The Essence Book Project is a computational database of every book ever ranked on the bestsellers' list published in Essence Magazine, 1994-2010.

New Orleans, EssenceFest
Joined February 2021
Because today is National Chocolate Cake Day! 🍫🎂📚 A Piece of Cake by Cupcake Brown was an @essence book bestseller in July 2006! #nationalchocolatecakeday #cupcakebrown #apieceofcake #essencebookproject #urbanliterature #urbanlit #streetlit
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Another @essence book bestseller to add to your shelf! The Divine Nine: The History of African American Fraternities and Sororities #divinenine #hbcu #essencebookproject #readblackauthors
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The titles of these @essence Essence Book Bestsellers are also titles of songs! Can you name the artists?
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It's Monday! Act like you know and have a "Bad As I Wanna Be" attitude this week! 👊🏾#dennisrodman #1996 #essencebookbestseller
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Nikki Turner @iamnikkiturner dominated the Essence Best Bookseller list for years with her page turning novels! See the link for more info on her latest book! iamnikkiturner.com/
This month 23 years ago, Sister Souljah's classic THE COLDEST WINTER EVER, made the Essence Book Bestseller list. Speaking of cold...how cold is it where you are? #burr #thecoldestwinterever #classic
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Dr. Jacinta Saffold, founder of Essence Book Project, profiled in @finebooks Fine Books & Collections magazine! Check it out! 🙌🏾 finebooksmagazine.com/blog/c…
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