23 Bestselling Fiction Books

Period: May/June - 2011

AALBC Bestseller Seal

Celebrating books written by or about Black people, the African American Literature Book Club’s Bestsellers List has been published continuously since 1998. In 2026, we began publishing our list quarterly, focusing on The BLK Bestsellers.

1
Thug Lovin’

Thug Lovin’

by Wahida Clark
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2
Snitch: A Novel

Snitch

by Booker T. Mattison
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5
Justify My Thug

Justify My Thug

by Wahida Clark
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7
Dutch III: International Gangster

Dutch III

by Teri Woods
10
Payback Is A Mutha

Payback Is A Mutha

by Wahida Clark
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11
Thug Matrimony

Thug Matrimony

by Wahida Clark
17
The Deal, The Dance, And The Devil: A Novel

The Deal, The Dance, And The Devil

by Victoria Christopher Murray
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19
Big Girls Do Cry

Big Girls Do Cry

by Carl Weber
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20
Kindred

Kindred

by Octavia E. Butler
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21
Sleeping With The Enemy

Sleeping With The Enemy

by Wahida Clark and Kiki Swinson
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23
Pleasure

Pleasure

by Eric Jerome Dickey
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24
The Cartel

The Cartel

by Ashley Antoinette and JaQuavis Coleman
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25
A Thousand Sisters: My Journey into the Worst Place on Earth to Be a Woman

A Thousand Sisters

by Lisa J Shannon
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