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 | 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 | |||
| November 16, 1997 | Book | ||
| February 1, 1998 | Paradise | Toni Morrison | |
| March 1, 1998 | Addicted | Zane (author) | |
| November 28, 1998 | 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 | ||
| December 31, 2000 | Until Today! | ||
| 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 | Randall Kennedy | ||
| June 8, 2002 | The Emperor of Ocean Park | ||
| June 8, 2003 | The Other Woman | ||
| 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 | Ishmael Beah | ||
| August 5, 2007 | Quiet Strength | Tony Dungy with Nathan Whitaker | |
| October 21, 2007 | My Grandfather's Son | Clarence Thomas | |
| October 7, 2008 | Van Jones | ||
| December 21, 2008 | Outliers | Malcolm Gladwell | |
| June 2, 2009 | Dork Diaries Book 1: Tales From a Not-So-Fabulous Life | ||
| 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 | ||
| February 13, 2011 | Decoded | ||
| 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 | ||
| October 11, 2011 | Dork Diaries Book 3.5: How To Dork Your Diary | ||
| January 1, 2012 | The New Jim Crow | Michelle Alexander | |
| April 3, 2012 | Rebuild the Dream | ||
| June 5, 2012 | Dork Diaries Book 4: Tales From a Not-So-Graceful Ice Princess | ||
| October 2, 2012 | Dork Diaries Book 5: Tales From a Not-So-Smart Miss Know-It-All | ||
| November 12, 2012 | The Cartel 4 | Ashley & JaQuavis | |
| June 4, 2013 | Dork Diaries Book 6: Tales From a Not-So-Happy Heartbreaker | ||
| October 1, 2013 | Dork Diaries OMG!: All About Me Diary | ||
| March 9, 2014 | David and Goliath | Malcolm Gladwell | |
| June 3, 2014 | Dork Diaries Book 7: Tales From a Not-So-Glam TV Star | ||
| 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 | ||
| June 2, 2015 | Dork Diaries Book 9: Tales From a Not-So-Dorky Drama Queen | ||
| 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 | ||
| May 29, 2016 | Lin-Manuel Miranda & Jeremy McCarter | ||
| June 7, 2016 | The Misadventures of Max Crumbly Book 1: Locker Hero | ||
| June 26, 2016 | I Almost Forgot About You | ||
| June 26, 2016 | Homegoing | ||
| 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 | ||
| 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 | ||
| April 9, 2017 | 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 | Condoleezza Rice | ||
| June 6, 2017 | The Misadventures of Max Crumbly Book 2: Middle School Mayhem | ||
| June 25, 2017 | I Can't Make This Up | Kevin Hart & Neil Strauss | |
| July 2, 2017 | |||
| July 9, 2017 | Born a Crime | ||
| August 27, 2017 | The Crossover | ||
| 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 | ||
| 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 | ||
| June 4, 2019 | The Misadventures of Max Crumbly Book 3: Masters of Mischief | ||
| October 22, 2019 | Dork Diaries Book 14: Tales From a Not-So-Best Friend Forever | ||
| September 26, 2023 | Dork Diaries Book 15: Tales From a Not-So-Best Posh Paris Adventure |