Books: Bestselling, Award Winning, New, and Classic Titles
Bestselling Books by Two-Month Reporting Period:
Sep/Oct 2024 | Jul/Aug 2024 | May/Jun 2024 | Mar/Apr 2024 | Jan/Feb 2024 | Nov/Dec 2023
★ 98 Bestselling Books for All of 2023
Bestselling Books by Year of Publication – Since 1960.
★ Books Coming Out in the Next 6 Months and Beyond
★ Books Published in the Last 60 Days
★ The Best Books of the 21st Century by Black Writers
★ This is What Banned Books Look Like
★ 100 New Audiobooks You’ll Love ♥
★ Top 100 Recommended African-American Children’s Books
★ The Most Critically Acclaimed Books of the Past 40 Years
★ The Best African American Children’s Picture Books for 2020
★ Read Full Chapter Excerpts of Books
★ More Lists of Books
Editors Selections:
More Lists of Important Books
★ Bestselling Books by Year of Publication
★ Our 150 All-Time Favorite African-American Children’s Books
★ 100 Essential Black Books
★ Top 100 Selling Publisher Imprints
★ Visit our Book Reviews Section
★ 100 Bestselling Books of All-Time
★ The Top 10 Books in 100 Different Categories
★ 100 Bestselling Books of All Time
★ Black-Owned Publishing Companies
★ Favorite 100 Titles of the 20th Century
★ The QBR 100 Essential Black Books
★ Favorite 100 Titles of the 21sth Century (list being compiled now, cast your vote)
★ Go On Girl! Book Club’s Complete Reading List (1991 – 2024)
★ The Coffee Will Make You Black Book Club’s Reading List (1998–2006, and 2010)
★ The Power List BestSelling Books (Spring 2013 to Spring 2015)
★ Get Your Book on AALBC.com
Recently Reviewed Books
Lists of Award Winning Books
We track all of the Black winners of the National Book Awards, Pulitzer Prize, Carter G. Woodson Award, Coretta Scott King Award, and many more. Winners of these awards are factored into our formula for determining The Most Critically Acclaimed Books of the Past 40 Years.
Online Book Club
The Coffee Will Make You Black is AALBC’s online book club. Check out our reading list and participate in discussions that take place over the course of a month. There is no commitment or pressure; just enjoy.