10 Bestselling Fiction Books

Period: November/December - 2024

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Celebrating books written by or about Black people, the African American Literature Book Club’s Bestsellers List has been published continuously since 1998 (Learn More ▶). In 2025, we began publishing our list annually, focusing our efforts on America’s top-selling titles: The BLK Bestsellers.

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Cover for A Mercy

A Mercy

by Toni Morrison
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Cover for James: A Novel

James

by Percival Everett
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Cover for Reel

Reel

by Kennedy Ryan
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Cover for Untethered

Untethered

by Angela Jackson-Brown
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Cover for Church Girl

Church Girl

by Naima Simone
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Cover for Chain Gang All Stars

Chain Gang All Stars

by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah
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Cover for The Reformatory

The Reformatory

by Tananarive Due
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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.