20 Bestselling Children’s Books for July/August - 2016

AALBC’s Bestselling Book SealOur bestsellers list has been published continuously since 1998. Learn More ▶

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#3

Book cover of One Crazy Summer by Rita Williams-Garcia

One Crazy Summer

by Rita Williams-Garcia

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#4

Book cover of I Love My Hair! by Natasha Anastasia Tarpley

I Love My Hair!

by Natasha Anastasia Tarpley

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#10

Book cover of A is for Activist by Innosanto Nagara

A is for Activist

by Innosanto Nagara

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#11

Book cover of Please, Baby, Please by Spike Lee and Tonya Lewis Lee

Please, Baby, Please

by Spike Lee and Tonya Lewis Lee

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#12

Book cover of I Am Mixed by Garcelle Beauvais

I Am Mixed

by Garcelle Beauvais

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#13

Book cover of Amazing Grace by Mary Hoffman

Amazing Grace

by Mary Hoffman

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More About our Bestsellers List


You will learn about books selling well, in the Black community, that may never show up on lists published by corporate entities. Spread the word about our list; don’t let one or two lists, which we don’t control, determine which books are important.

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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