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Most sold nonfiction Amazon books: White Fragility claims the top spot

By Alexandria Ingham

NEW YORK, NY - MAY 25: People enter the newly opened Amazon Books on May 25, 2017 in New York City. Amazon.com Inc.'s first New York City bookstore occupies 4,000 square feet in The Shops at Columbus Circle in Manhattan and stocks upwards of 3,000 books. Amazon Books, like the Amazon Go store, does not accept cash and instead lets Prime members use the Amazon app on their smartphone to pay for purchases. Non-members can use a credit or debit card. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
NEW YORK, NY - MAY 25: People enter the newly opened Amazon Books on May 25, 2017 in New York City. Amazon.com Inc.'s first New York City bookstore occupies 4,000 square feet in The Shops at Columbus Circle in Manhattan and stocks upwards of 3,000 books. Amazon Books, like the Amazon Go store, does not accept cash and instead lets Prime members use the Amazon app on their smartphone to pay for purchases. Non-members can use a credit or debit card. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images) /
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White Fragility takes over the top spot of the most sold nonfiction Amazon books

There was plenty of movement on the list of most sold nonfiction Amazon books from May 31 to June 6. White Fragility by Robin J. Diangelo was just one book to enter the list.

With the Black Lives Matter protests happening around the world, more people are looking for ways to have some difficult conversations. They want to understand more about how words are hurtful and get a grip on white privilege. It also means gaining an understanding of white fragility, so a book with that title in the top place is understandable and right.

It wasn’t the only new book focused on the Black Lives Matter and the reasons behind the protests to make it to the list. The New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander, Me and White Spremacy by Layla F. Saad, and So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo joined the list.

These additions did mean other books saw some big drops. Becoming by Michelle Obama saw a loss of three places, while Relationship Goals by Michael Todd saw a 10-place drop. The latter was the largest drop on the whole list, but there were others not far behind.

Like the fiction side of things, the most sold list of nonfiction books looks nothing like the most read list. The most sold list is often based on current events or the need to buy extra workbooks for children to learn. The most read list involves those who listen by Audible or read via Kindle Unlimited, and they may choose to re-read chapters of older books for various reasons.

Most sold nonfiction Amazon books from May 31 to June 6

1. White Fragility by Robin J. Diangelo (new addition)
2. Untamed by Glennon Doyle (-1)
3. How to Be an Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi (–)
4. The Decision by Kevin Hart (-1)
5. Becoming by Michelle Obama (-3)
6. Grant by Ron Chernow (–)
7. The New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander (new addition)
8. How to Have Impossible Conversations by Peter Boghossian & James Lindsay (new addition)
9. Me and White Supremacy by Layla F. Saad (new addition)
10. Atomic Habits by James Clear (-5)
11. The Splendid and the Vile by Erik Larson (-5)
12. Breath by James Nestor (new addition)
13. So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo (new addition)
14. Relationship Goals by Michael Todd (-10)
15. My First Learn-to-Write Workbook by Crystal Radke (-8)
16. Educated by Tara Westover (-5)
17. Can’t Hurt Me by David Goggins (-7)
18. Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates (new addition)
19. Rich Dad Poor Dad by Roberts T. Kiyosaki (-7)
20. The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz & Janet Mills (-6)

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