Subject: African American women Fiction

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The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd (26,716 copies)
Beloved by Toni Morrison (22,037 copies)
The Color Purple by Alice Walker (18,992 copies)
Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston (18,417 copies)
Kindred by Octavia E. Butler (7,794 copies)
Sula by Toni Morrison (7,363 copies)
Cane River by Lalita Tademy (2,923 copies)
Wild Seed by Octavia E. Butler (2,713 copies)
Passing by Nella Larsen (2,508 copies)
Love by Toni Morrison (2,311 copies)
Possessing the Secret of Joy by Alice Walker (2,161 copies)
The Intuitionist by Colson Whitehead (2,129 copies)
The Women of Brewster Place by Gloria Naylor (1,726 copies)
Waiting to Exhale by Terry McMillan (1,648 copies)
What Looks Like Crazy on an Ordinary Day by Pearl Cleage (1,550 copies)
The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman by Ernest J. Gaines (1,380 copies)
Drinking Coffee Elsewhere by ZZ Packer (1,366 copies)
How Stella Got Her Groove Back by Terry McMillan (1,332 copies)
Meridian by Alice Walker (1,275 copies)
Mama Day by Gloria Naylor (1,253 copies)
Minion by L. A. Banks (1,148 copies)
The Street by Ann Petry (1,117 copies)
Quicksand and Passing by Nella Larsen (918 copies)
In the Fall by Jeffrey Lent (912 copies)
A Day Late and a Dollar Short by Terry McMillan (889 copies)
The Bondwoman's Narrative by Hannah Crafts (865 copies)
Jubilee by Margaret Walker (763 copies)
Brothers and Sisters by Bebe Moore Campbell (762 copies)
Song Yet Sung by James McBride (731 copies)
In Love and Trouble: Stories of Black Women by Alice Walker (680 copies)
The Awakening by L. A. Banks (667 copies)
Our Nig; or, Sketches from the Life of a Free Black by Harriet E. Wilson (661 copies)
The Interruption of Everything by Terry McMillan (612 copies)
The Wind Done Gone by Alice Randall (583 copies)
Corregidora by Gayl Jones (557 copies)
The Color of Law by Mark Gimenez (547 copies)
Sassafrass, Cypress and Indigo by Ntozake Shange (547 copies)
The Hunted by L. A. Banks (546 copies)
Quicksand by Nella Larsen (545 copies)
A Light to My Path by Lynn Austin (532 copies)
The Bitten by L. A. Banks (504 copies)
Coffee Will Make You Black: A Novel by April Sinclair (486 copies)
Blanche on the Lam by Barbara Neely (477 copies)
The Blacker the Berry by Wallace Thurman (453 copies)
The Way Forward Is with a Broken Heart by Alice Walker (442 copies)
Sally Hemings by Barbara Chase-Riboud (433 copies)
The Salt Eaters by Toni Cade Bambara (427 copies)
The Damned by L. A. Banks (422 copies)
The Forbidden by L. A. Banks (415 copies)
Praisesong for the Widow by Paule Marshall (376 copies)
Sugar: A Novel by Bernice L. McFadden (372 copies)
The Complete Fiction of Nella Larsen: Passing, Quicksand,… by Nella Larsen (365 copies)
Iola Leroy, or Shadows Uplifted by Frances Ellen Watkins Harper (361 copies)
Upstate by Kalisha Buckhanon (335 copies)
Clotel: Or, The President's Daughter: A Narrative of Slave… by William Wells Brown (320 copies)
The House Behind the Cedars by Charles W. Chesnutt (312 copies)
Family by J. California Cooper (307 copies)
The Other Woman by Eric Jerome Dickey (304 copies)
I Wish I Had a Red Dress by Pearl Cleage (299 copies)
Arc d'X by Steve Erickson (292 copies)
