20 Bestselling Nonfiction 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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#1

Book cover of Finding Me: A Memoir by Viola Davis

Finding Me

by Viola Davis

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#2

Book cover of Critical Race Theory: The Key Writings That Formed the Movement by Kimberlé Crenshaw, Neil Gotanda, Garry Peller, and Kendall Thomas

Critical Race Theory

by Kimberlé Crenshaw, et al.

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#3

Book cover of White Fear: How the Browning of America Is Making White Folks Lose Their Minds by Roland S. Martin

White Fear

by Roland S. Martin

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#4

Book cover of The ISIS Papers: The Keys to the Colors by Frances Cress Welsing

The ISIS Papers

by Frances Cress Welsing

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#5

Book cover of Koshersoul by Michael W. Twitty

Koshersoul

by Michael W. Twitty

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#10

Book cover of Under the Skin: The Hidden Toll of Racism on American Lives and on the Health of Our Nation by Linda Villarosa

Under the Skin

by Linda Villarosa

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#11

Book cover of Pimp: The Story of My Life by Iceberg Slim

Pimp

by Iceberg Slim

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#12

Book cover of Stokely: A Life by Peniel E. Joseph

Stokely

by Peniel E. Joseph

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#16

Book cover of Decolonising The Mind: The Politics Of Language In African Literature by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o

Decolonising The Mind

by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o

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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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