  12. Daily Motivations for African-American Success: Including Inspirations from Famous African-American Achievers by Dennis Kimbro
  13. A Black History Reader: 101 Questions You Never Thought to Ask by Claud Anderson
  14. Finding Me: A Memoir by Viola Davis
  15. The ISIS Papers: The Keys to the Colors by Frances Cress Welsing
  16. Walking in My Joy: In These Streets by Jenifer Lewis
  17. Stokely: A Life by Peniel E. Joseph
  18. Decolonising The Mind: The Politics Of Language In African Literature by Ngugi wa Thiong’o
  19. The Third Reconstruction: America’s Struggle for Racial Justice in the Twenty-First Century by Peniel E. Joseph
  20. A Taste of Power: A Black Woman’s Story by Elaine Brown

20 Bestselling Children’s Books

  1. The Adventures of Kojo and Ama by Nkechi Taifa
  2. Heart and Soul: The Story of America and African Americans by Kadir Nelson
  3. Africa, Amazing Africa: Country by Country by Atinuke
  4. Jupiter Storm by Marti Dumas
  5. Emmanuel’s Dream: The True Story of Emmanuel Ofosu Yeboah by Laurie Ann Thompson
  6. Different and the Same by Adijah & Atiya Brabham
  7. One Love by Cedella Marley
  8. When Stars Are Scattered by Victoria Jamieson and Omar Mohamed
  9. Sailing Commitment Around the World with Captain Bill Pinkney by Bill Pinkney
  10. Whose Knees Are These? by Jabari Asim
  11. Michelle’s Garden: How the First Lady Planted Seeds of Change by Sharee Miller
  12. I Am Every Good Thing by Derrick Barnes
  13. Chocolate Me! by Taye Diggs
  14. Sulwe by Lupita Nyong’o
  15. Love in the Age of Dragons by Fatima R. Henson
  16. The Sweet and Sour Animal Book by Langston Hughes
  17. Whose Toes are Those? by Jabari Asim
  18. Harlem’s Little Blackbird by Renée Watson
  19. Nana Akua Goes to School by Tricia Elam Walker
  20. The Undefeated by Kwame Alexander

4 Bestselling Poetry Books

  1. The 100 Best African American Poems by Nikki Giovanni
  2. The Collected Poems of Ai by Ai Ogawa
  3. Don’t Call Us Dead: Poems by Danez Smith
  4. The Tradition by Jericho Brown

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