18 Bestselling Fiction Books

Period: Full Year - 1998

AALBC Bestseller Seal
Celebrating Black stories and authors since 1998, the AALBC Bestsellers List is now published quarterly. Here’s a printable list and collage of this period’s titles. Also check out the BLK Bestsellers—the definitive monthly guide to America’s bestselling books by Black writers.
5
Somebody Else’s Child

Somebody Else’s Child

by Terris McMahan Grimes
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7
The Man Who Cried I Am

The Man Who Cried I Am

by John A. Williams
8
The Wake of the Wind: A Novel

The Wake of the Wind

by J. California Cooper
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9
A Do Right Man

A Do Right Man

by Omar Tyree
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12
Paradise

Paradise

by Toni Morrison
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13
Push: A Novel

Push

by Sapphire
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15
Billy

Billy

by Albert French
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16
The View From Here

The View From Here

by Brian Keith Jackson
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18
Silent Conspiracy

Silent Conspiracy

by Lee E. Meadows
19
Cane

Cane

by Jean Toomer
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20
Sister, Sister

Sister, Sister

by Eric Jerome Dickey
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22
My Soul to Keep

My Soul to Keep

by Tananarive Due
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24
Mama

Mama

by Terry McMillan
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25
Walking Through Mirrors

Walking Through Mirrors

by Brian Keith Jackson
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