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A report for the month of April claims 177,000 new jobs. Supposedly, gasoline is selling for $1.98/gallon somewhere. Not anywhere I travel. This ties back to @Pioneer1's distrust of statistics.🤣😎

Here is a list of the 100 Black Bestselling Black Authors in 2024 ranked in order of total sales. Percival Everett James McBride Kimberly D. Moore Malcolm Gladwell Octavia E. Butler Rachel Renée Russell Toni Morrison Victoria Christopher Murray Bell Hooks Isabel Wilkerson Vashti Harrison Michelle Obama Sharon M. Draper Tomi Adeyemi Colson Whitehead Kennedy Ryan Snoop Dogg Amanda Gorman Zora Neale Hurston Angie Thomas Trevor Noah Tia Williams Fawn Weaver Jason Reynolds Margot Lee Shetterly R. H. Sin Crystal Hubbard Oprah Winfrey Sarah Jakes Roberts Nikole Hannah-Jones Jacqueline Woodson Alice Walker Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah Yaa Gyasi Mellody Hobson Matthew A. Cherry Hanif Abdurraqib Wes Moore Lavaille Lavette Whoopi Goldberg B. B. Alston Sonya Renee Taylor Tracy Deonn Michael Harriot Walter Dean Myers Rio Cortez N. K. Jemisin Nic Stone Sadeqa Johnson Joy-Ann Reid Frederick Douglass Billy Chapata Keke Palmer Mildred D. Taylor Kiley Reid Frank Berrios Cole Arthur Riley Sister Souljah James Baldwin Jerry Craft Danzy Senna Rita Williams-Garcia Sherri L. Smith Lebron James Shasta Clinch Maya Angelou Tabitha Brown Ross Gay Christopher Paul Curtis Ben Carson Uché Blackstock Antonia Hylton Janay Brown-Wood Brittney Griner and Michelle Burford Clay Cane August Wilson Ketanji Brown Jackson S. A. Cosby A’ja Wilson Morgan Harper Nichols Ishmael Beah Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Ralph Ellison Essie Chambers Ebonyjanice Moore Taraji P. Henson Shanora Williams Jesmyn Ward Tananarive Due Angela Y. Davis Ladarrion Williams S. H. Fernando, Jr Analeigh Sbrana Clint Smith Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé Rachel Johnson Saara El-Arifi Sydney Mclaughlin Derrick D. Barnes Zoe Shaw

Thanks for catching that Del. I’m surprised I didn’t catch that. Octavia Butler being on the list twice is a mistake. Publishers do not record authors names in a consistent fashion, so I need to normalize them. I corrected a few, but did not catch them all, obviously. When I get a chance, I’ll total up Octavia‘s sales put her in the right ranking and add the next ranking author to the hundredth position.

How come Octavia Butler is on the list twice.