26 Bestselling Fiction Books

Period: September/October - 2010

AALBC Bestseller Seal

Celebrating books written by or about Black people, the African American Literature Book Club’s Bestsellers List has been published continuously since 1998. In 2026, we began publishing our list quarterly, focusing on The BLK Bestsellers.

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Getting to Happy

Getting to Happy

by Terry McMillan
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We Need to Talk

We Need to Talk

by Robert G. Barnes
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Dirty Red: A Novel

Dirty Red

by Vickie M. Stringer
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Thug Lovin’

Thug Lovin’

by Wahida Clark
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Thug Matrimony

Thug Matrimony

by Wahida Clark
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True To The Game: A Teri Woods Fable

True To The Game

by Teri Woods
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Respect The Jux

Respect The Jux

by Frank C. Matthews
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Some Sing, Some Cry: A Novel

Some Sing, Some Cry

by Ntozake Shange and Ifa Bayeza
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Tempted by Trouble

Tempted by Trouble

by Eric Jerome Dickey
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The Gods of the Bacteria: The World Before Darwin

The Gods of the Bacteria

by Billy Z. Earley
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The Golden Hustla

The Golden Hustla

by Wahida Clark
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Life On The Low: creepin’ with hip hop

Life On The Low

by Ms. Downlow
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Wench: A Novel

Wench

by Dolen Perkins-Valdez
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1-900-A-N-Y-T-I-M-E: A Novel

1-900-A-N-Y-T-I-M-E

by Tracy Price-Thompson
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A Dead Rose (Urban Soul)

A Dead Rose (Urban Soul)

by Rhonda M. Lawson
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A Woman’s Worth: A Novel

A Woman’s Worth

by Tracy Price-Thompson
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Bitch Reloaded Part 2

Bitch Reloaded Part 2

by Joy Deja King
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America I Am Journal

America I Am Journal

by Clarence V. Reynolds
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