23 Bestselling Nonfiction Books

Period: March/April - 2022

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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.

Fiction:
Fiction was our top-selling genre this period, with the Fall/Winter 20221 issue of the Killens Review of Arts & Letters (magazine) and Ladee Hubbard’s The Last Suspicious Holdout being the #1 and #2 bestsellers across all genres. Urban fiction titles experienced stronger sales this period.

Nonfiction:
The 1619 Project created by Nikole Hannah-Jones and Caste by Isabel Wilkerson have both made AALBC’s bestsellers list 5 times or more.

Children’s Books:
Sales were led by Mirror Girls by Kelly McWilliams. Nkechi Taifa has three books on the list this period helping to make her a Top 100 AALBC Bestselling Author.

Poetry:
There were not enough poetry book sales to generate a bestsellers list for this period.

1
The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story

The 1619 Project

by Nikole Hannah-Jones
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2
Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents

Caste

by Isabel Wilkerson
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3
You Grow, Gurl!

You Grow, Gurl!

by Christopher Griffin
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4
Love and Justice: A Journey of Empowerment, Activism, and Embracing Black Beauty

Love and Justice

by Laetitia Ky
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6
Black Food: Stories, Art, and Recipes from Across the African Diaspora

Black Food

by Bryant Terry
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7
Gathering Blossoms Under Fire: The Journals of Alice Walker

Gathering Blossoms Under Fire

by Alice Walker and Valerie Boyd (editor)
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8
Souls for Sale: The Diary of an Ex-Colored Man

Souls for Sale

by Anthony Asadullah Samad
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9
White Lies: The Double Life of Walter F. White and America’s Darkest Secret

White Lies

by A. J. Baime
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10
The Sword and the Shield: The Revolutionary Lives of Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr.

The Sword and the Shield

by Peniel E. Joseph
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11
The African Lookbook: A Visual History of 100 Years of African Women

The African Lookbook

by Catherine E. McKinley
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14
Finding Me: A Memoir

Finding Me

by Viola Davis
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15
Koshersoul

Koshersoul

by Michael W. Twitty
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16
Of Blood and Sweat: Black Lives and the Genesis of White Power and Wealth

Of Blood and Sweat

by Clyde W. Ford
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18
The Yellow House: A Memoir

The Yellow House

by Sarah M. Broom
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19
Barracoon: The Story of the Last “Black Cargo”

Barracoon

by Zora Neale Hurston and Deborah G. Plant
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20
Sugar Of The Crop: My Journey To Find The Children Of Slaves

Sugar Of The Crop

by Sana Butler
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21
Miss Chloe: A Literary Friendship with Toni Morrison

Miss Chloe

by A.J. Verdelle
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22
The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness

The New Jim Crow

by Michelle Alexander
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23
Black Girls Rock!: Owning Our Magic. Rocking Our Truth.

Black Girls Rock!

by Beverly Bond
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