1. The Poet X – Elizabeth Acevedo (poetry)
2. Joy on Demand – Chade-Meng Tan
3. Half of a Yellow Sun – Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
4. Appalachian Elegy – bell hooks (poetry)
5. Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World – Cal Newport
6. Shoe Dog – Phil Knight (Parents’ Book Club Read)
7. Nothing to See Here – Kevin Wilson
8. How to Slowly Kill Yourself and Others in America – Kiese Laymon
9. American Dirt – Jeanne Cummins
10. Sula – Toni Morrison
11. The Dutch House – Ann Pachett
12. Pachinko – Min Jin Lee
13. Measure What Matters – John Doerr
14. Untamed – Glennon Doyle (memoir)
15. Well-Read Black Girl – Glory Edim (essays)
16. The Giver of Starts – Jojo Moyes
17. The Meaning of Michelle: 16 Writers on the Iconic First Lady and How Her Journey Inspires Our Own – Veronica Chambers (essays)
18. Daisy Jones and The Six – Taylor Jenkins Reid (fiction)
19. The Simple Wild – K.A. Tucker (fiction)
20. Maybe You Should Talk to Someone – Lori Gottlieb
21. Citizen: An American Lyric – Claudia Rankine (poetry)
22. The Moth Presents All These Wonders: True Stories About Facing the Unknown – Catherine Burns (short stories; non-fiction)
23. Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know About the People We Don’t Know – Malcolm Gladwell
24. Let Love Have the Last Word – Common (memoir)
25. Being Peace – Thich Nhat Hanh (spirituality, buddhism, non-fiction, philosophy)