18 Bestselling Fiction Books for March/April - 2022

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Fiction:
Fiction was our top-selling genre this period, with the Fall/Winter 20221 issue of the Killens Review of Arts & Letters (magazine) and Ladee Hubbard’s The Last Suspicious Holdout being the #1 and #2 bestsellers across all genres. Urban fiction titles experienced stronger sales this period.

Nonfiction:
The 1619 Project created by Nikole Hannah-Jones and Caste by Isabel Wilkerson have both made AALBC’s bestsellers list 5 times or more.

Children’s Books:
Sales were led by Mirror Girls by Kelly McWilliams. Nkechi Taifa has three books on the list this period helping to make her a Top 100 AALBC Bestselling Author.

Poetry:
There were not enough poetry book sales to generate a bestsellers list for this period.

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#7

Book cover of Gage: The Hustle Chronicles Prequel by Blacc Topp

Gage

by Blacc Topp

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#13

Book cover of Voices of the Harlem Renaissance: Originally Published as The New Negro an Interpretation by Alain Locke and Introduction by Troy Johnson

Voices of the Harlem Renaissance

by Alain Locke and Introduction by Troy Johnson

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#16

Book cover of The Old Drift: A Novel by Namwali Serpell

The Old Drift

by Namwali Serpell

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#17

Book cover of Ramadan Ramsey by Louis Edwards

Ramadan Ramsey

by Louis Edwards

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#18

Book cover of The Rib King by Ladee Hubbard

The Rib King

by Ladee Hubbard

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#19

Book cover of In Every Mirror She’s Black by Lolá Ákínmádé Åkerström

In Every Mirror She’s Black

by Lolá Ákínmádé Åkerström

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