- Conjure women, a novel, Afia Atakora
- Jackie's gift, by Sharon Robinson ; illustrated by E.B. Lewis
- Mirror girls, Kelly McWilliams
- The mercy seat, a novel, Elizabeth H. Winthrop
- Feathers, Jacqueline Woodson
- The Aurora County All-Stars, Deborah Wiles
- Yo! Yes?, Chris Raschka
- The jacket, by Andrew Clements
- When ghosts come home, a novel, Wiley Cash
- Fortunate son, Walter Mosley
- The rib king, a novel, Ladee Hubbard
- Small great things, a novel, Jodi Picoult
- Root magic, Eden Royce
- That kind of mother, Rumaan Alam
- Iggie's house, by Judy Blume. --
- This other Eden, a novel, Paul Harding
- The Guardians, John Grisham
- What's mine and yours, a novel, Naima Coster
- Alligator bayou, Donna Jo Napoli
- All the days past, all the days to come, by Mildred D. Taylor
- Maame, Jessica George
- This is my America, Kim Johnson
- Things too huge to fix by saying sorry, Susan Vaught
- Trouble the water, Frances O'Roark Dowell
- When ghosts come home, a novel, Wiley Cash
- A summer of Kings, Han Nolan
- How high the moon, Karyn Parsons
- The Angels of Morgan Hill, Donna VanLiere
- The liberation of Gabriel King, K.L. Going
- Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster boy, by Gary D. Schmidt
- The wonder of Charlie Anne, Kimberly Newton Fusco
- Ragtime, E.L. Doctorow
- Africaville, a novel, by Jeffrey Colvin
- If I ever get out of here, Eric Gansworth
- Down the river unto the sea, Walter Mosley
- When I crossed No-Bob, by Margaret McMullan
- The liberation of Gabriel King, K.L. Going
- The revisioners, a novel, Margaret Wilkerson Sexton
- Invisible son, Kim Johnson
- Freedom Summer, celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the Freedom Summer, written by Deborah Wiles ; illustrated by Jerome Lagarrigue
- A friendship for today, Patricia C. McKissack
- The secret life of bees, Sue Monk Kidd
- The basket counts, [Matt Christopher]
- Go set a watchman, Harper Lee
- When Winter Robeson came, Brenda Woods
- The fortress of solitude, a novel, Jonathan Lethem
- The Paragon Hotel, Lyndsay Faye
- Fast break, Mike Lupica
- My mother the cheerleader, a novel by Rob Sharenow
- The other side, Jacqueline Woodson ; illustrations by Earl B. Lewis