Each year, the Notable Books Council recommends a list of 25 important books for adult readers. The list encompasses fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. Yoou can read more about the Notable Books List here.
Fiction
Biography of X by Catherine Lacey
Chain-Gang All-Stars by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah
Dearborn by Ghassan Zeineddine
Hangman by Maya Binyam
In Memoriam by Alice Winn
North Woods by Daniel Mason
Open Throat by Henry Hoke
Same Bed Different Dreams by Ed Park
The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store by James McBride
The Reformatory by Tananarive Due
Y/N by Esther Yi
Non-Fiction
A Fever in the Heartland: The Ku Klux Klan’s Plot to Take Over America, and the Woman Who Stopped Them by Timothy Egan
Dyscalculia: A Love Story of Epic Miscalculation by Camonghne Felix
King: A Life by Jonathan Eig
Master, Slave, Husband, Wife: An Epic Journey from Slavery to Freedom by Ilyon Woo
Mott Street: A Chinese American Family’s Story of Exclusion and Homecoming by Ava Chin
Our Migrant Souls: A Meditation on Race and the Meanings and Myths of ‘Latino’ by Héctor Tobar
Poverty, by America by Matthew Desmond
The Exceptions: Nancy Hopkins, MIT, and the Fight for Women in Science by Kate Zernike
The Great Displacement: Climate Change and the Next American Migration by Jake Bittle
The Talk by Darrin Bell
The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny, and Murder by David Grann
Poetry
Promises of Gold / Promesas de Oro by José Olivarez
Side Notes from the Archivist by Anastacia-Renee
Trace Evidence by Charif Shanahan