September to October 2009 - Best Selling Books

AALBC.com's 25 Best Selling Books
September 1st through October 31st 2009
Best sellers list compiled from online sales via Amazon.

Also check out the best selling Fiction and Nonfiction books for all of 2008

Fiction	Nonfiction
#1 Push: A Novel Click to order via Amazon by Sapphire ISBN: 0679766758 Format: Paperback, 140pp Pub. Date: April 1997 Publisher: Random House, Incorporated Precious: Film based on the novel Push by Sapphire Read a film Review In an electrifying novel, a black street girl, sixteen years old and pregnant, again, with her father's child, speaks. In a voice that shakes us by its language, its story, and its unflinching honesty, Precious Jones records her journey up from Harlem's lowest depths... For Precious, miraculously, hope appears and the world begins to open up when a courageous black woman - a teacher hellbent to teach - bullies, cajoles, and inspires her to learn to read, to define her own feelings and set them down in a diary: to discover the truth of her life. Day after day they go over the pages, translating the illiterate but developing language of Precious' journals. The learning process itself, as vividly revealed as the most brutal aspects of Precious' daily existence, is the heartbeat of a novel that will disturb, galvanize, and stay in the mind.	#1 Confessions of a Video Vixen Click to order via Amazon by Karrine Steffans ISBN: 0060842423 Format: Hardcover, 205pp Pub. Date: June 2005 Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Watch an AALBC.com Interview with Karrine Steffans Glass vases filled with marbles crashed all around us as he began tossing linens from the bed. As the marbles scattered, we laughed in unison ... I remember the exact moment that I first laid on my back for him ... My legs were wrapped around his waist and just before his body was to merge with mine, I noticed his upper right chest. On it was a tattoo with the words "Pain is Love." Confessions of a Video Vixen is the widely anticipated memoir of Karrine Steffans, the once sought-after sexy siren who appeared in the music videos of multiplatinum hip-hop artists such as Jay-Z, R. Kelly, and LL Cool J. A top-paid video dancer, Karrine transitioned to film when acclaimed director F. Gary Gray picked her to costar in his film A Man Apart, starring Vin Diesel. But the movie and music video sets, swanky Miami and New York restaurants, and trysts with the celebrities featured in the pages of People and In Touch magazines only skims the surface of Karrine's life. This memoir -- part tell-all, part cautionary tale -- shows how Karrinne came to be the confidante of so many, why she kept their secrets, and how she found herself in Hollywood after a life marked by physical abuse, rape, and drugs -- all before she was twenty-six. By sharing her emotionally charged story, she hopes to shed light on an otherwise romanticized industry.
#2 Purple Panties: An Eroticanoir.com Anthology Click to order via Amazon by Zane (Editor) ISBN: 1593091656 Number Of Pages: 320 Publication Date: May 06, 2008 Publisher: Strebor Books Zane, the New York Times best-selling author and Queen of Erotic Fiction, brings a new collection of lesbian erotica that will blow the sheets off beds everywhere. What happens when "The Finest Man" you have ever laid eyes on is a woman? What happens when a woman comes home to her man after a hard day's work with "Lipstick on Her Collar?" What happens when a married woman runs across the love of her life -- another woman -- who insists that "It's All or Nothing?" Is there such a thing as playing too "Hard to Get?" What happens when "Mom's Night Out" turns into group sex? What happens when you discover your true sexuality "At Last?" All of these questions and more are answered within the pages of Purple Panties. Written by women from all over the world, here is a new level of lesbian erotica, compiled by Zane, that promises the most exciting and steamy reading experience possible. These stories move beyond race, age, and all walks of life, including long-hidden passions, secret rendezvous with strangers, and May-December romances. With Zane's ever-growing popularity, and the need for increasingly quality erotica, Purple Panties will satisfy a long-standing demand for African-American lesbian literature. In the tradition of such successful erotica anthologies as Chocolate Flava and Caramel Flava, Purple Panties uncovers a new world of evocative risk-taking that has never been explored before from a lesbian perspective. The adventures in these stories are beyond everyone's wildest imaginations.	#2 The Vixen Diaries Click to order via Amazon by Karrine Steffans Hardcover: 288 pages Publisher: Grand Central Pub. Date: (Sept. 25, 2007) ISBN-10: 0446582263 Watch a video of Karrine Steffans with AALBC.com founder. Also read Karrine's interview with Kam Williams This titillating expos� chronicles the personal and professional adventures of this tabloid-laden socialite, dispelling some rumors, while confirming others. Diaries unveils the heavily shrouded Hollywood backrooms and its coveted secrets. Offering her ardent fans answers to burning questions and presenting lessons learned, this book will surely not disappoint. Karrine Steffans continues to dish out juicy gossip and the much sought after details of her star studded lifestyle and the celebrity men that helped her get where she needed to be. Karrine draws you in to get an up-close and personal look at the Hollywood life of fast money and sex; all the things that make for a great movie. She discusses her interactions with people after the release of Confessions of a Video Vixen and how she copes with it all.
