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

1. How to Make Black America Better by Tavis Smiley

2. Nappily Ever After by Trisha R. Thomas

3. Casting the First Stone by Kimberla Lawson Roby

4. For the Love of Money by Omar Tyree

5. When Kambia Elaine Flew in From Neptune by Lori Williams

6. A Day Late and a Dollar Short by Terry McMillan

7. The African American Century by Henry Gates & Cornel West

8. Crowns: Portraits of Black Women in Church Hats by Michael Cunningham & Craig Marberry

9. Blind Ambitions by Lolita Files

10. Angel on My Shoulder: An Autobiography by Natalie Cole with Digby Diehl

This article appears in April 6 • 2001.

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