Bestselling Books

September/October - 2022

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33 Bestselling Fiction

  1. The Streets Keep Pulling Me Back by Brittani Williams
  2. Running to Fall: A Novel by Kalisha Buckhanon
  3. Killens Review of Arts & Letters (Fall / Winter 2021): The Beautiful Struggle by Clarence V. Reynolds
  4. When No One Is Watching: A Thriller by Alyssa Cole
  5. Our Gen by Diane McKinney-Whetstone
  6. Whose Knees Are These? by Jabari Asim
  7. The Quarter Storm by Veronica G. Henry
  8. Whose Toes are Those? by Jabari Asim
  9. Dark Reflections by Samuel R. Delany
  10. Jupiter Storm by Marti Dumas
  11. Bruised Hibiscus by Elizabeth Nunez
  12. Derelict by Relentless Aaron and Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson
  13. Kindred: A Graphic Novel Adaptation by Octavia E. Butler
  14. Cane by Jean Toomer
  15. I Am Every Good Thing by Derrick Barnes
  16. Nana Akua Goes to School by Tricia Elam Walker
  17. The Secret Lives of Church Ladies by Deesha Philyaw
  18. Different and the Same by Adijah & Atiya Brabham
  19. The Portable Promised Land: Stories by Touré
  20. Chocolate Me! by Taye Diggs
  21. Black Gangster by Donald Goines
  22. Dopefiend by Donald Goines
  23. Voices of the Harlem Renaissance: Originally Published as The New Negro an Interpretation by Alain Locke and Introduction by Troy Johnson
  24. One Love by Cedella Marley
  25. Sulwe by Lupita Nyong’o
  26. Four Degrees of Heat: A Collection of Sexy Summer Escapades by Brenda L. Thomas, Crystal Lacey Winslow, Rochelle Alers, and ReShonda Tate Billingsley
  27. The Adventures of Kojo and Ama by Nkechi Taifa
  28. Something On The Side by Carl Weber
  29. When Stars Are Scattered by Victoria Jamieson and Omar Mohamed
  30. Street Players by Donald Goines
  31. Wolf Hustle: A Black Woman on Wall Street by Cin Fabré
  32. Inner City Hoodlum by Donald Goines
  33. Love in the Age of Dragons by Fatima R. Henson

28 Bestselling Nonfiction

  1. Finding Me: A Memoir by Viola Davis
  2. Sailing Commitment Around the World with Captain Bill Pinkney by Bill Pinkney
  3. Critical Race Theory: The Key Writings That Formed the Movement by Kimberlé Crenshaw, Neil Gotanda, Garry Peller, and Kendall Thomas
  4. The Sweet and Sour Animal Book by Langston Hughes
  5. Africa, Amazing Africa: Country by Country by Atinuke
  6. White Fear: How the Browning of America Is Making White Folks Lose Their Minds by Roland S. Martin
  7. The ISIS Papers: The Keys to the Colors by Frances Cress Welsing
  8. Heart and Soul: The Story of America and African Americans by Kadir Nelson
  9. Koshersoul by Michael W. Twitty
  10. Illustrated Black History: Honoring the Iconic and the Unseen by George McCalman
  11. Walking in My Joy: In These Streets by Jenifer Lewis
  12. Your Purpose Is Calling: Your Difference Is Your Destiny by Dharius Daniels
  13. Michelle’s Garden: How the First Lady Planted Seeds of Change by Sharee Miller
  14. Harlem’s Little Blackbird by Renée Watson
  15. A Taste of Power: A Black Woman’s Story by Elaine Brown
  16. Under the Skin: The Hidden Toll of Racism on American Lives and on the Health of Our Nation by Linda Villarosa
  17. Emmanuel’s Dream: The True Story of Emmanuel Ofosu Yeboah by Laurie Ann Thompson
  18. Pimp: The Story of My Life by Iceberg Slim
  19. Stokely: A Life by Peniel E. Joseph
  20. The Source of Self-Regard: Selected Essays, Speeches, and Meditations by Toni Morrison
  21. Introduction to African Civilizations by John G. Jackson
  22. The Undefeated by Kwame Alexander
  23. Higher Is Waiting by Tyler Perry
  24. Decolonising The Mind: The Politics Of Language In African Literature by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o
  25. Nile Valley Contributions to Civilization by Anthony Browder
  26. A Black History Reader: 101 Questions You Never Thought to Ask by Claud Anderson
  27. Daily Motivations for African-American Success: Including Inspirations from Famous African-American Achievers by Dennis Kimbro
  28. The Third Reconstruction: America’s Struggle for Racial Justice in the Twenty-First Century by Peniel E. Joseph

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