- Americanah: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
- Speak: Laurie Halse Anderson
- The Clique: Lisi Harrison
- Twilight: Stephenie Meyer
- About a Boy: Nick Hornby
- Rose Gold: Walter Mosley
- The Septembers of Shiraz:
- Tess of the D’Urbervilles: Thomas Hardy
- Pageboy: Elliot Page
- The Sound and the Fury: William Faulkner
- The Last King of Scotland: Giles Foden
- Trainspotting: Irvine Welsh
- Atonement: Ian McEwan
- Confessions of a Shopaholic: Sophie Kinsella
- The Little Friend: Donna Tartt
- The Book of Form and Emptiness: Ruth Ozeki
- Germinal: Emile Zola
- Oliver Twist: Charles Dickens
- The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency: Alexander McCall Smith
- Daring Greatly: Brene Brown
- Together: Vivek Murthy
- Big Magic: Elizabeth Gilbert
- Free Food for Millionaires: Min Jin Lee
- PUSH: Sapphire
- So Close to Being the Sh*t, Y’All Don’t Even Know: Retta
- Bossypants: Tina Fey
- Yes Please: Amy Poehler
- It Could be Worse, You Could be Me: Ariel Levy
- Being Jewish: Ari Goldman
- Caramelo: Sandra Cisneros
- Crazy Brave: Joy Harjo
- She Had Some Horses: Joy Harjo
- Everything is Illuminated: Jonathan Safran Foer
- The Other Americans: Laila Lalami
- Swing Time: Zadie Smith