21 Bestselling Fiction Books for September/October - 2022

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Fiction:
Brittani Williams’ novel, The Streets Keep Pulling Me Back, tops our fiction category this month. Williams is brand new to our website—we’re still updating her profile and adding the rest of her titles to our site!

Nonfiction:
Viola Davis’s memoir, Finding Me is the top-selling book across all categories for this period. Finding Me has been on our bestsellers list since it was published in April of this year.

Children’s Books:
Sailing Commitment Around the World with Captain Bill Pinkney by Bill Pinkney, Illustrated by Pamela C. Rice tops our children’s list and is one of the bestselling children’s books this year.

Poetry:
A 4-time AALBC bestseller, The 100 Best African American Poems edited by award-winning poet Nikki Giovanni is one of AALBC’s all-time bestselling books of poetry.

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#5

Book cover of Our Gen by Diane McKinney-Whetstone

Our Gen

by Diane McKinney-Whetstone

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#6

Book cover of The Quarter Storm by Veronica G. Henry

The Quarter Storm

by Veronica G. Henry

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#7

Book cover of Dark Reflections by Samuel R. Delany

Dark Reflections

by Samuel R. Delany

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#8

Book cover of Bruised Hibiscus by Elizabeth Nunez

Bruised Hibiscus

by Elizabeth Nunez

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#9

Book cover of Derelict by Relentless Aaron and Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson

Derelict

by Relentless Aaron and Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson

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#10

Book cover of Kindred: A Graphic Novel Adaptation by Octavia Butler

Kindred

by Octavia Butler

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#11

Book cover of Cane by Jean Toomer

Cane

by Jean Toomer

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#14

Book cover of Black Gangster by Donald Goines

Black Gangster

by Donald Goines

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#15

Book cover of Dopefiend by Donald Goines

Dopefiend

by Donald Goines

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#16

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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#17

Book cover of Four Degrees of Heat: A Collection of Sexy Summer Escapades by Brenda L. Thomas, Crystal Lacey Winslow, Rochelle Alers, and ReShonda Tate Billingsley

Four Degrees of Heat

by Brenda L. Thomas, et al.

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Book cover of Street Players by Donald Goines

Street Players

by Donald Goines

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More About our Bestsellers List


You will learn about books selling well, in the Black community, that may never show up on lists published by corporate entities. Spread the word about our list; don’t let one or two lists, which we don’t control, determine which books are important.

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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