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August
- The End is Now, John Joseph Adams
- The End Has Come, John Joseph Adams
- The Fifth Season, N.K. Jemisin (A fantasy novel)
- The Monsters of Templeton, Lauren Groff
- The Intuitionist, Colson Whitehead (A debut novel)
- Headhunters, Jo Nesbo
September
- The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2016, Rachel Kushner, Ed.
- The Color Purple, Alice Walker (A classic by an author of color)
- A Gambler’s Anatomy, Jonathan Lethem
- Every Anxious Wave, Mo Daviau
- How to Be a Heroine, Samantha Ellis (A book about books)
- Lies We Tell Ourselves, Robin Talley (A YA or middle grade novel by an LGBTQ+ author)
- Animal Farm, George Orwell (A book published between 1900-1950)
October
- Homegoing, Yaa Gyasi
- A Beautiful Poison, Lydia Kang
- Lady Cop Makes Trouble, Amy Stewart
- All Our Wrong Todays, Elan Mastai
- The Beautiful Things That Heaven Bears, Dinaw Mengestu (A book set within 100 miles of DC)
- On the Road, Jack Kerouac (A travel memoir)
November
- The Price of Salt, Patricia Highsmith (An LGBTQ+ romance)
- American Kingpin, Nick Bilton (Nonfiction about technology)
- The Guineveres, Sarah Domet
- By Gaslight, Steven Price
- The Obelisk Gate, N. K. Jemisin
- Locke & Key, Vol. 1: Welcome to Lovecraft, Joe Hill, Gabriel Rodriguez (illustrator)
- Medicine Walk, Richard Wagamese (A book in which a person of color goes on a spiritual journey)
December
- The Queen of the Night, Alexander Chee
- Underground Airlines, Ben H. Winters
- A Thousand Pardons, Jonathan Dee
- Calling It, Jen Doyle
- We Should All Be Feminists, Chimamanda Ngozi Adiche
- Black Panther, A Nation Under Our Feet Vol. 1: Ta-Nehsi Coates, Brian Stelfreeze (illustrator)
- Wool, Shift, and Dust, Hugh Howey
- Captain Marvel Vol. 1: Higher, Further, Faster, More, Kelly Sue DeConnick, David Lopez (illustrator) (A superhero comic with a female lead)
- Ottolenghi, Yotam Ottolenghi
- Under the Wide and Starry Sky, Nancy Horan