1.
Always in Vogue , by Edna Woolman Chase
2.
American Primitive , by Mary Oliver
3.
Americanah , by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
4.
Another Country , by James Baldwin
5.
The Argonauts , by Maggie Nelson
6.
Between the World and Me, by Ta-Nehisi Coates
7.
The Black Notebooks: An Interior Journey , by Toi Derricote
8.
Black, White & Jewish: Autobiography of a Shifting Self , by Rebecca Walker
9.
Blackout , by Sarah Hepola
10.
Bringing Up Bébé , by Pamela Druckerman
11.
Clear Your Clutter With Feng Shui , by Karen Kingston
12.
The Collected Works of Anna Akhmatova , by Anna Akhmatova
13.
Dance Dance Revolution , by Cathy Hong Park
14.
Dept. of Speculation , by Jenny Offill
15.
Desperate Characters , by Paula Fox
16.
Drinking Coffee Elsewhere , by ZZ Packer
17.
The Empathy Exams , by Leslie Jamison
18.
The Ethical Slut , by Dossie Easton and Janet Hardy
19.
The Folded Clock , by Heidi Julavits
20.
Fun Home , Alison Bechdel
21.
A Gesture Life , by Chang-rae Lee
22.
Heartburn , by Nora Ephron
23.
How to Slowly Kill Yourself and Others in America , by Kiese Laymon
24.
I'll Give You the Sun , by Jandy Nelson
25.
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks , by Rebecca Skloot
26.
It's Not You: 27 (Wrong) Reasons You're Single
27.
The Last Usable Hour , by Deborah Landau
28.
Legacy of Ashes , by Tim Weiner
29.
Life After Life , by Kate Atkinson
30.
Light Years , by James Salter
31.
A Little Life , by Hanya Yanagihara
32.
The Looming Tower , by Lawrence Wright
33.
A Manual for Cleaning Women , by Lucia Berlin
34.
Men We Reaped , by Jessamyn Ward
35.
My Struggle, Vol. 2 , by Karl Ove Knausgård
36.
The Neapolitan Novels, by Elena Ferrante
37.
Plainwater , by Anne Carson
38.
Play It As It Lays , by Joan Didion
39.
Redefining Realness , by Janet Mock
40.
Running Doc's Guide to Healthy Running: How to Fix Injuries, Stay Active, and Run Pain-Free , by Lewis G. Maraham
41.
The Sellout , by Paul Beatty
42.
Sum: Forty Tales From the Afterlives , by David Eagleman
43.
Tiny Beautiful Things , by Cheryl Strayed
44.
We Are Not Ourselves , by Matthew Thomas
45.
What Is This Thing Called Love , by Kim Addonizio
46.
Where'd You Go Bernadette , by Maria Semple
47.
Whipping Girl: A Transsexual Woman on Sexism and the Scapegoating of Femininity , by Julia Serano
48.
White Girls , by Hilton Als