- The Poet X – Elizabeth Acevedo (poetry)
- Joy on Demand – Chade-Meng Tan
- Half of a Yellow Sun – Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
- Appalachian Elegy – bell hooks (poetry)
- Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World – Cal Newport
- Shoe Dog – Phil Knight (Parents’ Book Club Read)
- Nothing to See Here – Kevin Wilson
- How to Slowly Kill Yourself and Others in America – Kiese Laymon
- American Dirt – Jeanne Cummins
- Sula – Toni Morrison
- The Dutch House – Ann Pachett
- Pachinko – Min Jin Lee
- Measure What Matters – John Doerr
- Untamed – Glennon Doyle (memoir)
- Well-Read Black Girl – Glory Edim (essays)
- The Giver of Starts – Jojo Moyes
- The Meaning of Michelle: 16 Writers on the Iconic First Lady and How Her Journey Inspires Our Own – Veronica Chambers (essays)
- Daisy Jones and The Six – Taylor Jenkins Reid (fiction)
- The Simple Wild – K.A. Tucker (fiction)
- Maybe You Should Talk to Someone – Lori Gottlieb
- Citizen: An American Lyric – Claudia Rankine (poetry)
- The Moth Presents All These Wonders: True Stories About Facing the Unknown – Catherine Burns (short stories; non-fiction)
- Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know About the People We Don’t Know – Malcolm Gladwell
- Let Love Have the Last Word – Common (memoir)
- Being Peace – Thich Nhat Hanh (spirituality, buddhism, non-fiction, philosophy)
- The Girl with the Louding Voice – Abi Dare (fiction)
- Welcoming the Unwelcome – Pema Chodron
- A Gentleman in Moscow – Amor Towles (fiction)
- The Family Upstairs – Lisa Jewell (suspense)
- Normal People – Sally Rooney
- The Skin We’re In – Desmond Cole (non-fiction; social justice)
- The Vanishing Half – Brit Bennett
- The Atomic City Girls – Janet Beard (historical fiction)
- Breathe – Imani Perry (non-fiction; social justice)
- The Rumor – Elin Hildebrand (chic lit; fiction; beach read)
- Conversations with Friends – Sally Rooney (fiction)
- Such a Fun Age – Kiley Reid (fiction)
- The Places That Scare You – Pema Chodron
- The Essential Gwendolyn Brooks (poetry)
- Under the Rainbow – Celia Laskey (fiction)
- Wild at Heart – K A Tucker (fiction; chic lit)
- Sometimes I Lie – Alice Feeney (fiction; mystery)
- The Other Wes Moore – Wes Moore (non-fiction)
- Memorial Drive – Natasha Trethewey (autobiography)
- Nothing More Dangerous – Allen Eskens (fiction)
- The Meaning of Mariah – Mariah Carey (memoir)
- Look Both Ways – Jason Reynolds (YA fiction)
- The 5 AM Club – Robin Sharma (self-improvement)
- Eloquent Rage: A Black Feminist Discovers Her Superpower – Brittney Cooper
- The Gratitude Diaries: How a Year Looking on the Bright Side Can Transform Your Life – Janice Kaplan (non-fiction)
- 168 Hours: You Have More Time Than You Think – Laura Vanderkam (non-fiction)
- Sleep Smarter: 21 Essential Strategies to Sleep Your Way to A Better Body, Better Health, and Bigger Success – Shawn Stevenson
- Radical Candor – Kim Scott (business)
- The Black Friend – Frederick Joseph