20 Bestselling Fiction Books for March/April - 2021

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Fiction: Richard Wright’s previously unpublished novel, The Man Who Lived Underground, is our bestselling fiction title. The Man Who Lived Underground was written between his landmark books Native Son (1940) and Black Boy (1945), at the height of Wright’s creative powers.

Nonfiction: Black Power, Black Lawyer: My Audacious Quest for Justice, Nkechi Taifa’s powerful memoir, outsold all other books this period and was given a rave review by AALBC.

Children’s Books: The 11-time AALBC bestseller, Whose Knees Are These?, by Jabari Asim led a very crowded field of popular children’s books. We cap our bestsellers list at 20 books, and our children’s list could have easily included 40 titles.

Poetry: The Tradition by Jericho Brown debuts on our bestsellers list at #1. The critically acclaimed work received many honors including winning a Pulitzer Prize.

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#2

Book cover of Captain Blackman by John A. Williams

Captain Blackman

by John A. Williams

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#4

Book cover of Lakewood by Megan Giddings

Lakewood

by Megan Giddings

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#9

Book cover of The Fisher King: A Novel by Paule Marshall

The Fisher King

by Paule Marshall

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#10

Book cover of The Bluest Eye  by Toni Morrison

The Bluest Eye

by Toni Morrison

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#13

Book cover of Ori: The Afrikan Warriors’ Mindset by Balogun Ojetade

Ori

by Balogun Ojetade

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#14

Book cover of Erotique Noire/Black Erotica by Miriam Decosta-Willis, Reginald Martin, and Roseann P. Bell

Erotique Noire/Black Erotica

by Miriam Decosta-Willis, et al.

(Sold by Alternative Sources)

#16

Book cover of Homegoing: A Novel by Yaa Gyasi

Homegoing

by Yaa Gyasi

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#20

Book cover of Milk Blood Heat by Dantiel W. Moniz

Milk Blood Heat

by Dantiel W. Moniz

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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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