Bestselling Books

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38 Bestselling Fiction

  1. Voices of the Harlem Renaissance: Originally Published as The New Negro an Interpretation by Alain Locke and Introduction by Troy Johnson
  2. Jelani’s Key by D. Amari Jackson
  3. I Am Every Good Thing by Derrick Barnes
  4. Killens Review of Arts & Letters (Spring 2025): Black Youth by Mudiwa Pettus
  5. Mirroring Lincoln: The Cursed Existence of Paschal Beverly Randolph by D. Amari Jackson
  6. My Hair Is Like the Sun by St. Clair Detrick-Jules
  7. Harlem Honey: The Adventures of a Curious Kid by Tamron Hall
  8. Sky Full of Elephants by Cebo Campbell
  9. Harlem Rhapsody by Victoria Christopher Murray
  10. New Kid by Jerry Craft
  11. Killens Review of Arts & Letters (Spring 2024): All That We Carry by Mudiwa Pettus
  12. Frizzy by Claribel A. Ortega
  13. Gray Dawn: An Easy Rawlins Mystery by Walter Mosley
  14. Please, Baby, Please by Spike Lee and Tonya Lewis Lee
  15. Hair Love by Matthew A. Cherry
  16. Something in the Water by Phyllis R. Dixon
  17. Dream Count by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
  18. The Crossover by Kwame Alexander
  19. The Risk of Loving You: When Danger Meets Desire by Dana Bari
  20. The Queen of Sugar Hill: A Novel of Hattie McDaniel by ReShonda Tate Billingsley
  21. All Because You Matter by Tami Charles
  22. Death of the Author by Nnedi Okorafor
  23. Henry’s Freedom Box: A True Story from the Underground Railroad by Ellen Levine
  24. Rattlebone by Maxine Clair
  25. Fish Tales: A Novel by Nettie Jones
  26. Miles Morales: Shock Waves (Original Spider-Man Graphic Novel) by justin a. reynolds
  27. Go Tell It on the Mountain by James Baldwin
  28. Black Brother, Black Brother by Jewell Parker Rhodes
  29. Salt in His Shoes: Michael Jordan in Pursuit of a Dream by Deloris Jordan and Roslyn M. Jordan
  30. There Is Confusion by Jessie Redmon Fauset
  31. All Good in the Hood by Dwayne Reed
  32. Happy Land by Dolen Perkins-Valdez
  33. A Gardin Wedding: A Gardins of Edin Novel by Rosey Lee
  34. As Brave As You by Jason Reynolds
  35. The American Daughters by Maurice Carlos Ruffin
  36. Look Both Ways: A Tale Told in Ten Blocks (Paperback) by Jason Reynolds
  37. The Season of Styx Malone (paperback) by Kekla Magoon
  38. Ring Shout by P. Djèlí Clark

22 Bestselling Nonfiction

  1. A Golden Legacy: Faith, Family, and a Life of Purpose—A Memoir by Samuel P. Golden with Angie Ransome-Jones
  2. Reparations on Fire: How and Why it’s Spreading Across America by Nkechi Taifa
  3. Firstborn Girls: A Memoir by Bernice L. McFadden
  4. The New Negro: The Life of Alain Locke by Jeffrey C. Stewart
  5. Black AF History: The Un-Whitewashed Story of America by Michael Harriot
  6. Bob Marley: Lyrical Genius by Kwame Dawes
  7. Dearly Beloved: Prince, Spirituality, and This Thing Called Life by Pamela Ayo Yetunde
  8. 107 Days by Kamala Harris
  9. A Black History Reader: 101 Questions You Never Thought to Ask by Claud Anderson
  10. Beyonce: A Little Golden Book Biography by Lavaille Lavette
  11. Black, White, Colored: The Hidden Story of an Insurrection, a Family, a Southern Town, and Identity in America by Lauretta Malloy Noble and LeeAnet Noble
  12. Black Crossword: 100 MIDI Puzzles Connecting the African Diaspora by Juliana Pache
  13. Misunderstood: A Memoir by Allen Iverson
  14. Marvel Spider-Man: Miles Morales to the Rescue!: Meet the Amazing Web-Slinger! by David Fentiman
  15. No One Left Alone: A Story of How Community Helps Us Heal by Liz Walker
  16. We Refuse: A Forceful History of Black Resistance by Kellie Carter Jackson
  17. In the Spirit of Ronald E. Mcnair, Astronaut, An American Hero by Carl S. McNair
  18. Black in Blues: How a Color Tells the Story of My People by Imani Perry
  19. Medgar and Myrlie: Medgar Evers and the Love Story That Awakened America by Joy-Ann Reid
  20. Afrocentric Style: A Celebration of Blackness & Identity in Pop Culture by Shirley Neal
  21. An African History of Africa by Zeinab Badawi
  22. The Purpose of Power: How We Come Together When We Fall Apart by Alicia Garza

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