- A light in the wilderness, a novel, Jane Kirkpatrick
- The new naturals, a novel, Gabriel Bump
- The color purple, by Alice Walker
- Recitatif, a story, Toni Morrison ; with an introduction by Zadie Smith
- Things past telling, a novel, Sheila Williams
- The help, a novel, Kathryn Stockett
- Josephine Baker's last dance, a novel, Sherry Jones
- A hope divided, Alyssa Cole
- Gangstress, India
- Summer on the bluffs, a novel, Sunny Hostin with Veronica Chambers
- Mrs. Grant and Madame Jule, a novel, Jennifer Chiaverini
- The secret life of bees, Sue Monk Kidd
- The days of Afrekete, Asali Solomon
- Copycat, Kimberla Lawson Roby
- What we lose, a novel, Zinzi Clemmons
- The vanishing half, Brit Bennett
- Josephine Baker's last dance, a novel, Sherry Jones
- Once in a lifetime, Mary Monroe
- Such a fun age, a novel, Kiley Reid
- Nobody's magic, Destiny O. Birdsong
- Remembrance, Mary Monroe
- Head games, Mary B. Morrison
- Thomas Jefferson dreams of Sally Hemings, a novel, Stephen O'Connor
- Kindred, Octavia E. Butler
- Full figured 13, Carl Weber presents, Mona Love and Katt
- Mrs. Grant and Madame Jule, Jennifer Chiaverini
- The twelve tribes of Hattie, Ayana Mathis
- Promise, Minrose Gwin
- Long past summer, Noué Kirwan
- The way you tempt me, Elle Wright
- The help, by Kathryn Stockett
- The love songs of W.E.B. Du Bois, a novel, Honorée Fanonne Jeffers
- A deadly inside scoop, Abby Collette
- The kindest lie, a novel, Nancy Johnson
- Beloved, [a novel], Toni Morrison ; introduction by A.S. Byatt
- The orphan mother, a novel by Robert Hicks
- A sister's power, Cydney Rax
- The other black girl, a novel, Zakiya Dalila Harris
- Rebecca, not Becky, a novel, Christine Platt and Catherine Wigginton Greene
- Dead dead girls, Nekesa Afia
- The secret life of bees, Sue Monk Kidd
- Shallow waters, a novel, Anita Kopacz
- On rotation, a novel, Shirlene Obuobi
- Mrs. Grant and Madame Jule, Jennifer Chiaverini
- By the book, Jasmine Guillory
- The Supremes sing the happy heartache blues, a novel, Edward Kelsey Moore
- A light to my path, Lynn Austin
- As the wicked watch, Tamron Hall with T. Shawn Taylor
- Another Brooklyn, a novel, Jacqueline Woodson
- We lie here, Rachel Howzell Hall