Fiction
1) Commonwealth by Ann Patchett
2) My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante
3) Americanah by Chimamanda Adichie Ngozi
4) A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara
5) Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel
6) The Sympathizer by Viet Thanh Nguyen
7) Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins
8) Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead
9) The Lightkeepers by Abby Geni
10) Another Brooklyn by Jacqueline Woodson
Nonfiction
1) Carry This Book by Abbi Jacobson
2) Tranny by Laura Jane Grace
3) You’re Never Weird on the Internet (Almost) by Felicia Day
4) Between the World and Me by Ta-nehisi Coates
5) The New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander
6) The South Side: A Portrait of Chicago and American Segregation by Natalie Moore
7) Hamilton by Lin Manuel Miranda and Jeremy McCarter
8) The Argonauts by Maggie Nelson
9) Night Sky with Exit Wounds by Ocean Vuong
10) Fun Home by Alison Bechdel
Kids
1) Harry Potter and the Cursed Child by J.K. Rowling
2) Rad American Women A to Z by Kate Schatz
3) A is for Activist by Innosanto Nagara
4) Rosie Revere Engineer by Andrea Beaty
5) In My Heart: A Book of Feelings by Jo Witek
6) Tree by Britta Teckentrup
7) Mosquitoland by David Arnold
8) Ada Twist Scientist by Andrea Beaty
9) Her Highness Builds Robots by Beth Winters
10) Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson