28 Bestselling Fiction Books for July/August - 2009

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#4

Book cover of Life Is Short but Wide by J. California Cooper

Life Is Short but Wide

by J. California Cooper

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#7

Book cover of Imagine This by Vickie M. Stringer

Imagine This

by Vickie M. Stringer

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#10

Book cover of Basketball Jones by E. Lynn Harris

Basketball Jones

by E. Lynn Harris

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#12

Book cover of Pleasure by Eric Jerome Dickey

Pleasure

by Eric Jerome Dickey

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#13

Book cover of Resurrecting Midnight by Eric Jerome Dickey

Resurrecting Midnight

by Eric Jerome Dickey

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#17

Book cover of Song Yet Sung by James McBride

Song Yet Sung

by James McBride

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#20

Book cover of A Piece of Mine: Stories by J. California Cooper

A Piece of Mine

by J. California Cooper

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#21

Book cover of Queen Bitch: Part 4 by Joy Deja King

Queen Bitch

by Joy Deja King

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#24

Book cover of Crackhead II: A Novel by Lisa Lennox

Crackhead II

by Lisa Lennox

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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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