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23 Bestselling Fiction Books

Period: March/April - 2020

AALBC Bestseller Seal
Celebrating Black stories and authors since 1998, the AALBC Bestsellers List is now published quarterly. Here’s a printable list and collage of this period’s titles. Also check out the BLK Bestsellers—the definitive monthly guide to America’s bestselling books by Black writers.

Fiction: Both Evil Never Sleeps and The Nickel Boys made our list for the 4th time. Most of the other fiction titles are first-time bestsellers.

Nonfiction: Wealth Happens One Day at a Time: 365 Days to a Brighter Financial Future was originally published over 20 years ago and has never been out of print. It makes its first appearance on our list this period.

Children’s Books: Children’s Books continue to dominate sales of all genres this year. Chocolate Me! by Taye Diggs and Illustrated by Shane W. Evans has has been a #1 AALBC Bestseller 5 times!

Poetry: The 100 Best African American Poems edited by Nikki Giovanni leads poetry sales and is an excellent sampling of the best work from classic and contemporary Black poets.

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Chocolate Me!

Chocolate Me!

by Taye Diggs
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Red at the Bone

Red at the Bone

by Jacqueline Woodson
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2
Evil Never Sleeps: Tales of Light and Darkness

Evil Never Sleeps

by Robert Fleming
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3
Black Brother, Black Brother

Black Brother, Black Brother

by Jewell Parker Rhodes
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5
One Love

One Love

by Cedella Marley
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6
Hitting a Straight Lick with a Crooked Stick

Hitting a Straight Lick with a Crooked Stick

by Zora Neale Hurston and M. Genevieve West (editor)
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7
The Nickel Boys: A Novel

The Nickel Boys

by Colson Whitehead
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8
Please, Baby, Please

Please, Baby, Please

by Spike Lee and Tonya Lewis Lee
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9
Black Mother Goose Book

Black Mother Goose Book

by Elizabeth Murphy Oliver
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9
The Cartel

The Cartel

by Ashley Antoinette and JaQuavis Coleman
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10
New Kid

New Kid

by Jerry Craft
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12
Baby Says

Baby Says

by John Steptoe
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16
Sing to the Moon

Sing to the Moon

by Nansubuga Nagadya Isdahl
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17
The People Could Fly: American Black Folktales

The People Could Fly

by Virginia Hamilton
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18
Woke Baby

Woke Baby

by Mahogany L. Browne
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I Am Loved

I Am Loved

by Nikki Giovanni
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