#3 Head Bangers: An APF Sexcapade Click to order via Amazon by Zane ISBN: 1593092393 Label: Strebor Books Manufacturer: Strebor Books Number Of Pages: 128 Publication Date: June 09, 2009 Hope and Faith: two things that everyone needs to survive. But the words take on a different meaning in the form of a set of twins who attend Crockett University in Washington, D.C. As seniors, they are looking forward to a bright future in corporate America. Meanwhile, they have decided to relieve some of the stress involved in getting a higher education by being members of APF. Soror Ride 'em High and Soror Lick 'em Low, originally hail from Atlanta and, like most twins, they share a connection. In fact, their physical bond is so strong, that one can often feel a pounding in her vagina while the other is engaged in sexual activity. But everything is not perfect when it comes to being a twin. Sometimes animosity and jealousy can creep in; especially when Hope and Faith find themselves both attracted to the same man on campus. Is blood really thicker than water? Or, in this case, thicker than basic carnal desires? In this long-anticipated second volume in the APF series, a follow-up to The Sisters of APF: The Indoctrination of Soror Ride Dick, New York Times Best-Selling Author Zane, once again proves why she is "The Queen of Erotic Fiction." Over the years many have tried to emulate her but Zane's imagination is not to be replicated any time in the near future. The freak nights of APF are some of the most artistic, exhilarating, erotic experiences that have ever graced the pages of a book; evidenced by the thousands of emails Zane has received over the years from women yearning to join the sorority. The sexual revolution continues...within the pages of Head Bangers: An APF Sexcapade.	#3 The Ebony Cookbook: A Date with a Dish Click to order via Amazon by Freda De Knight Format: Hardcover, 390pp. ISBN: 0874850037 Publisher: Johnson Publishing Company, Incorporated Pub. Date: November 1975 It seems to me that the cookbook genre is in a �reaching back� period. Meaning that the more popular cookbooks from yesteryear are being reprinted in facsimile editions. The Ebony Cookbook is one of them. In my mind, The Ebony Cookbook is essential. The Ebony Cookbook has recipes upon recipes, over 500. Dishes that I thought my grandmother took with her: tomato cobbler; chess pie (how it really should be made, my mother still talks about it); even a sour milk yellow cake (excellent, by the way). It's all here! I easily place The Ebony Cookbook, along with The Joy Of Cooking, as two cookbooks that should be in every AA kitchen
#4 Thug Lovin' Click to order via Amazon by Wahida Clark Paperback: 352 pages Publisher: Grand Central Publishing (August 10, 2009) Language: English ISBN-10: 0446178098 ISBN-13: 978-0446178099 Tasha and Trae, the hood's favorite couple, are still together following the events of Thug Matrimony. Even with their relocation to sunny Los Angeles, the drama of New York cannot be escaped. From running a nightclub to dealing with models, shady lawyers, big money, new kinds of temptations, seductions, and drugs-not to mention new love interests-can this infamous couple weather all the storms and keep it together?	#4 The Isis Papers: The Keys to the Colors Click to order via Amazon by Frances Cress Welsing Format: Paperback, 1st ed., 302pp. ISBN: 0883781042 Publisher: Third World Press Pub. Date: November 1990 Edition Desc: 1st ed Preface: "We now are nearing the final decade of the 20th century. Recently, there has been an unraveling and an analysis of the core issue of the first global power sysem of mass oppression-- the power system of racism (white supremacy). One the collective victim (non-white population) understands this fundamental issue, the ultimate organizing of all of the appropriate behaviors necessary to neutralize the great injustice of the white supremacy power system will only be a matter of time. The length of time required to neutralize global white supremacy will be inversely proportional to 1) the level of understanding of the phenomenon; plus 2) the evolution of self- and group-respect, the will, determination and discipline to practice the appropriate counter-racist behaviors--on the part of the non-white victims of white supremacy."
