- “Camino Winds” John Grisham, Doubleday
- “The Vanishing Half,” Brit Bennett, Riverhead Books
- “The Room Where It Happened” John Bolton, Simon & Schuste
- “Red Dress in Black and White” Elliott Ackerman, Knop
- “A Burning” Megha Majumdar, Knop
- “Swing Your Sword,” Mike Leach, Diversion
- “Deacon King Kong,” James McBride, Riverhead Books
- “The Bird Way,” Jennifer Ackerman, Penguin Press
- “How to be an Antiracist” Ibram X Kendi, One World
- “Coming Out of the Magnolia Closet,” John Marszalek III, University Press of Mississippi
Children and Young Adults
- “Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You,” Jason Reynolds & Ibram X Kendi
- “Goddess in the Machines,” Laura Beth Johnson, Razorbill
- “Game Days in the Fall,” Jamie James, Mascot Publishing
- “Dog Man,” Dav Pilkey, Graphix
- “The Great Pet Heist,” Emily Ecton, Athenaeum 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)