This BuyBlack Friday, make your spending count by choosing to support Black authors and stories through BuyBlack.org. Whether you're picking up a gift for a loved one or treating yourself to a new read, your purchase is a step towards fostering diversity and inclusion in the literary world.

We've put together an exclusive collection of books by Black authors, showcasing a diverse array of genres and topics. From riveting fiction and thought-provoking nonfiction to enchanting children's stories and timeless classics, our selections cater to readers of all ages and interests. Each book is not only a compelling story but also a testament to the rich cultural contributions of Black authors and creators.

 

10 Bestselling Fiction

1. Running to Fall: A Novel by Kalisha Buckhanon 
2. Parable of the Talents by Octavia Butler
3. Sex Therapy by Shaun Sinclair
4. Dr. No by Percival Everett
5. The Coming by Daniel Black
6. Black Girl Lost by Donald Goines
7. Black Candle Women by Diane Marie Brown
8. midnight & indigo Issue 7: celebrating black women writers by Ianna A. Small
9. Jackal by Erin E. Adams
10. Fool Me Thrice: Money Changes Everything by Dean Conan

                 

 

10 Bestselling Nonfiction Books

1. Rest Is Resistance: A Manifesto by Tricia Hersey
2. Hebrews to Negroes: Wake Up Black America! by Ronald Dalton Jr.
3. Only for the Brave at Heart: Essays Rethinking Race, Crime, and Justice by Leon E. Pettiway
4. Black AF History: The Un-Whitewashed Story of America by Michael Harriot
5. CROWNED: Magical Folk and Fairy Tales from the Diaspora by Kahran and Regis Bethencourt
6. How White Folks Got So Rich: The Untold Story of American White Supremacy by Reclamation Project
7. The Invisible Ache: Black Men Identifying Their Pain and Reclaiming Their Power by Robin L. Smith and Courtney B. Vance
8. Black on Black: On Our Resilience and Brilliance in America by Daniel Black
9. In Spite of the Consequences: Prison Letters on Exoneration, Abolition, and Freedom by Lacino Hamilton
10. The Jewish Onslaught: Despatches from the Wellesley Battlefront by Tony Martin

                 

 

10 Bestselling Children’s Books

1. The Making of Butterflies by Zora Neale Hurston and Adapted by Ibram X. Kendi
2. Repeat After Me: Big Things to Say Every Day by Jazmyn Simon and Dulé Hill
3. Cornrows (2023) by Camille Yarbrough
4. I Want to Be Big! by Tiffany Golden
5. Treasure Island (hardcover): Runaway Gold by Jewell Parker Rhodes
6. Something, Someday by Amanda Gorman
7. Shining Legacy: Storypoems for the Young, So Black Heroes and Heroines Forever Will Be Sung by Nkechi Taifa
8. I Am Rosa Parks (Penguin Young Readers, Level 4) by Rosa Parks and Jim Haskins
9. An American Story by Kwame Alexander
10. My Red, White, and Blue by Alana Tyson

                 

 

10 Bestselling Poetry Books

1. On The Imperial Highway: New And Selected Poems by Jayne Cortez
2. Side Notes from the Archivist: Poems by Anastacia-Reneé
3. Magic City by Yusef Komunyakaa
4. S O S: Poems 1961-2013 by Amiri Baraka
5. Life On Mars: Poems by Tracy K. Smith
6. Black Girl, Call Home by Jasmine Mans
7. Leadbelly by Tyehimba Jess
8. Dream of a Word: The Tia Chucha Press Poetry Anthology by Quraysh Ali Lansana and Toni Asante Lightfoot
9. Mother Love: Poems by Rita Dove
10. Afrodisia: New poems by Ted Joans