Nappily Ever After by Trisha R. Thomas

"Brother Ray: Ray Charles' Own Story" by Ray Charles and David Ritz

"Sula" by Toni Morrison

"Surpassing Certainty" by Janet Mock

"Cutting School: Privatization, Segregation, and the End of Public Education" by Noliwe Ro

"An American Marriage: A Novel" by Tayari Jones

"Rabbit: An Autobiography of Ms. Pat" by Patricia Williams

"This Will Be My Undoing: Living at the Intersection of Black, Female, and Feminist in (White)

"When They Call You a Terrorist: A Black Lives Matter Memoir" by Patrisse Khan-Cullors and

"Black Girls Rock!: Owning Our Magic. Rocking Our Truth" edited by Beverly Bond

"Little Leaders: Bold Women in Black History" by Vashti Harrison

"Sing, Unburied, Sing" by Jesmyn Ward

"The Changeling" by Victor LaValle

"At Mama's Knee: Mother's and Race in Black and White" by April Ryan