Dessa Rose by Sherley A. Williams (291 copies)
Voodoo Dreams: A Novel of Marie Laveau by Jewell Parker Rhodes (287 copies)
I Been in Sorrow's Kitchen and Licked Out All the Pots by Susan Straight (287 copies)
The Untelling by Tayari Jones (261 copies)
What You Owe Me by Bebe Moore Campbell (261 copies)
Sister, Sister by Eric Jerome Dickey (260 copies)
Blanche among the Talented Tenth by Barbara Neely (255 copies)
Passing by Samaria by Sharon Ewell Foster (242 copies)
Ugly Ways by Tina McElroy Ansa (224 copies)
Casting The First Stone by Kimberla Lawson Roby (224 copies)
Louisiana Hotshot by Julie Smith (222 copies)
Gettin' Buck Wild: Sex Chronicles II by Zane (214 copies)
Silent Partner by Stephen Frey (204 copies)
Louisiana Bigshot by Julie Smith (204 copies)
Blanche Cleans Up by Barbara Neely (199 copies)
In Search of Satisfaction by J. California Cooper (198 copies)
Big Girls Don't Cry by Connie Briscoe (195 copies)
Sisters and Lovers by Connie Briscoe (193 copies)
Some Things I Never Thought I'd Do by Pearl Cleage (189 copies)
Tryin' to Sleep in the Bed You Made by Virginia DeBerry (186 copies)
Pearl by Tabitha King (184 copies)
When Death Comes Stealing by Valerie Wilson Wesley (179 copies)
The Price of a Child by Lorene Cary (173 copies)
The Good Negress by A. J. Verdelle (171 copies)
Ain't Gonna Be the Same Fool Twice by April Sinclair (168 copies)
Too Much of a Good Thing by Kimberla Lawson Roby (164 copies)
Changing Faces by Kimberla Lawson Roby (162 copies)
Daughters by Paule Marshall (161 copies)
Freshwater Road by Denise Nicholas (160 copies)
Nowhere Is a Place by Bernice L. McFadden (157 copies)
Blanche Passes Go by Barbara Neely (156 copies)
Eva's Man by Gayl Jones (146 copies)
Nappily Ever After by Trisha R. Thomas (140 copies)
Like One of the Family: Conversations from a Domestic's… by Alice Childress (134 copies)
Soul Kiss by Shay Youngblood (134 copies)
Louisiana Lament by Julie Smith (132 copies)
Third Girl from the Left by Martha Southgate (129 copies)
A Servant's Tale by Paula Fox (129 copies)
Pinktoes by Chester Himes (126 copies)
Orange Mint and Honey by Carleen Brice (126 copies)
Better Than I Know Myself by Virginia DeBerry (125 copies)
Contending Forces: A Romance Illustrative of Negro Life… by Pauline E. Hopkins (124 copies)
Blues Dancing by Diane McKinney-Whetstone (123 copies)
Devil's Gonna Get Him by Valerie Wilson Wesley (123 copies)
Shame on It All by Zane (119 copies)
A Taste of Reality by Kimberla Lawson Roby (117 copies)
P.I. on a Hot Tin Roof by Julie Smith (116 copies)
A Sin and a Shame by Victoria Christopher Murray (116 copies)
There Is Confusion by Jessie Redmon Fauset (114 copies)
The Magazine Novels of Pauline Hopkins by Pauline Hopkins (114 copies)
No Hiding Place by Valerie Wilson Wesley (113 copies)
Somebody's Gotta Be On Top by Mary B. Morrison (112 copies)
Voodoo Season by Jewell Parker Rhodes (108 copies)
The Quest of the Silver Fleece by W. E. B. Du Bois (108 copies)
Rocking the Babies: A Novel by Linda Raymond (106 copies)
Inner City Blues by Paula L. Woods (105 copies)
The Voodoo Queen: A Novel by Robert Tallant (103 copies)
Boss Lady by Omar Tyree (103 copies)
Rhode Island Red (Nanette Hayes Mysteries) by Charlotte Carter (103 copies)
Never Again Once More by Mary B. Morrison (103 copies)
Black-Eyed Susans and Midnight Birds: Stories by and about… by Mary Helen Washington (101 copies)
He's Just A Friend by Mary B. Morrison (100 copies)
A Quiet Storm by Rachel Howzell Hall (100 copies)
I Left My Back Door Open: A Novel by April Sinclair (100 copies)
Three Classic African-American Novels by Henry Louis Jr Gates (99 copies)
Invented Lives: Narratives of Black Women 1860-1960 by Mary Helen Washington (99 copies)
Where Evil Sleeps by Valerie Wilson Wesley (96 copies)
Quantico Rules: A Novel by Gene Riehl (95 copies)
Diary of a Groupie by Omar Tyree (94 copies)
Payback Is a Mutha by Wahida Clark (93 copies)
Easier to Kill by Valerie Wilson Wesley (91 copies)
Sarah Phillips by Andrea Lee (90 copies)
Grown Folks Business: A Novel by Victoria Christopher Murray (89 copies)
You Know Better by Tina McElroy Ansa (87 copies)
Lovers' Choice by Becky Birtha (86 copies)
Dying in the Dark by Valerie Wilson Wesley (85 copies)
Three Classic African-American Novels by William L. Andrews (84 copies)
Joy by Victoria Christopher Murray (84 copies)
Scenes from a Sistah by Lolita Files (84 copies)
White Lines by Tracy Brown (83 copies)
Boaz Brown by Michelle Stimpson (83 copies)
Dirty Red: A Novel by Vickie M. Stringer (82 copies)
Lil Mama's Rules by Sheneska Jackson (82 copies)
Trading Dreams at Midnight by Diane McKinney-Whetstone (82 copies)
Daughter by Asha Bandele (79 copies)
The Glamorous Life by Nikki Turner (77 copies)
The Devil Riding by Valerie Wilson Wesley (75 copies)
Everyday Use by Alice Walker (74 copies)
Always True to You in My Fashion by Valerie Wilson Wesley (71 copies)
Blessings by Sheneska Jackson (71 copies)
Serpent's Gift by Helen Elaine Lee (70 copies)
Acting Out by Benilde Little (70 copies)
Bad Girlz : A Novel by Shannon Holmes (69 copies)
Who Does She Think She Is? by Benilde Little (69 copies)
Knowing by Rosalyn McMillan (69 copies)
Tastes Like Chicken by Lolita Files (67 copies)
Tambourines to Glory by Langston Hughes (67 copies)
Swan Place by Augusta Trobaugh (67 copies)
Eden by Olympia Vernon (67 copies)
Don't Explain: Short Fiction by Jewelle Gomez (66 copies)
Jump at the Sun by Kim McLarin (66 copies)
The River Where Blood is Born by Sandra Jackson-Opoku (66 copies)
The Chinaberry Tree by Jessie Redmon Fauset (63 copies)
This Child's Gonna Live by Sarah E. Wright (59 copies)
Of Blood and Sorrow by Valerie Wilson Wesley (59 copies)
In My Bedroom by Donna Hill (57 copies)
Pride by Lorene Cary (56 copies)
Visible Spirits: A Novel by Steve Yarbrough (56 copies)
One Better by Rosalyn McMillan (56 copies)
Sister Betty! God's Calling You, Again! by Pat G'Orge-Walker (53 copies)
A Woman Called Moses by Marcy Heidish (51 copies)
Nappily Married by Trisha R. Thomas (50 copies)
Right as Rain: A Novel by Bev Marshall (49 copies)
Farther Than I Meant To Go, Longer Than I Meant To Stay by Tiffany L. Warren (49 copies)
Sunday Brunch: A Novel by Norma L. Jarrett (48 copies)
Beyond Temptation by Brenda Jackson (47 copies)
And Do Remember Me by Marita Golden (46 copies)
Like the First Time by Francis Ray (46 copies)
The Maker of Saints by Thulani Davis (46 copies)
Shaking the Tree: A Collection of New Fiction and Memoir by… by Meri Nana-Ama Danquah (45 copies)
Colored Sugar Water: A Spiritual Tale by Venise Berry (45 copies)
Please Please Please by Renee Swindle (45 copies)
