10 Bestselling Fiction Books

Period: September/October - 2023

AALBC Bestseller Seal
Celebrating Black stories and authors since 1998, the AALBC Bestsellers List is now published quarterly. Here’s a printable list and collage of this period’s titles. Also check out the BLK Bestsellers—the definitive monthly guide to America’s bestselling books by Black writers.

Fiction:
Voices of the Harlem Renaissance makes our bestsellers list for the 19th time! Only 7 other books have accomplished this feat.

Nonfiction:
Edited by Jericho Brown How We Do It: Black Writers on Craft, Practice, and Skill; debuted on at #3 on our list and now tops the nonfiction list.

Children’s Books:
Jelani’s Key by D. Amari Jackson was the top selling book of all titles this period, largely on the strength of sales during a book signing at Sankofa Bookstore and Cafe on October 28th.

Poetry:
Poetry sales were topped by Life On Mars: Poems by Tracy K. Smith, the 12-year-old collection of poems won the 2012 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry.

1
Voices of the Harlem Renaissance: Originally Published as The New Negro an Interpretation

Voices of the Harlem Renaissance

by Alain Locke and Introduction by Troy Johnson
Add to Cart
2
Fool Me Thrice: Money Changes Everything

Fool Me Thrice

by Dean Conan
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3
Lone Women

Lone Women

by Victor Lavalle
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4
No Place to Be Somebody: A Black-Black Comedy

No Place to Be Somebody

by Charles Gordone
5
Promise Me A Miracle

Promise Me A Miracle

by Naleighna Kai, et al.
6
Babylon Sisters: A Novel

Babylon Sisters

by Pearl Cleage
7
Running to Fall: A Novel

Running to Fall

by Kalisha Buckhanon
8
Our Gen

Our Gen

by Diane McKinney-Whetstone
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9
The Bluest Eye

The Bluest Eye

by Toni Morrison
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10
Perfect Peace: A Novel

Perfect Peace

by Daniel Black
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