The Power List (Spring 2013 to Spring 2015)
The Power List collected data on books written or read by African Americans and compiled that information into a quarterly bestselling books list. It was a joint project initiated by AALBC.com, Cushcity.com, and MosaicBooks.com (no longer active). The official book seller for the Power List was MahoganyBooks. The Power List was published for 9 consecutive quarters, beginning in the spring of 2013 and ending with our final bestsellers list in the spring of 2015 when it was discontinued.
The 183 distinct titles, which made Power List, are presented here as a historical archive. They are sorted by the popularity, then title. Of course AALBC.com remains committed to celebrating bestselling books writen by or for readers of Black Literature, as we publishing our bestselling books list, which has been published continuously since 1998.
9 Time Powerlist BestsellerAmerica the Beautiful: Rediscovering What Made This Nation Great
by Ben Carson (Zondervan)
9 Time Powerlist BestsellerThe New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness
by Michelle Alexander (New Press)
9 Time Powerlist BestsellerThe Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America’s Great Migration
by Isabel Wilkerson (Vintage Books)
7 Time Powerlist BestsellerAct Like a Lady, Think Like a Man
by Steve Harvey & Denene Millner (Amistad Press)
5 Time Powerlist BestsellerForgiveness: 21 Days to Forgive Everyone for Everything
by Iyanla Vanzant (Smiley Books)
5 Time Powerlist BestsellerOne Nation: What We Can All Do to Save America’s Future
by Ben Carson (Sentinel)
5 Time Powerlist BestsellerShred: The Revolutionary Diet: 6 Weeks 4 Inches 2 Sizes
by Ian K. Smith, M.D. (St. Martin's Press)
4 Time Powerlist BestsellerInstinct: The Power to Unleash Your Inborn Drive
by T. D. Jakes (FaithWords)
4 Time Powerlist BestsellerSuccess Through Stillness: Meditation Made Simple
by Russell Simmons (Gotham)
4 Time Powerlist BestsellerSuper Shred: The Big Results Diet: 4 Weeks, 20 Pounds, Lose It Faster!
by Ian K. Smith, M.D. (St. Martin's Press)
4 Time Powerlist BestsellerThe Half Has Never Been Told: Slavery and the Making of American Capitalism
by Edward E. Baptist (Basic Books)
4 Time Powerlist BestsellerThe Prodigal Son (Reverend Curtis Black #11)
by Kimberla Lawson Roby (Grand Central Publishing)
4 Time Powerlist BestsellerThe Short and Tragic Life of Robert Peace: A Brilliant Young Man Who Left Newark for the Ivy League
by Jeff Hobbs (Scribner)
3 Time Powerlist BestsellerA House Divided (Reverend Curtis Black #10)
by Kimberla Lawson Roby (Grand Central Publishing)
3 Time Powerlist BestsellerAct Like a Lady, Think Like a Man, Expanded Edition: What Men Really Think About Love, Relationships, Intimacy, and Commitment
by Steve Harvey & Denene Millner (HarperCollins Publishers)
3 Time Powerlist BestsellerAct Like a Success, Think Like a Success: Discovering Your Gift and the Way to Life’s Riches
by Steve Harvey (HarperCollins Publishers)
3 Time Powerlist BestsellerIf You Don’t Know Me
by Mary B. Morrison (Kensington Publishing Corporation)
3 Time Powerlist BestsellerJust Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption
by Bryan Stevenson (Random House)
3 Time Powerlist BestsellerManology: Secrets of Your Man’s Mind Revealed
by Tyrese Gibson (Touchstone)
3 Time Powerlist BestsellerMo’ Meta Blues: The World According to Questlove
by Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson & Ben Greenman (Grand Central Publishing)
3 Time Powerlist BestsellerMurderville 3: The Black Dahlia
by Ashley and JaQuavis (Cash Money Content)
3 Time Powerlist BestsellerThe Cartel 5: La Bella Mafia
by Ashley and JaQuavis (Kensington Publishing Corporation)
3 Time Powerlist BestsellerThe Wealth Choice: Success Secrets of Black Millionaires
by Dennis Kimbro (Palgrave Macmillan)
2 Time Powerlist BestsellerBlack Against Empire: The History and Politics of the Black Panther Party
by Joshua Bloom and Waldo E. Martin, Jr. (University of California Press)
2 Time Powerlist BestsellerDevil in the Grove: Thurgood Marshall, the Groveland Boys, and the Dawn of a New America
by Gilbert King (Harper Perennial)
2 Time Powerlist BestsellerHigh Price: A Neuroscientist’s Journey of Self-Discovery That Challenges Everything You Know About Drugs and Society
by Carl Hart (Harper Collins)
2 Time Powerlist BestsellerI’d Rather Be With You
by Mary B. Morrison (Kensington Publishing Corporation)
2 Time Powerlist BestsellerPlease Stop Helping Us: How Liberals Make It Harder for Blacks to Succeed
by Jason Riley (Encounter Books)
2 Time Powerlist BestsellerRemembering Whitney: My Story of Love, Loss, and the Night the Music Stopped
