20 Bestselling Fiction Books for January/February - 2013

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#1

Book cover of The Perfect Marriage by Kimberla Lawson Roby

The Perfect Marriage

by Kimberla Lawson Roby

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#5

Book cover of Gathering of Waters by Bernice L. McFadden

Gathering of Waters

by Bernice L. McFadden

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#8

Book cover of Friends & Foes by ReShonda Tate Billingsley and Victoria Christopher Murray

Friends & Foes

by ReShonda Tate Billingsley and Victoria Christopher Murray

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#11

Book cover of Finding Oprah’s Roots: Finding Your Own by Henry Louis Gates, Jr.

Finding Oprah’s Roots

by Henry Louis Gates, et al.

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#14

Book cover of The Family Business by Carl Weber and Eric Pete

The Family Business

by Carl Weber and Eric Pete

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#17

Book cover of Boss Lady: A Novel by Omar Tyree

Boss Lady

by Omar Tyree

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#18

Book cover of Country Girls by Blake Karrington

Country Girls

by Blake Karrington

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#22

Book cover of Tell Them I Died by Sarah Gordon Weathersby

Tell Them I Died

by Sarah Gordon Weathersby

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More About our Bestsellers List


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We collect our bestselling titles from all our sales channels. The majority of our sales come from this website and our in-person events. We also include sales generated through our affiliate relationships, including Bookshop.org, Libro.fm (audiobooks), Black History 365 Education, and Amazon.com*.

We aggregate all formats of a book sold (print, ebook, and audio) into one format, usually the most popular print format

*For a few years, we actively boycotted Amazon but have discontinued this practice, as many of our authors have made their books exclusively available from Amazon. While we discourage giving Amazon the exclusive right to sell a book, we do not want this to be a reason to exclude an author from our site. Amazon also has an effective monopoly on eBooks and out-of-print books, which we highlight on this site.


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