15 Bestselling Fiction Books for November/December - 2017

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Fiction: Sycorax’s Daughters, edited by Kinitra D. Brooks, Linda Addison, and Susana Morris was the bestselling book of all this period. Sales were helped by being Go On Girl Book Club’s selection for December 2017. Fiction titles were the top selling genre this period.

Nonfiction: Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood by Trevor Noah made our list for the 2nd time this year and will be a top selling nonfiction title for 2017. Fewer Nonfiction titles made the list this period than ever before, but they were all strong sellers.

Children’s Books: Poet: The Remarkable Story of George Moses Horton written and illustrated by Don Tate leads the sales of all children’s books this period. It was also a winner of the Carter G. Woodson Book Award for the most distinguished books appropriate for young readers.

Poetry: Sells each 2 month period for which we report, however sales were insufficient to compile a bestsellers for the genre. The last poetry list was last reported Jan/Feb 2017

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Book cover of Sycorax’s Daughters by Kinitra D. Brooks, Linda Addison, and Susana Morris

Sycorax’s Daughters

by Kinitra D. Brooks, et al.

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#4

Book cover of Runaway Soul by Tiffani Quarles-Sanders

Runaway Soul

by Tiffani Quarles-Sanders

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#5

Book cover of Stay with Me: A novel by Ayobami Adebayo

Stay with Me

by Ayobami Adebayo

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#6

Book cover of A Kind of Freedom: A Novel by Margaret Wilkerson Sexton

A Kind of Freedom

by Margaret Wilkerson Sexton

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#7

Book cover of Awaken by Timothy George

Awaken

by Timothy George

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#8

Book cover of High Cotton: A Novel by Darryl Pinckney

High Cotton

by Darryl Pinckney

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#10

Book cover of Unthinkable Sins 2: The Family by Tiffani Quarles-Sanders

Unthinkable Sins 2

by Tiffani Quarles-Sanders

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#14

Book cover of Lovely by Autumn J. Bright

Lovely

by Autumn J. Bright

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