- Under the tulip tree, Michelle Shocklee
- To kill a mockingbird, by Harper Lee
- Light it up, Kekla Magoon
- When the reckoning comes ;, a novel, LaTanya McQueen
- Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Mark Twain ; edited with an introduction and notes by Emory Elliott
- Conjure women, a novel, Afia Atakora
- Beauty woke, written by NoNieqa Ramos ; illustrated by Paola Escobar
- Maame, Jessica George
- The holdout, a novel, Graham Moore
- The black queen, Jumata Emill
- Between lovers, Eric Jerome Dickey
- Armstrong & Charlie, written by Steven B. Frank
- Strongheart, the lost journals of May Dodd and Molly McGill, Jim Fergus ; edited and annotated by Molly Standing Bear
- Dactyl Hill Squad, Daniel José Older, Book 1
- That kind of mother, Rumaan Alam
- Root magic, Eden Royce
- This other Eden, a novel, Paul Harding
- When ghosts come home, a novel, Wiley Cash
- The color of fear, Marcia Muller
- The sense of wonder, a novel, Matthew Salesses
- The absolutely true diary of a part-time Indian, by Sherman Alexie ; art by Ellen Forney
- Jazz owls, a novel of the Zoot Suit Riots, Margarita Engle ; illustrated by Rudy Gutierrez
- Small great things, a novel, Jodi Picoult
- New waves, a novel, Kevin Nguyen
- A passage to India, E.M. Forster
- The lions of Little Rock, Kristin Levine
- The weight of water, Sarah Crossan
- The Guardians, John Grisham
- What's mine and yours, a novel, Naima Coster
- The unsung hero of Birdsong, USA, Brenda Woods
- The only black girls in town, Brandy Colbert
- Calico Girl, Jerdine Nolen
- Loving vs. Virginia, a documentary novel of the landmark civil rights case, by Patricia Hruby Powell ; artwork by Shadra Strickland
- Heaven, my home, Attica Locke
- Dreamland burning, Jennifer Latham
- All the days past, all the days to come, by Mildred D. Taylor
- Roll of thunder, hear my cry, Mildred D. Taylor ; introduction by Jacqueline Woodson ; illustration by Kadir Nelson
- To kill a Mockingbird, a graphic novel, Harper Lee ; adapted and illustrated by Fred Fordham
- Double play, Robert B. Parker
- This is my America, Kim Johnson
- The soccer fence, a story of friendship, hope and apartheid in South Africa, Phil Bildner ; illustrated by Jesse Joshua Watson
- The color of fear, Marcia Muller
- Such a fun age, a novel, Kiley Reid
- The Paragon Hotel, Lyndsay Faye
- Fast break, Mike Lupica
- A passage to India, by E. M. Forster
- Gone wolf, Amber McBride
- We are water, a novel, Wally Lamb
- The man who lived underground, a novel, Richard Wright ; afterword by Malcolm Wright
- All American boys, a novel, Jason Reynolds and Brendan Kiely