#5 Missionary No More: Purple Panties 2 Click to order via Amazon by Zane (Editor) Paperback: 256 pages Publisher: Strebor Books (January 6, 2009) Language: English ISBN-10: 1593092113 ISBN-13: 978-1593092115 Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 5.3 x 0.8 inches Steamy, sensual and poetically hypnotic, Missionary No More: Purple Panties 2 is the follow-up to the bestseller Purple Panties. No one can debate the fact that Zane knows sex. The Queen of Erotic Fiction has hit home run after home run in the literary arena with her literary offerings. Now comes the latest, a collection of lesbian erotica that will have readers squirming on the edge of their seats, curling up beneath the sheets, and fantasizing about the possibilities. Including such stories as "The Namma's Nectar," "Coast to Coast" and "She Loved a Girl," Missionary No More gives an insight into a world where love and lust have no boundaries. Come take a journey through the eyes of several women who have one thing in common: an appreciation for female sensuality.	#5 The MIS-Education of the Negro Click to order via Amazon by Carter Godwin Woodson Publisher: Africa World Press Date Published: November 1990 Format: Trade Paper Woodson's 205-page monograph, The Mis-education of tbe Negro, reflects his profound concern for setting the record straight. His thesis, as outlined in his Preface, could well apply today: "The so-called modern education, with all its defects, however, does others so much more good than it does the Negro, because it has been worked out in conformity to the needs of those who have enslaved and oppressed weaker people." He was concerned with the way African American identity had been warped by racist approaches to history and education; he foresaw the ways that such a warped history would be internalized by black students who would never know of the achievements of their forebears, only of their humiliations and sufferings. In the book's eighteen chapters, Woodson presents a systematic critique of the education system and offers a plan for change that would create a system that informs black students about their own history and addresses their unique challenges. The current proliferation of African American studies programs, Afrocentric schools, and multicultural curricula all bear Woodson's stamp. Still, Mis-education remains a biting indictment of a public school system whose promise of education of the masses has still been left sadly unfulfilled. �description from Sacred Fire
#6 Queen Bitch: Part 4 (Bitch Series) Click to order via Amazon by Deja King Paperback: 231 pages Publisher: A King Production (November 28, 2008) Language: English ISBN-10: 0975581155 ISBN-13: 978-0975581155 Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.5 x 0.7 inches In Queen Bitch, Precious has lost it all, her daughter, Aaliyah, the love of her life, Supreme, and the luxurious lifestyle she s grown accustomed to. The perpetrator of her demise is the very person she called family Maya. Precious learns the hard way, it s true what they say, blood is thicker than water, as Maya aligns herself with her brother, Pretty Boy Mike. As Precious fights to escape the death sentence that awaits her, Maya is plotting to steal the life she believes is rightfully hers. But Precious has no plans of relinquishing her crown. She is willing to do anything, to make sure Maya pays for the deceit and devastation she has caused her family. With the cards stacked against her, Precious has to gamble it all and use the only weapon she has left her street savvy brains to outwit the most dangerous enemies she s encountered yet. In this game where the winner takes all, who will come out on top the mentor or the prot�g�? Because there can only be one Queen Bitch.	#6 They Came before Columbus: The African Presence in Ancient America Click to order via Amazon Dr. Ivan Van Sertima ISBN: 0394402456 Publisher: Random House, Incorporated Format: Hardcover, 1st ed., 288pp. Publication Date: August 1976 With the skill of a novelist, Ivan Van Sertima reveals to readers compelling, dramatic, and superbly detailed documentation of the presence and legacy of Black Africans in ancient America. It is the marriage of twin crafts--the artist's and the scholar's--in a book that makes it possible to see clearly the unmistakable face and handprint of Black Africans in Pre-Columbian America, and their overwhelming impact on the civilization they found here.
#7 True to the Game III Click to order via Amazon by Teri Woods Paperback: 240 pages Publisher: Grand Central Publishing (July 2, 2008) Language: English ISBN-10: 0446581682 The third and most explosive installment of the groundbreaking True to the Game trilogy will take you on a marathon race through the mean streets of Philly. Starting off where the second installment's dramatic cliffhanger left us, True III will finally reveal Gena's mysterious stalker and savior, as well as introduce a new killer so vicious, so cunning, so ruthless, he'll have you looking over your shoulder with each turn of the page. The crooked cops are searching for the money, Gena's family members are now the target for Gena who's hiding from everything and everyone, as the race is on for Gena's survival. Will she manage to keep the money, can she get out of town and make a new life for herself, and will her family survive the maniacal killer that is hell bent on tracking her down? Will Gena stay, True to the Game?	#7 Letters to a Young Sister: DeFINE Your Destiny Click to order via Amazon by Hill Harper Hardcover: 278 pages Publisher: Gotham (June 3, 2008) Language: English ISBN-10: 1592403514 Read an AALBC.com Book Review In the follow-up to his award winning national bestseller, Letters to a Young Brother, actor and star of CSI: NY shares his powerful wisdom for young women everywhere, drawing on the courageous advice of the female role models who transformed his life. Letters to a Young Sister unfolds as a series of letters written by older brother Hill to a universal Young Sistah. She's up against the same challenges as every young woman: from relating to her parents and dealing with peer pressure, to juggling schoolwork and crushes and keeping faith in the face of heartache. In his straight-talking style, Hill helps his young sister build self-confidence, self-reliance, self-respect, and encourages her on her journeys towards becoming a strong and successful woman. The book also includes contributions from admirable women like Angela Basset, Ciara, Michelle Obama, Tatyana Ali, Nikki Giovanni, Congresswoman Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrikck, Eve, Malinda Williams, Kim Porter, and more.
