Dark Academia
- The Secret History by Donna Tartt
- Portrait of a Thief by Grace D. Li
- A Lesson in Vengeance by Victoria Lee
- The Secret Place by Tana French
- YA: Wilder Girls by Rory Power
Features Football
- Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, and A Dream by Buzz Bissinger
- Why We Love Football: A History in 100 Moments by Joe Posnanski
- The Boys of Riverside: A Deaf Football Team and a Quest for Glory by Thomas Fuller
- When the Men Were Gone by Marjorie Herrera Lewis
- Don’t Know Tough by Eli Canor
Mystery/Thriller
- How to Solve Your Own Your Murder by Kristen Perrin
- The Only One Left by Riley Sager
- The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman
- How To Sell A Haunted House by Grady Hendrix
- The Housemaid by Freida McFadden
- YA: Where Sleeping Girls Lie by Farida Abike-Iyimide
Set in the 1980s
- We Ride Upon Sticks by Quan Barry
- Malibu Rising by Tara Jenkins Reid
- The Great Believers by Rebecca Makkai
- The Music Shop by Rachel Joyce
- YA: I Must Betray You by Ruta Sepetys
Orange Cover
- Where the Crawdads Sing by Della Owens
- The Martian by Andy Weir
- Kaikeyi by Vaishnavi Patel
- The Little Liar by Mitch Albom
- Anxious People by Fredrik Backman
- YA: Furia by Saied Mendez