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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