Fiction
Hardcover
1. The Interruption of Everything by Terry McMillan (Viking Press, $25.95)
2. Nothing Has Ever Felt Like This by Mary B. Morrison (Dafina Books, $24)
3. Third Girl from the Left by Martha Southgate (Houghton Mifflin, $24)
4. 72 Hour Hold by Bebe Moore Campbell (Knopf, $24.95)
5. In Sheep’s Clothing by Mary Monroe (Thorndike Press, $24)
6. The Best-Kept Secret by Kimberla Lawson Roby (William Morrow, $23.95)
7. Genevieve by Eric Jerome Dickey (Dutton, $24.95)
8. Freshwater Road by Denise Nicholas (Agate, $23.95)
9. Cinnamon Kiss by Walter Mosley (Brown, $24.95)
10. The Amen Sisters by Angela Benson (Walk/Worthy Press, $21.95)
Paperback
1. G-Spot by Noire (Strivers Row, $13.95)
2. Grown Folks Business by Victoria Christopher Murray (Touchstone Books, $14)
3. Dutch II: Angel’s Revenge by Teri Woods (Teri Woods Publishing, $14.95)
4. Girls From Da Hood by Nikki Turner & Chunichi (Urban Books, $14.95)
5. Baby Girl by Jihad (Urban Books, $14.95)
6. If I Ruled the World by Joy (St. Martin’s Press, $13.95)
7. Thicker Than Water by Kendra Norman-Bellamy (Bet Books, $14)
8. Deadly Reigns by Teri Woods (Teri Woods Publishing, $14.95)
9. Other Men’s Wives by Freddie Lee Johnson III (One World/Ballantine, $13.95)
10. Chyna Black by Keisha Ervin,(Triple Crown Publications, $15)
nonFiction
Hardcover
1. Confessions of a Video Vixen by Karrine Steffans (Amistad, $24.95)
2. Is Bill Cosby Right? by Michael Eric Dyson (Basic Civitas, $23)
3. Forbidden Fruit by Betty DeRamus (Thorndike Press, $25)
4. From Pieces to Weight by 50 Cent (MTV, $23)
5. Tears For Water by Alicia Keys (Penguin Group, $19.95)
6. He-Motions by T. D. Jakes (Putnam, $19.95)
7. Democracy Matters by Cornel West (Penguin Books, $24.95)
8. Powernomics: The National Plan to Empower Black People (Powernomics Corp. of America, $27)
9. Life Is Not a Fairy Tale by Fantasia (Fireside, $21.95)
10. Blink: The Power of Thinking by Malcolm Gladwell (Little Brown, $25.95)
Paperback
1. The Mis-Education of the Negro by Carter G. Woodson (African American Images, $12.95)
2. The Willie Lynch Letter by Kashif Malik Hassan-El (Lushena Books, $3.95)
3. The Pact by Sampson Davis, George Jenkins, Rameck Hunt (Penguin Group, $14)
4. Chess For Success by Maurice Ashley (Broadway Books, $14)
5. Reallionaire by Farrah Gray (HCI, $12.95)
6. Keeping Black Boys out of Special Education by Jawanza Kunjufu (African American Images, $15.95)
7. The Divine Nine by Lawrence C. Ross Jr. (Dafina Books, $17)
8. Dreams From My Father by Barack Obama (Three Rivers Press, $13.95)
9. Letting Go of Stuff: Powerful Secrets to Simplify Your Life by Darren L. Johnson (Inside Out Learning, $12.95)
10. Cooking With Grease by Donna Brazile (Simon & Schuster, $13)
ABOUT THIS LIST: The Essence Best Sellers list is based on reports of retail sales. Respondents are African-American bookstores. Numbers in parentheses indicate last month’s position. An asterisk indicates a debut title on this list.
REPORTING STORES: Brownstone Books (Brooklyn, New York), Shrine of the Black Madonna (Detroit, MI), African American Images (Chicago, IL), Black Classics (Mobile, AL), Mood Makers (Rochester, New York), Alkebu-lan Images (Nashville), B’s Books and More (Lithonia, Georgia), Nu-World of Books (Beaumont, TX), Pyramid Books (Boynton Beach, Florida), Truth Bookstore (Southfield, Michigan), Creative Impressions (Newark, NJ), Under One Roof (Killeen, Texas), Knowledge Bookstore (Brampton, Ontario), Howard University Bookstore (Washington, D.C.), Black Images Book Bazaar (Dallas), cushcity.com (Houston, Texas), Jokae’s AfricanAmerican Books (Dallas), Karibu Books (Hyattsville, Maryland).
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