23 Bestselling Nonfiction 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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#1

Book cover of The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story by Nikole Hannah-Jones

The 1619 Project

by Nikole Hannah-Jones

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#2

Book cover of Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents by Isabel Wilkerson

Caste

by Isabel Wilkerson

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#3

Book cover of You Grow, Gurl! by Christopher Griffin

You Grow, Gurl!

by Christopher Griffin

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#6

Book cover of Black Food: Stories, Art, and Recipes from Across the African Diaspora by Bryant Terry

Black Food

by Bryant Terry

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#7

Book cover of Gathering Blossoms Under Fire: The Journals of Alice Walker by Alice Walker and Valerie Boyd (editor)

Gathering Blossoms Under Fire

by Alice Walker and Valerie Boyd (editor)

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#8

Book cover of Souls for Sale: The Diary of an Ex-Colored Man by Anthony Asadullah Samad

Souls for Sale

by Anthony Asadullah Samad

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#9

Book cover of White Lies: The Double Life of Walter F. White and America’s Darkest Secret by A. J. Baime

White Lies

by A. J. Baime

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#11

Book cover of The African Lookbook: A Visual History of 100 Years of African Women by Catherine E. McKinley

The African Lookbook

by Catherine E. McKinley

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#14

Book cover of Finding Me: A Memoir by Viola Davis

Finding Me

by Viola Davis

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#15

Book cover of Koshersoul by Michael W. Twitty

Koshersoul

by Michael W. Twitty

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#18

Book cover of The Yellow House: A Memoir by Sarah M. Broom

The Yellow House

by Sarah M. Broom

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#19

Book cover of Barracoon: The Story of the Last “Black Cargo” by Zora Neale Hurston and Deborah G. Plant

Barracoon

by Zora Neale Hurston and Deborah G. Plant

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#21

Book cover of Miss Chloe: A Literary Friendship with Toni Morrison by A.J. Verdelle

Miss Chloe

by A.J. Verdelle

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#22

Book cover of The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness  by Michelle Alexander

The New Jim Crow

by Michelle Alexander

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