- “Stories from 125 Years of Ole Miss Football,” Neil White and Rick Cleveland, Nautilus
- “The Yellow House,” Sarah M. Broom, Grove Press
- “After Life,” Alice Marie Johnson, Harper
- “Cemetery Road,” Greg Iles, William Morrow
- “Deep River,” Karl Marlantes, Atlantic Monthly Press
- “The Substitution Order,” Martin Clark, Knopf
- “Where the Crawdads Sing,” Delia Owens, Putnam
- “Clear Skies in the Delta,” Tracy Lynn Sandifer-Hunter, Palmetto Publishing Group
- “Who Killed Buster Sparkle?,” John W. Bateman, Unsolicited Press
- “What Would Elvis Think?,” Johnny Lowe, Ink-Slingers
Children and Young Adults
- “Tunnel of Bones,” Victoria Schwab, Scholastic
- “Dog Man: For Whom the Ball Rolls,” Dav Pilkey, Graphix
- “Bear Came Along,” Richard T. Morris, Little Brown Books for Young Readers
- “Just Ask!,” Sonia Sotomayor, Philomel Books
- “Theodore Boone: The Accomplice,” John Grisham, Dutton Books for Young Readers
Compiled by University Press of Mississippi
Reported by The Book Mart & Café (Starkville); Lemuria Books (Jackson); Lorelei Books (Vicksburg); Square Books (Oxford); Turnrow Books (Greenwood)