Literary Fiction
- The Vanishing Half — Brit Bennett
- Beloved — Toni Morrison
- Americanah — Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Historical Fiction
- The Underground Railroad — Colson Whitehead
- Homegoing — Yaa Gyasi
- The Water Dancer — Ta-Nehisi Coates
Non-Fiction
- Between the World and Me — Ta-Nehisi Coates
- The Warmth of Other Suns — Isabel Wilkerson
- Becoming — Michelle Obama
Contemporary Fiction
- Such a Fun Age — Kiley Reid
- An American Marriage — Tayari Jones
- The Hate U Give — Angie Thomas
Poetry & Memoir
- The Hill We Climb — Amanda Gorman
- I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings — Maya Angelou
- Citizen — Claudia Rankine
Young Adult
- The Hate U Give — Angie Thomas
- Children of Blood and Bone — Tomi Adeyemi
- Dear Martin — Nic Stone