23 Bestselling Fiction Books for July/August - 2012

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#8

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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#10

Book cover of Sparkle: A Novel by Denene Millner, Howard Rosenman, Joel Schumacher, and Mara Brock Akil

Sparkle

by Denene Millner, et al.

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#14

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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#16

Book cover of 1996 by Gloria Naylor

1996

by Gloria Naylor

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#18

Book cover of Low Down And Dirty: A Novel by Vickie M. Stringer

Low Down And Dirty

by Vickie M. Stringer

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#20

Book cover of Street Life by Jihad Shaheed Uhuru

Street Life

by Jihad Shaheed Uhuru

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#22

Book cover of Dirty Red: A Novel by Vickie M. Stringer

Dirty Red

by Vickie M. Stringer

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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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