Posted on June 11, 2025 at 12:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek
Here are the bestselling adult fiction books written by Black writers in May 2025, according to the Black Book Accelerator.
Bestsellers for adult nonfiction (hardcover and paperback), juvenile fiction and nonfiction, young adult, and poetry are also available.
HARDCOVER FICTION
1. James by Percival Everett
2. Dream Count by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
3. The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store by James McBride
4. Good Dirt by Charmaine Wilkerson
5. Harriet Tubman: Live In Concert by Bob The Drag Queen
6. Happy Land by Dolen Perkins-Valdez
7. Harlem Rhapsody by Victoria Christopher Murray
8. The Dark Maestro by Brendan Slocumb
9. Death Of The Author by Nnedi Okorafor
10. The Devil Three Times by Rickey Fayne
PAPERBACK FICTION
1. Parable Of The Sower by Octavia Butler
2. Before I Let Go by Kennedy Ryan
3. The Wife Before by Shanora Williams
4. The Reformatory by Tananarive Due
5. Beloved by Toni Morrison
6. The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison
7. The Personal Librarian by Marie Benedict and Victoria Christopher Murray
8. The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead
9. This Could Be Us by Kennedy Ryan
10. This Hoe Got Roaches In Her Crib: An Urban Satire by Quan Millz
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