28 Bestselling Fiction Books

Period: May/June - 2010

AALBC Bestseller Seal

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.

★ New: The BLK Bestsellers: America’s Bestselling Books

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Cover for Family

Family

by J. California Cooper
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Cover for Getting to Happy

Getting to Happy

by Terry McMillan
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Cover for Glorious

Glorious

by Bernice L. McFadden
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Cover for Thug Lovin’

Thug Lovin’

by Wahida Clark
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Cover for Whoreson

Whoreson

by Donald Goines
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Cover for Visible Lives:  Three Stories in Tribute To E. Lynn Harris

Visible Lives

by Terrance Dean, et al.
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Cover for Dopefiend

Dopefiend

by Donald Goines
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Cover for Resurrecting Midnight

Resurrecting Midnight

by Eric Jerome Dickey
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Cover for The Bond

The Bond

by Sampson Davis, et al.
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Cover for The Return of Simple

The Return of Simple

by Langston Hughes
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Cover for Shades of Black: Crime and Mystery Stories by African-American Authors

Shades of Black

by Eleanor Taylor Bland
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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.