#8 Addicted Click to order via Amazon Zane Paperback, 336pp. ISBN: 0743442849 Publisher: Pocket Pub. Date: October 2001 Gabby Sidibe, the star of the movie Precious says Addicted was the last book she read in a recent interview with AALBC.com Addicted is the story of Zoe, an African-American female arts dealer. It traces her life from the time she first meets her husband, Jason, in the fifth grade, falls in love with him over a game of Twister in the eighth grade, loses her virginity to him in high school and eventually marries him. Everything seems perfect in Zoe's life to her friends and family as she secretly deals with serious problems in her marriage. After failing to get Jason to open up to her sexually, Zoe becomes involved in not one, not two but three extramarital affairs. By the time she seeks the aid of a prominent female African-American therapist, the walls of her picture perfect life have already started to crumble. The book shifts into high gear as Zoe finds out that everyone from her lovers to her husband to her own mother are hiding secrets of their own. Her best friend, Brina, is physically abused by her alcoholic boyfriend, Dempsey. Zoe discovers under hypnosis that her fascination with sex stems from two incidents in her early childhood she had buried deeply into the crevices of her mind. She is stalked and attacked. The book comes to a head on a cold, dark mountain following a trail of murders and the true murderer is anyone's guess. Addicted does for women what Fatal Attraction did for men. It will make a woman think twice before risking it all.	#8 The Willie Lynch Letter and the Making of a Slave Click to order via Amazon by William Lynch, Kashif Malik Hassan-el Paperback: 30 pages Publisher: Frontline Distribution International; Reprint edition (March 1, 1999) Language: English ISBN-10: 0948390530 "The infamous "Willie Lynch" letter gives both African and Caucasian students and teacher some insight, concerning the brutal and inhumane psychology behind the African slave..." The Willie Lynch Letter and the Making of a Slave is a study of slave making. It describes the rationale and the results of Anglo Saxon's ideas and methods of insuring the master/slave relationship.
#9 If It Ain't One Thing Click to order via Amazon by Cheryl Robinson ISBN: 0451214056 Format: Paperback, 368pp Pub. Date: February 2005 Publisher: NAL Trade "A realistic, hard-hitting, urban contemporary novel that covers everything: family, friends, male/female relationships, spirituality, old demons, sensuality, secret sins, and more, and does so in a style that is engaging, thought-provoking, and entertaining. Offering you page after page of characters filled with passions that become their snare; characters that go through so much you can't help but wonder what's going to happen next." �Book-Remarks.com Previously self-published as Memories of Yesterday (see below), and now re-released by The Penguin Group/New American Library, If It Ain't One Thing has two additional chapters from the self-published version, changes to earlier chapters, and a new ending. For those of you who may have read the self-published version, it's worth a second read before the sequel.	#9 Black-On-Black Violence: The Psychodynamics of Black Self-Annihilation in Service of White Domination Click to order via Amazon by Dr. Amos N. Wilson ISBN: 1879164000 Format: Paperback, 204pp Pub. Date: June 1993 Publisher: Afrikan World InfoSystems BLACK on BLACK VIOLENCE represents a distinct milestone in criminology and Afrikan Studies. Its explanatory perspectives on the Sociopsycho-logical and politicoeconomic causes of Black-on-Black violence are exceptionally insightful, incisive, and iconoclastic. The psychodynamics of the Black-on-Black criminal are presented here with a depth and clarity rarely seen before.
