30 Bestselling Fiction Books

Period: Full Year - 2022

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.
1
Running to Fall: A Novel

Running to Fall

by Kalisha Buckhanon
3
Voices of the Harlem Renaissance: Originally Published as The New Negro an Interpretation

Voices of the Harlem Renaissance

by Alain Locke and Introduction by Troy Johnson
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4

The Great Mrs. Elias: A Novel Based on a True Story

The Great Mrs. Elias

by Barbara Chase-Riboud
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5
Awaken

Awaken

by Timothy George
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6
Our Gen

Our Gen

by Diane McKinney-Whetstone
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7
The Quarter Storm

The Quarter Storm

by Veronica G. Henry
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8
Captain Blackman

Captain Blackman

by John A. Williams
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11
Parable of the Sower

Parable of the Sower

by Octavia E. Butler
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12
Dopefiend

Dopefiend

by Donald Goines
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13
The Prophets

The Prophets

by Robert Jones, et al.
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15
Speaking of Summer: A Novel

Speaking of Summer

by Kalisha Buckhanon
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16
Dear Miss Metropolitan: A Novel

Dear Miss Metropolitan

by Carolyn Ferrell
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17
One-Shot Harry

One-Shot Harry

by Gary Phillips
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19
Streets Have No King

Streets Have No King

by JaQuavis Coleman
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20
Kindred

Kindred

by Octavia E. Butler
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23
Gage: The Hustle Chronicles Prequel

Gage

by Blacc Topp
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25
Wolf Hustle: A Black Woman on Wall Street

Wolf Hustle

by Cin Fabré
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26
Jollof Rice and Other Revolutions

Jollof Rice and Other Revolutions

by Omolola Ijeoma Ogunyemi
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27
Beloved

Beloved

by Toni Morrison
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28
And Nightmares: The Duology Book 2

And Nightmares

by Al-Saadiq Banks
29
Whoreson

Whoreson

by Donald Goines
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