Fiction:
Bestselling fiction is led by the short story collection
Evil Never Sleeps: Tales of Light and Darkness
by Robert Fleming an accomplished and talented writer and the new novel from Kalisha Buckhanon,
Speaking of Summer
.
Nonfiction:
Always a good mix of interesting titles, this period’s list reveals a theme of overcoming struggle with grace and dignity as illustrated by
Fifty-Five Unemployed and Faking Normal: Your Guide to a Better
Retirement
Life
and
After Life: My Journey from Incarceration to Freedom
.
Children’s Books:
Children’s books outsold all other genres this period. Books on our “
Top 150 Recommended African-American Children’s Books
” are strongly represented on the list.
Poetry:
One book made our list this period,
Rock And Fire - Love Poetry From The Core
by Marc Lacy.