January

  1. How Far the Light Reaches: A Life in Ten Sea Creatures by Sabrina Imbler
  2. The Writing Retreat by Julia Bartz
  3. We Lie Here by Rachel Howzell Hall
  4. Don’t Look Down by Hilary Davidson
  5. Yellowface by R.F. Kwang
  6. The Upper Hand by Johnny Shaw
  7. Imperial Valley by Johnny Shaw

February

  1. Crossroad by W. H. Cameron
  2. Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
  3. IQ by Joe Ide
  4. Razorblade Tears by S.A. Cosby
  5. Like a Sister by Kellye Garrett
  6. The Cartographers by Peng Shepherd

March

  1. Unflappable by Suzie Gilbert
  2. Blight: Fungi and the Coming Pandemic by Emily Monosson
  3. Macbeth by William Shakespeare
  4. Amy Falls Down by Jincy Willit
  5. Olga Dies Dreaming by Xochital Gonzalez
  6. Pretend I’m Dead by Jen Beagin
  7. Antigone by Sophocles

April

  1. The Things We Lost to the Water by Eric Ngyyen
  2. All the Sinners Bleed by S.A. Cosby
  3. Happiness Falls by Angie Kim
  4. The Sentence by Louise Erdrich

May

  1. What Wild Women Do by Karina Brown
  2. Life and Other Near Death Experiences by Camille Pagan
  3. Double Whammy by Carl Hiaasen
  4. The People We Keep by Allison Larkin
  5. Gator Country by Rebecca Renner

June

  1. The Monkey’s Raincoat by Robert Crais
  2. The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
  3. The Last Detective by Robert Crais
  4. A Dangerous Man by Robert Crais
  5. The Last Time She Died by Zoë Sharp
  6. Indigo Slam by Robert Crais
  7. The Forgotten Man by Robert Crais
  8. Sunset Express by Robert Crais
  9. Fifth Victim by Zoë Sharp

July

  1. First Drop by Zoë Sharp
  2. The Never Game by Jeffrey Deaver
  3. Taken by Robert Crais
  4. The Watchman by Robert Crais

August

  1. The First Rule by Robert Crais
  2. The Sentry by Robert Crais
  3. Free Fall by Robert Crais
  4. Racing the Light by Robert Crais
  5. Die Easy by Zoë Sharp
  6. Chasing Darkness by Robert Crais
  7. Bad Monkey by Carl Hiaasen
  8. The Light Pirate by Lily Brook Dalton
  9. The Last Place by Laura Lippman
  10. The Goodbye Man by Jeffrey Deaver

September

  1. Murder Road by Simone St. James
  2. The Girl in the Raincoat by Laura Lippman
  3. The Night Watchman by Louise Erdrich

October

  1. My Year of Rest and Relaxation by Otessa Moshfegh
  2. The Vulnerables by Sigrid Nunez
  3. The Final Twist by Jeffrey Deaver

November

  1. Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler
  2. Hunting Time Jeffrey Deaver
  3. Bad Habit Alana S. Portero
  4. Hampton Heights by Dan Kois

December

  1. Doppelgänger by Naomi Klein
  2. Liars by Sara Manguso
  3. The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan