List of Black New York Times Best Selling Authors

This is a list of books written by black authors that have appeared on The New York Times Best Sellers list in any ranking or category.

The New York Times Fiction Best Seller list, in the Combined Print & E-Book Fiction category.[1]

Date Book Author
August 1, 1970 I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings Maya Angelou
August 17, 1976 Roots: The Saga of an American Family Alex Haley
April 12, 1981 Tar Baby Toni Morrison
1984 The Color Purple Alice Walker
January 25, 1987 Fatherhood Bill Cosby
August 16, 1987 Time Flies Bill Cosby
May 8, 1988 Beloved Toni Morrison
May 8, 1988 Moonwalk Michael Jackson
May 20, 1990 The Temple of My Familiar Alice Walker
May 20, 1990 Love and Marriage Bill Cosby
December 30, 1990 Bo Knows Bo Bo Jackson and Dick Schaap
November 17, 1991 Childhood Bill Cosby
May 3, 1992 Jazz Toni Morrison
August 2, 1992 Waiting to Exhale Terry McMillan
August 2, 1992 Possessing the Secret of Joy Alice Walker
October 3, 1993 Days of Grace Arthur Ashe and Arnold Rampersad
October 31, 1993 Wouldn't Take Nothing For My Journey Now Maya Angelou
November 21, 1993 Secrets of a Sparrow Diana Ross
July 31, 1994 Black Betty Walter Mosley
July 31, 1994 Shadow of the Panther Hugh Pearson
July 31, 1994 These Same Long Bones Gwendolyn M. Parker
June 4, 1995 One by One From the Inside Out Glenn C. Loury
November 19, 1995 The All American Skin Game Stanley Crouch
May 16, 1996 How Stella Got Her Groove Back Terry McMillan
June 2, 1996 Bad as I Wanna Be Dennis Rodman with Tim Keown
June 2, 1996 In Contempt Christopher Darden with Jess Walter
December 1, 1996 Don't Block the Blessings Patti LaBelle with Laura B. Randolph
March 16, 1997 Bayard Rustin: Troubles I've Seen Jervis Anderson
November 16, 1997 Book Whoopi Goldberg
February 1, 1998 Paradise Toni Morrison
March 1, 1998 Addicted Zane (author)
November 28, 1998 For the Love of the Game: My Story Michael Jordan
October 3, 1999 Yesterday, I Cried Iyanla Vanzant
January 30, 2000 The Rock Says Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson with Joe Laydon
September 24, 2000 Not a Day Goes By E. Lynn Harris
December 31, 2000 Until Today! Iyanla Vanzant
February 5, 2001 A Day Late and a Dollar Short Terry McMillan
September 9, 2001 Cane River Lalita Tademy
September 9, 2001 Any Way the Wind Blows E. Lynn Harris
November 18, 2001 Q Quincy Jones
March 31, 2002 Nigger: The Strange Career of a Troublesome Word Randall Kennedy
June 8, 2002 The Emperor of Ocean Park Stephen L. Carter
June 8, 2003 The Other Woman Eric Jerome Dickey
October 12, 2003 Three Weeks in November Charles Moose and Charles Fleming
July 18, 2004 On the Down Low J. L. King and Karen Hunter
February 6, 2005 Blink Malcolm Gladwell
April 30, 2006 Don't Make a Black Woman Take Off Her Earrings Tyler Perry
November 12, 2006 The Audacity of Hope Barack Obama
April 15, 2007 A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier Ishmael Beah
August 5, 2007 Quiet Strength Tony Dungy with Nathan Whitaker
October 21, 2007 My Grandfather's Son Clarence Thomas
October 7, 2008 The Green Collar Economy: How One Solution Can Fix Our Two Biggest Problems Van Jones
December 21, 2008 Outliers Malcolm Gladwell
June 2, 2009 Dork Diaries Book 1: Tales From a Not-So-Fabulous Life Rachel Renee Russell
July 7, 2009 America's Most Wanted Recipes Ron Douglas
November 1, 2009 Push Sapphire (author)
November 1, 2009 Say You're One of Them Uwem Akpan
November 19, 2009 The Cartel 2 Ashley & JaQuavis
June 8, 2010 Dork Diaries Book 2: Tales From a Not-So-Popular Party Girl Rachel Renee Russell
Nov 22, 2010 The Adventures of Angus the Mouse Montice Harmon
February 13, 2011 What the Dog Saw Malcolm Gladwell
February 13, 2011 Decoded Jay-Z
February 27, 2011 I Beat the Odds Michael Oher with Don Yaeger
June 7, 2011 Dork Diaries Book 3: Tales From a Not-So-Talented Pop Star Rachel Renee Russell
October 11, 2011 Dork Diaries Book 3.5: How To Dork Your Diary Rachel Renee Russell
January 1, 2012 The New Jim Crow Michelle Alexander
April 3, 2012 Rebuild the Dream Van Jones
June 5, 2012 Dork Diaries Book 4: Tales From a Not-So-Graceful Ice Princess Rachel Renee Russell
October 2, 2012 Dork Diaries Book 5: Tales From a Not-So-Smart Miss Know-It-All Rachel Renee Russell
November 12, 2012 The Cartel 4 Ashley & JaQuavis
June 4, 2013 Dork Diaries Book 6: Tales From a Not-So-Happy Heartbreaker Rachel Renee Russell
October 1, 2013 Dork Diaries OMG!: All About Me Diary! Rachel Renee Russell
March 9, 2014 David and Goliath Malcolm Gladwell
June 3, 2014 Dork Diaries Book 7: Tales From a Not-So-Glam TV Star Rachel Renee Russell
June 8, 2014 One Nation Ben Carson with Candy Carson
September 30, 2014 Dork Diaries Book 8: Tales From a Not-So-Happily Ever After Rachel Renee Russell
June 2, 2015 Dork Diaries Book 9: Tales From a Not-So-Dorky Drama Queen Rachel Renee Russell
August 2, 2015 Between the World and Me Ta-Nehisi Coates
September 20, 2015 Everything, Everything Nicola Yoon
October 20, 2015 Dork Diaries Book 10: Tales From a Not-So-perfect Pet Sitter Rachel Renee Russell
May 29, 2016 Hamilton: The Revolution Lin-Manuel Miranda & Jeremy McCarter
June 7, 2016 The Misadventures of Max Crumbly Book 1: Locker Hero Rachel Renee Russell
June 26, 2016 I Almost Forgot About You Terry McMillan
June 26, 2016 Homegoing Yaa Gyasi
September, 2016 Year of Yes Shonda Rhimes
November 3, 2016 The Sun is also a Star Nicola Yoon
November 15, 2016 Dork Diaries Book 11: Tales From a Not-So-Friendly Frenemy Rachel Renee Russell
January 29, 2017 Hidden Figures Margot Lee Shetterly
January 29, 2017 Kindred (graphic novel) Octavia Butler with Damian Duffy and John Jennings
February 28, 2017 The Hate U Give Angie Thomas
March 26, 2017 Dear Ijeawele Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
April 9, 2017 The 1997 Masters: My Story Tiger Woods with Lorne Rubenstein
May 7, 2017 Black Privilege Charlamagne tha God
May 21, 2017 Astrophysics for People in a Hurry Neil deGrasse Tyson
May 21, 2017 The Book of Joy Dalai Lama and Desmond Tutu
May 28, 2017 Democracy: Stories from the Long Road to Freedom Condoleezza Rice
June 6, 2017 The Misadventures of Max Crumbly Book 2: Middle School Mayhem Rachel Renee Russell
June 25, 2017 I Can't Make This Up Kevin Hart & Neil Strauss
July 2, 2017 Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body Roxane Gay
July 9, 2017 Born a Crime Trevor Noah
August 27, 2017 The Crossover Kwame Alexander
October 10, 2017 Beyond the Messy Truth: How We Came Apart, How We Come Together Van Jones
October 17, 2017 Dork Diaries Book 12: Tales From a Not-So-Secret Crush Catastrophe Rachel Renee Russell
November 5, 2017 Dear Martin Nic Stone
December 4, 2017 The Last Black Unicorn Tiffany Haddish
December 5, 2017 Little Leaders Vashti Harrison
January 21, 2018 Sing, Unburied, Sing Jesmyn Ward
February 6, 2018 The Underground Railroad Colson Whitehead
February 6, 2018 An American Marriage Tayari Jones
February 6, 2018 The Belles Dhonielle Clayton
March 6, 2018 Children of Blood and Bone Tomi Adeyemi
October 16, 2018 Dork Diaries Book 13: Tales From a Not-So-Happy Birthday Rachel Renee Russell
June 4, 2019 The Misadventures of Max Crumbly Book 3: Masters of Mischief Rachel Renee Russell
October 22, 2019 Dork Diaries Book 14: Tales From a Not-So-Best Friend Forever Rachel Renee Russell
September 26, 2023 Dork Diaries Book 15: Tales From a Not-So-Best Posh Paris Adventure Rachel Renee Russell

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  1. ^ "Combined Print & E-Book Fiction Books – Best Sellers – The New York Times". The New York Times. Retrieved 2017-12-22.