14 Bestselling Children’s Books
Period: July/August - 2022
The African American Literature Book Club’s Bestsellers List has been published continuously since 1998. It celebrates the bestselling titles from our curated selection of books written by or about Black people. Learn More below.
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Fiction:
Beloved AALBC best-selling author, Diane McKinney-Whetstone takes a departure from historical fiction to create Our Gen, a dazzling, provocative, and funny contemporary novel anchored in a retirement community brimming with secrets.
Nonfiction:
Elie Mystal explains why Republicans are wrong about the law almost all of the time. Allow Me to Retort, Mystal’s first book, is now a 2-time AALBC bestseller.
Children’s Books:
Kwame Alexander’s award-winning The Crossover is vividly brought to life as a graphic novel with stunning illustrations by star talent Dawud Anyabwile. Alexander also has three other bestselling children’s (middle grade) books on our list this period!
Poetry:
Smith’s book of poems is our #1 bestselling book, However, the real story is E. Ethelbert Miller having three books of poetry on our list at the same time!
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You will learn about books selling well in the Black community that may never show up on lists published by corporate entities. Spread the word about our list; don’t let one or two lists, which we don’t control, determine which books are important.
We collect our bestselling titles from all our sales channels. The majority of our sales come from this website and our in-person events. We also include sales generated through our affiliate relationships, including Bookshop.org, Libro.fm (audiobooks), and Amazon.com*.
*For a few years, we actively boycotted Amazon but have discontinued this practice to ensure we do not exclude authors who are exclusive to that platform. We still discourage exclusivity but support all Black authors.