10 Bestselling Nonfiction Books for January/February - 2025

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#1

Book cover of Black AF History: The Un-Whitewashed Story of America by Michael Harriot

Black AF History

by Michael Harriot

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#3

Book cover of Sacred Nile by Chester Higgins, Jr.

Sacred Nile

by Chester Higgins, et al.

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#6

Book cover of Survival Is a Promise: The Eternal Life of Audre Lorde by Alexis Pauline Gumbs

Survival Is a Promise

by Alexis Pauline Gumbs

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#7

Book cover of Slaves to Fashion: Black Dandyism and the Styling of Black Diasporic Identity by Monica L. Miller

Slaves to Fashion

by Monica L. Miller

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#10

Book cover of Dearly Beloved: Prince, Spirituality, and This Thing Called Life by Pamela Ayo Yetunde

Dearly Beloved

by Pamela Ayo Yetunde

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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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