10 Bestselling Nonfiction Books

Period: First Quarter - 2026

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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.
1
A Golden Legacy: Faith, Family, and a Life of Purpose—A Memoir

A Golden Legacy

by Samuel P. Golden with Angie Ransome-Jones
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2
From the Browder File, Vol. Ill: A Browder Perspective

From the Browder File, Vol. Ill

by Anthony Browder
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3
It’s Never Too Late: A Memoir

It’s Never Too Late

by Marla Gibbs
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4
Born in Blackness: Africa, Africans, and the Making of the Modern World, 1471 to the Second World War

Born in Blackness

by Howard W. French
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5
We Refuse: A Forceful History of Black Resistance

We Refuse

by Kellie Carter Jackson
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6
Black Power, Black Lawyer (paperback): My Audacious Quest for Justice

Black Power, Black Lawyer (paperback)

by Nkechi Taifa
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7
The Egyptian Book of the Dead

The Egyptian Book of the Dead

by E. A. Wallace Budge
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8
107 Days

107 Days

by Kamala Harris
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9
A High Price for Freedom: Raising Hidden Voices from the African American Past

A High Price for Freedom

by Clyde W. Ford
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10
The Grift: The Downward Spiral of Black Republicans from the Party of Lincoln to the Cult of Trump

The Grift

by Clay Cane
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