- Recitatif, a story, Toni Morrison ; with an introduction by Zadie Smith
- Playing their games, Kiki Swinson
- Trouble the Saints, Alaya Dawn Johnson
- An autobiography of skin, Lakiesha Carr
- Gone crazy in Alabama, Rita Williams-Garcia
- A hope divided, Alyssa Cole
- Summer on the bluffs, a novel, Sunny Hostin with Veronica Chambers
- The kindest lie, a novel, Nancy Johnson
- The help, a novel, Kathryn Stockett
- Love, Toni Morrison
- The love songs of W.E.B. Du Bois, a novel, Honorée Fanonne Jeffers
- The days of Afrekete, Asali Solomon
- Token, Beverley Kendall
- Passing, Nella Larsen ; with an introduction by Christa Holm Vogelius
- The twelve tribes of Hattie, Ayana Mathis
- The personal librarian, Marie Benedict and Victoria Christopher Murray
- Gone like yesterday, a novel, Janelle M. Williams
- Kindred, Octavia E. Butler
- Black girls must have it all, a novel, Jayne Allen
- Such a fun age, a novel, Kiley Reid
- The shade of my own tree, Sheila Williams
- Broken places, Tracy Clark
- The vanishing half, Brit Bennett
- Black girls must be magic, a novel, Jayne Allen
- It's not all downhill from here, a novel, Terry McMillan
- The vanishing half, Brit Bennett
- Jam on the vine, a novel, LaShonda Katrice Barnett
- Such a fun age, a novel, Kiley Reid
- The other black girl, a novel, Zakiya Dalila Harris
- The help, by Kathryn Stockett
- The love songs of W.E.B. Du Bois, a novel, Honorée Fanonne Jeffers
- The kindest lie, a novel, Nancy Johnson
- Beloved, [a novel], Toni Morrison ; introduction by A.S. Byatt
- The color purple., Warner Bros. presents a Steven Spielberg film ; produced by Steven Spielberg, Kathleen Kennedy, Frank Marshall, Quincy Jones ; screenplay by Menno Meyjes ; directed by Steven Spielberg ; Amblin Entertainment in association with Quincy Jones ; a Guber-Peters Company production, DVD/Widescreen
- A princess in theory, reluctant royals, Alyssa Cole
- Dead dead girls, Nekesa Afia
- The secret life of bees, Sue Monk Kidd
- The color purple, Alice Walker
- As the wicked watch, Tamron Hall with T. Shawn Taylor
- Another Brooklyn, a novel, Jacqueline Woodson
- Mrs. Lee and Mrs. Gray, Dorothy Love
- We lie here, Rachel Howzell Hall
- Back channel, Stephen L. Carter
- The solace of water, Elizabeth Byler Younts
- Rebecca, not Becky, a novel, Christine Platt and Catherine Wigginton Greene
- By the book, Jasmine Guillory
- The romantic agenda, Claire Kann
- Black girls must die exhausted, a novel, Jayne Allen
- Summer on Sag Harbor, a novel, Sunny Hostin with Sharina Harris
- The thread collectors, a novel, Shaunna J. Edwards and Alyson Richman