All 65 Bestselling Books for September/October - 2022

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21 Bestselling Fiction

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

20 Bestselling Nonfiction Books

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

20 Bestselling Children’s Books

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

4 Bestselling Poetry Books

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