All 65 Bestselling Books for September/October - 2022

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21 Bestselling Fiction

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

20 Bestselling Nonfiction Books

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

20 Bestselling Children’s Books

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

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