20 Bestselling Nonfiction Books

Period: Full Year - 2025

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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
Reparations on Fire: How and Why it’s Spreading Across America

Reparations on Fire

by Nkechi Taifa
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3
Firstborn Girls: A Memoir

Firstborn Girls

by Bernice L. McFadden
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4
The New Negro: The Life of Alain Locke

The New Negro

by Jeffrey C. Stewart
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5
Black AF History: The Un-Whitewashed Story of America

Black AF History

by Michael Harriot
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6
Bob Marley: Lyrical Genius

Bob Marley

by Kwame Dawes
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7
Dearly Beloved: Prince, Spirituality, and This Thing Called Life

Dearly Beloved

by Pamela Ayo Yetunde
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8
107 Days

107 Days

by Kamala Harris
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9
A Black History Reader: 101 Questions You Never Thought to Ask

A Black History Reader

by Claud Anderson
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10
Black, White, Colored: The Hidden Story of an Insurrection, a Family, a Southern Town, and Identity in America

Black, White, Colored

by Lauretta Malloy Noble and LeeAnet Noble
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11
Black Crossword: 100 MIDI Puzzles Connecting the African Diaspora

Black Crossword

by Juliana Pache
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12
Misunderstood: A Memoir

Misunderstood

by Allen Iverson
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13
No One Left Alone: A Story of How Community Helps Us Heal

No One Left Alone

by Liz Walker
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14
We Refuse: A Forceful History of Black Resistance

We Refuse

by Kellie Carter Jackson
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15
In the Spirit of Ronald E. Mcnair, Astronaut, An American Hero

In the Spirit of Ronald E. Mcnair, Astronaut, An American Hero

by Carl S. McNair
16
Black in Blues: How a Color Tells the Story of My People

Black in Blues

by Imani Perry
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17
Medgar and Myrlie: Medgar Evers and the Love Story That Awakened America

Medgar and Myrlie

by Joy-Ann Reid
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18
Afrocentric Style: A Celebration of Blackness & Identity in Pop Culture

Afrocentric Style

by Shirley Neal
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19
An African History of Africa

An African History of Africa

by Zeinab Badawi
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20
The Purpose of Power: How We Come Together When We Fall Apart

The Purpose of Power

by Alicia Garza
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