Local bestsellers are based on recent sales at Austin bookstores selected to reflect varied reading interests. This week’s list of bestsellers is from Mitchie’s Fine Black Art & Gift Gallery, 5706 Manor.

1. The Price of Passion by Evelyn Palfrey

2. Souls of My Sisters by Dawn Marie Daniels and Candace Sandy

3. God Don’t Like Ugly by Mary Monroe

4. Always and Forever by Beverly Jenkins

5. Blind Ambitions by Lolita Files

6. Casting the First Stone by Kimberla Lawson Roby

7. Not a Day Goes By by E. Lynn Harris

8. For the Love of Money by Omar Tyree

9. Dippin’ My Spoon by Nina Foxx

10. Black Cowboys of Texas by Sara R. Massey

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