10 Bestselling Nonfiction Books

Period: September/October - 2023

AALBC Bestseller Seal
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:
Voices of the Harlem Renaissance makes our bestsellers list for the 19th time! Only 7 other books have accomplished this feat.

Nonfiction:
Edited by Jericho Brown How We Do It: Black Writers on Craft, Practice, and Skill; debuted on at #3 on our list and now tops the nonfiction list.

Children’s Books:
Jelani’s Key by D. Amari Jackson was the top selling book of all titles this period, largely on the strength of sales during a book signing at Sankofa Bookstore and Cafe on October 28th.

Poetry:
Poetry sales were topped by Life On Mars: Poems by Tracy K. Smith, the 12-year-old collection of poems won the 2012 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry.

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How We Do It: Black Writers on Craft, Practice, and Skill

How We Do It

by Jericho Brown
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Basic Black: Home Training for Modern Times

Basic Black

by Karen Grigsby Bates
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When Crack Was King: A People’s History of a Misunderstood Era

When Crack Was King

by Donovan X. Ramsey
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Black Boy

Black Boy

by Richard Wright
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Black AF History: The Un-Whitewashed Story of America

Black AF History

by Michael Harriot
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The Jewish Onslaught: Despatches from the Wellesley Battlefront

The Jewish Onslaught

by Tony Martin