Getting Even by Kayla Perrin (44 copies)
Still Dirty: A Novel by Vickie M. Stringer (44 copies)
Butterscotch Blues by Margaret Johnson-Hodge (44 copies)
Roadwalkers by Shirley Ann Grau (43 copies)
This Side of the Sky by Elyse Singleton (43 copies)
If I Could by Donna Hill (42 copies)
He Say, She Say by Yolanda Joe (42 copies)
Midnight Birds: Stories by Contemporary Black Women Writers by Mary Helen Washington (42 copies)
Scandal between the Sheets by Brenda Jackson (42 copies)
Divas, Inc. by Donna Hill (41 copies)
What a Sista Should Do by Tiffany L. Warren (41 copies)
Knee-Deep in Wonder: A Novel by April Reynolds (40 copies)
Do or Die by Grace F. Edwards (39 copies)
Something Real by J. J. Murray (39 copies)
A Lova' Like No Otha' by Stephanie Perry Moore (39 copies)
The Sisters of Theta Phi Kappa: A Novel by Kayla Perrin (38 copies)
Rough Amusements: The True Story of A'Lelia Walker,… by Ben Neihart (38 copies)
Singsation by Jacquelin Thomas (37 copies)
All American Dream Dolls by David Haynes (36 copies)
Two Wings to Veil My Face by Leon Forrest (36 copies)
The Savvy Sistahs by Brenda Jackson (36 copies)
Guilty Pleasures by Donna Hill (33 copies)
Tight Spaces by Kesho Scott (31 copies)
Merle: A Novella and Other Stories by Paule Marshall (31 copies)
The Wolf Pit by Marly Youmans (30 copies)
The Flagellants by Carlene Hatcher Polite (30 copies)
A Chocolate Affair by Sheila Copeland (30 copies)
Sarahs Psalm by Florence Ladd (30 copies)
Marie Laveau by Francine Prose (30 copies)
Comedy: American Style by Jessie Redmon Fauset (29 copies)
Mama Pursues Murderous Shadows by Nora Deloach (29 copies)
Near Perfect by Sharon Mitchell (29 copies)
High Hand (Martha Chainey Mysteries) by Gary Phillips (28 copies)
Girls Most Likely: A Novel by Sheila Williams (27 copies)
Gingersnaps: A Novel by Delorys Welch-Tyson (27 copies)
Pleasure Seekers by Rochelle Alers (27 copies)
Flippin' the Script by Aisha Ford (27 copies)
Laelia: A Novel by Ruth-Miriam Garnett (26 copies)
Gold Diggers: A Novel by Tracie Howard (25 copies)
No Girl Needs a Husband Seven Days a Week by Nina Foxx (25 copies)
Nothing but the Rent by Sharon Mitchell (25 copies)
Explicit Content by Black Artemis (24 copies)
Green Money by Judith Smith-Levin (23 copies)
Journey Cake by Isabel McLennan McMeekin (23 copies)
The People From Heaven by John Sanford (23 copies)
No Easy Place to Be: A Novel by Steven Corbin (22 copies)
Marry Your Baby Daddy by Maryann Reid (21 copies)
The Justus Girls by Slim Lambright (21 copies)
Getting Our Breath Back by Shawne Johnson (19 copies)
Sister, Sister by Donna Hill (19 copies)
In The Company Of My Sistahs by Angie Daniels (18 copies)
Harlem by Len Riley (17 copies)
Pale Truth (The California Chronicles #1) by Daniel Alef (17 copies)
Shooter's Point: A Martha Chainey Mystery (Martha Chainey… by Gary Phillips (12 copies)
Autumn Sea by Toke Hoppenbrouwers (11 copies)
To Be a Black Woman: Portraits in Fact and Fiction by Mel Watkins (9 copies)
Atlanta Live! by Carmen Green (9 copies)
Jessie and Jesus and Cousin Claire by Raymond Andrews (9 copies)
The Big Mango by Norman Kelley (8 copies)
The Demise of Luleta Jones by Mark Allen Boone (7 copies)
The Promise (Arabesque) by Robyn Allen (6 copies)
From a Hard Rock to a Gem: a Memoir of a Lost Soul by Pamela M. Johnson (2 copies)