by Cissy Houston (Harper Collins)
2 Time Powerlist BestsellerThe Choir Director 2: Runaway Bride
by Carl Weber (Grand Central Publishing)
2 Time Powerlist BestsellerThe Supremes at Earl’s All-You-Can-Eat
by Edward Kelsey Moore (Alfred Knopf)
1 Time Powerlist BestsellerAfro-Vegan: Farm-Fresh African, Caribbean, and Southern Flavors Remix
by Bryant Terry (Ten Speed Press)
1 Time Powerlist BestsellerAnd Sometimes I Wonder About You: A Leonid Mcgill Mystery (Leonid Mcgill Mysteries)
by Walter Mosley (Doubleday)
1 Time Powerlist BestsellerAsk Wendy: Straight-Up Advice For All The Drama In Your Life
by Wendy Williams (William Morrow and Company)
1 Time Powerlist BestsellerBad Girls of the Bible: And What We Can Learn from Them
by Liz Curtis Higgs (WaterBrook Press )
1 Time Powerlist BestsellerBartlett’s Familiar Black Quotations
by Retha Powers (Little, Brown and Company)
1 Time Powerlist BestsellerBlacklash: How Obama and the Liberal Left Are Driving Americans to the Government Plantation
by Deneen Borelli (Threshold Editions)
1 Time Powerlist BestsellerDavid and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits, and the Art of Battling Giants
by Malcolm Gladwell (Little, Brown and Company)
1 Time Powerlist BestsellerEverybody’s Got Something
by Robin Roberts with Veronica Chambers (Grand Central Publishing)
1 Time Powerlist BestsellerFirst Class: The Legacy of Dunbar, America’s First Black Public High School
by Alison Stewart (Chicago Review Press)
1 Time Powerlist BestsellerFortune & Fame
by ReShonda Tate Billingsley & Victoria Christopher Murray (Touchstone)
1 Time Powerlist BestsellerFriends & Foes
by ReShonda Tate Billingsley & Victoria Christopher Murray (Gallery Books)
1 Time Powerlist BestsellerI Dreamt I Was in Heaven - The Rampage of the Rufus Buck Gang
by Leonce Gaiter (Legba Books)
1 Time Powerlist BestsellerJames Baldwin The Last Interview: and Other Conversations
by James Baldwin, Quincy Troupe (Melville House)
1 Time Powerlist BestsellerLetters to an Incarcerated Brother: Encouragement, Hope, and Healing for Inmates and Their Loved Ones
by Hill Harper (Gotham)
1 Time Powerlist BestsellerLies of a Real Housewife: Tell the Truth and Shame the Devil
by Angela Stanton, Anthony Whyte & Alveda King (Augustus Publishing)
1 Time Powerlist BestsellerLiving and Dying in Brick City: An E.R. Doctor Returns Home
by Sampson Davis & Lisa Frazier Page (Spiegel & Grau)
1 Time Powerlist BestsellerMaintenance Man II: Money, Politics & Sex: Everyone Has A Price
by Michael Baisden (Baisden Publishing)
1 Time Powerlist BestsellerMarch Book One
by John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, Nate Powell (Top Shelf Productions)
1 Time Powerlist BestsellerMayor For Life: The Incredible Story of Marion Barry Jr.
by Marion Barry Jr. (Strebor Books International)
1 Time Powerlist BestsellerMidnight and the Meaning of Love
by Sister Souljah (Washington Square Press)
1 Time Powerlist BestsellerMidnight: A Gangster Love Story
by Sister Souljah (Washington Square Press)
1 Time Powerlist BestsellerOutliers: The Story of Success
by Malcolm Gladwell (Little, Brown and Company)
1 Time Powerlist BestsellerRainbow in the Cloud: The Wisdom and Spirit of Maya Angelou
by Maya Angelou (Random House)
1 Time Powerlist BestsellerSoulmates Dissipate
by Mary B. Morrison (Kensington Publishing Corporation)
1 Time Powerlist BestsellerSugar in the Blood: A Family’s Story of Slavery and Empire
by Andrea Stuart (Alfred Knopf)
1 Time Powerlist BestsellerSurviving and Thriving: 365 Facts in Black Economic History
by Julianne Malveaux (Last Word Productions)
1 Time Powerlist BestsellerThe Closer
by Mariano Rivera with Wayne Coffey (Little, Brown and Company)
1 Time Powerlist BestsellerThe Pact: Three Young Men Make a Promise and Fulfill a Dream
by Sampson Davis, George Jenkins, Rameck Hunt & Lisa Frazier Page (Riverhead Books)
1 Time Powerlist BestsellerThe Replacement Wife
by Tiffany Warren (Kensington Publishing Corporation)
1 Time Powerlist BestsellerThe Reverend’ss Wife (Reverend Curtis Black #9)
by Kimberla Lawson Roby (Grand Central Publishing)
1 Time Powerlist BestsellerThe Tithing Hoax: Exposing The Lies, Misinterpretations & False Teachings About Tithing
by R. Renee & Cynthia Harper (Lulu)
1 Time Powerlist BestsellerThe Ultimate Betrayal (Reverend Curtis Black #12)
by Kimberla Lawson Roby (Grand Central Publishing)
1 Time Powerlist BestsellerVegan Soul Kitchen: Fresh, Healthy, and Creative African-American Cuisine
by Bryant Terry (Da Capo Press)
1 Time Powerlist BestsellerWhere Did Our Love Go: Love and Relationships in the African-American Community
by Gil Robertson (Bolden Books)