#10 The Sisters of APF: The Indoctrination of Soror Ride Dick Click to order via Amazon by Zane ISBN: 0743466985 Format: Hardcover, 304pp Pub. Date: April 2003 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Adult Publishing Group The Sisters of APF is Zane's first book based on one of her most popular short story subjects, the sexy escapades of a sorority like no other. APF stands for Alpha Phi Fuckem, a sorority dedicated to sexual freedom and the fulfillment of its members. Zane's APF stories have appeared in her earlier collections, including The Sex Chronicles: Shattering the Myth, and are favorites among her readers. Many readers have written to Zane and asked to join the sorority or to launch a new chapter in their region. APF is fantasy, but the enthusiasm of Zane's fans is real. So now, with The Sisters of APF, she's offering readers what they want, a book-length story chronicling the adventures -- and recruitment process -- of the fearlessly sexy women of APF. Mary Ann is the daughter of a chicken farmer from South Dakota. She has never been more than fifty miles from home and has led a sheltered life. By the time she goes off to college in Washington, D.C., she has been intimate with only one man -- her high school sweetheart. The resident manager of Mary Ann's dormitory, Patricia, befriends the country bumpkin. She finds Mary Ann amusing, but also senses something intriguing about her, hidden under the surface. After Mary Ann becomes smitten with Trevor, the campus playboy, Patricia is determined to show Mary Ann how not to be a victim, but rather how to outdo the players and heartbreakers. She indoctrinates Mary Ann into the ranks of the sexiest secret society ever: the sisters of APF.	#10 Never Satisfied : How & Why Men Cheat Click to order via Amazon by Michael Baisden Format: Paperback, 3rd ed., 254pp. ISBN: 0964367580 Publisher: Legacy Publishing Pub. Date: January 1995 The book is a collection of interviews of men who have cheated. It examines how men are raised from childhood to be unfaithful and how parents play a large part in creating cheaters. It also takes a hard look at the role of the other woman as well as the tolerant wives and girlfriends. Never before has a book dealt with infidelity on such a realistic level. This is a book every woman and man should read
#11 - True to the Game by Teri Woods Click to order via Amazon #12 - True to the Game II by Teri Woods Click to order via Amazon #13- Every Thug Needs A Lady by Wahida Clark Click to order via Amazon #14 - Sleeping With The Enemy by Wahida Clark, Kiki Swinson Click to order via Amazon #15- Last Bitch Standing by Deja King Click to order via Amazon #16 - Dutch 3: The Finale by Kwame Teague (Teri Woods)Click to order via Amazon #17 - A Deep Dark Secret by Kimberla Lawson Roby Click to order via Amazon #18 - Orange Mint and Honey by Carleen Brice Click to order via Amazon #19 - Homemade Love by J. California Cooper Click to order via Amazon #20 - A Piece of Mine: Stories by J. California Cooper Click to order via Amazon #21- Resurrecting Midnight by Eric Jerome Dickey Click to order via Amazon #22 - Mama Dearest by E. Lynn Harris Click to order via Amazon #23 - Alibi by Teri Woods Click to order via Amazon #24 - Nervous: A Novel by Zane Click to order via Amazon #25 - You Make Me Wanna by Nikki Rashan Click to order via Amazon	#11 - Dear G-Spot: Straight Talk About Sex and Love by Zane Click to order via Amazon #12 - Brother West: Living and Loving Out Loud, a Memoir by Cornel West Click to order via Amazon #13 - What's Really Holding You Back?: Closing the Gap Between Where You Are and Where You Want to Be By Valorie Burton Click to order via Amazon #14 - The African American Guide to Writing & Publishing Non Fiction by Jewell Parker Rhodes Click to order via Amazon #15 - Democracy Matters: Winning the Fight Against Imperialism by Cornel West Click to order via Amazon #16 - Silent Covenants: Brown v. Board of Education and the Unfulfilled Hopes for Racial Reform by Derrick Bell Click to order via Amazon #17 - Motivating and Preparing Black Youth for Success by Jawanza Kunjufu Click to order via Amazon #18 - Raising Black Boys by Jawanza Kunjufu Click to order via Amazon #19 - State of Emergency: We Must Save African American Males by Jawanza Kunjufu Click to order via Amazon #20 - The Falsification of Afrikan Consciousness: Eurocentric History, Psychiatry and the Politics of White Supremacy by Dr. Amos N. Wilson Click to order via Amazon #21 - The African American Writer's Handbook: How to Get in Print and Stay in Print by Robert Fleming Click to order via Amazon #22 - Wendy's Got the Heat by Wendy Williams Click to order via Amazon #23 - The Ditchdigger's Daughters: A Black Family's Astonishing Success Story by Yvonne S. Thornton Click to order via Amazon #24 - Down to Business: The First 10 Steps to Entrepreneurship for Women by Clara Villarosa Click to order via Amazon #25 - Keeping Black Boys Out of Special Education by Dr. Jawanza Kunjufu Click to order via Amazon