Posted on September 9, 2026 at 8:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek
Here are August 2026's bestselling adult fiction books written by Black writers, according to the Black Book Accelerator.
Bestsellers for adult nonfiction (hardcover and paperback), juvenile fiction, juvenile nonfiction, young adult, and poetry are also available.
Hardcover fiction
1. Cool Machine by Colson Whitehead
2. Judge Stone by Viola Davis and James Patterson
3. Kin by Tayari Jones
4. A Pair Of Aces by Marie Benedict and Victoria Christopher Murray
5. The Revelation Of Dionne Daphne by Mara Brock Akil
6. The Great Wherever by Shannon Sanders
7. The Missed Connection by Tia Williams
8. Burn Down Master’s House by Clay Cane
9. James by Percival Everett
10. Keeper of Lost Children by Sadeqa Johnson
paperback FICTION
1. Score by Kennedy Ryan
2. The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison
3. Beloved by Toni Morrison
4. Parable Of The Sower by Octavia E. Butler
5. Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston
6. The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead
7. Kindred by Octavia E. Butler
8. The Reformatory by Tananarive Due
9. Giovanni’s Room by James Baldwin
10. Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston
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