All 65 Bestselling Books for September/October - 2022

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21 Bestselling Fiction

  1. Killens Review of Arts & Letters (Fall / Winter 2021) 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. Illustrated Black History: Honoring the Iconic and the Unseen by George McCalman
  2. Under the Skin: The Hidden Toll of Racism on American Lives and on the Health of Our Nation by Linda Villarosa
  3. Higher Is Waiting by Tyler Perry
  4. Daily Motivations for African-American Success: Including Inspirations from Famous African-American Achievers by Dennis Kimbro
  5. A Black History Reader: 101 Questions You Never Thought to Ask by Claud Anderson
  6. Finding Me: A Memoir by Viola Davis
  7. The ISIS Papers: The Keys to the Colors by Frances Cress Welsing
  8. Walking in My Joy: In These Streets by Jenifer Lewis
  9. Stokely: A Life by Peniel E. Joseph
  10. Decolonising The Mind: The Politics Of Language In African Literature by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o
  11. The Third Reconstruction: America’s Struggle for Racial Justice in the Twenty-First Century by Peniel E. Joseph
  12. A Taste of Power: A Black Woman’s Story by Elaine Brown
  13. Critical Race Theory: The Key Writings That Formed the Movement by Kimberlé Crenshaw, Neil Gotanda, Garry Peller, and Kendall Thomas
  14. Koshersoul by Michael W. Twitty
  15. Your Purpose Is Calling: Your Difference Is Your Destiny by Dharius Daniels
  16. The Source of Self-Regard: Selected Essays, Speeches, and Meditations by Toni Morrison
  17. Nile Valley Contributions to Civilization by Anthony Browder
  18. Introduction to African Civilizations by John G. Jackson
  19. Pimp: The Story of My Life by Iceberg Slim
  20. White Fear: How the Browning of America Is Making White Folks Lose Their Minds by Roland S. Martin

20 Bestselling Children’s Books

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

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