Books: Bestselling, Award Winning, New, and Classic Titles

We sell a curated selection of almost 20,000 titles covering a century of Black writing from around the world. In addition to buying your books here, you’ll find reviews, bestsellers lists, awards, excerpts, publisher information, and more. Readers: discover books grouped by over 1,500 different categories. Authors and Publishers: here are a variety of ways to get your books on AALBC.

Bestselling Books by Two-Month Reporting Period:

★ 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:

Book Cover Image: The Unexpected Diva by Tiffany Warren

Book Cover Image: The Life of Herod the Great by Zora Neale Hurston

Book Cover Image: Death of the Author by Nnedi Okorafor

Book Cover Image: Power of Persuasion by Stacey Abrams aka Selena Montgomery

Book Cover Image: One Blood by Denene Millner

Book Cover Image: An African History of Africa by Zeinab Badawi

Book Cover Image: I Am Nobody’s Slave: How Uncovering My Family’s History Set Me Free by Lee Hawkins

Book Cover Image: When I Hear Spirituals by Cheryl Willis Hudson, Illustrated by London Ladd

Book Cover Image: How Sweet the Sound by Kwame Alexander, Illustrated by Charly Palmer

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

Book Cover Image: Justice for Marcus Garvey: Look for Me in the Whirlwind by Julius Garvey

Book Cover Image: Saxophone Colossus: The Life and Music of Sonny Rollins by Aidan Levy

Book Cover Image: The Art of Good Deeds by Dwayne Ashley

Book Cover Image: The Rebel’s Clinic: The Revolutionary Lives of Frantz Fanon by Adam Shatz

Book Cover Image: When It All Falls Down by Chinedu Achebe

Book Cover Image: The Love Habit: Daily Self-Care Practices for a Happier Life and Healthier Relationships by Rainie Howard

Book Cover Image: The Gardins of Edin by Rosey Lee

Book Cover Image: Youth Change Agent: Empower a Young Person to Make the Transition to a Better Life by Keith Strickland and Lucas L. Johnson II

Book Cover Image: A Memory of Fictions (or) Just Tiddy-Boom by Leonce Gaiter

Book Cover Image: White Boy/Black Girl: What Our Differences Can Teach Us, One Honest Conversation at a Time by Adaeze and Chad Brinkman

Book Cover Image: Jesus and the Abolitionists: How Anarchist Christianity Empowers the People by Terry J. Stokes

Book Cover Image: A2: A Scholarly Poetical Science Discourse by Ayo Sekai

Book Cover Image: Womanish Theology: Discovering God Through the Lens of Black Girlhood by Khristi Lauren Adams

Book Cover Image: Selected Poems of Calvin C. Hernton by Calvin C. Hernton

Book Cover: We Refuse to Be Silent: Women’s Voices on Justice for Black Men Edited by Angela P. Dodson

Book Cover: Trespass: Portraits of Unhoused Life, Love, and Understanding by Kim Watson

Book Cover: Walking with Our Ancestors: Contemplation and Activism by Barbara A. Holmes

Book Cover: Only for the Brave at Heart: Essays Rethinking Race, Crime, and Justice by Leon E. Pettiway

Book Cover: My Divine Natural Hair: Inspiration & Tips to Love & Care for Your Crownby Shelia Burlock, Sylvia Burlock, and Melissa Burlock

Book Cover: Psalms of My People: A Story of Black Liberation as Told through Hip-Hop by Lenny Duncan

Book Cover image: My Hair Can by Matt Forté, Illustrated by Sophia Green

Book Cover image: If My Hair Had a Voice by Dana Marie Miroballi, Illustrated by Patricia Grannum

Book Cover Image: Jimmy’s Rhythm & Blues: The Extraordinary Life of James Baldwin by Michelle Meadows, Illustrated by Jamiel Law

Book Cover Image: There Are Dinosaurs in the Library! by A.G. Allen, Illustrated by Octavio Cordova

Book Cover Image: Jelani’s Key by D. Amari Jackson

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

#readingblack encouraging everyone to read quality books written by Black people

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.