- The cellar, Minette Walters
- A hero's quest, David Grimstone ; illustrated by James De La Rue
- Morning star, Judith Plaxton
- Escape from evil, David Grimstone ; illustrated by James de la Rue
- Big Jabe, by Jerdine Nolen ; illustrated by Kadir Nelson
- Trail of bones, Mark London Williams
- A sitting in St. James, Rita Williams-Garcia
- The third Mrs. Galway, Deirdre Sinnott
- A hundred crickets singing, Cathy Gohlke
- The man in the high castle, Philip K. Dick
- The way of kings, Brandon Sanderson
- Almost to freedom, by Vaunda Micheaux Nelson ; illustrations by Colin Bootman
- The astonishing life of Octavian Nothing, traitor to the nation, 1
- The listeners
- A shout in the ruins, a novel, Kevin Powers
- A reaper at the gates, a novel, by Sabaa Tahir
- Henry's freedom box
- A shout in the ruins, a novel, Kevin Powers
- Dream country, by Shannon Gibney
- Island queen, a novel, Vanessa Riley
- Imprison the sky, by A.C. Gaughen
- Who is Carrie?, James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier
- Uncle Tom's cabin, by Harriet Beecher Stowe
- An unkindness of ghosts, Rivers Solomon
- The book of negroes, a novel, Lawrence Hill
- Homegoing, a novel, Yaa Gyasi
- XOM-B, Jeremy Robinson
- Blood slave, Caitlin Ricci
- Up from freedom, Wayne Grady
- Mustard seed, Laila Ibrahim
- Uncle Tom's cabin, by Harriet Beecher Stowe
- War comes to Willy Freeman, James Lincoln Collier, Christopher Collier
- First debt, Pepper Winters
- Night boat to freedom, Margot Theis Raven ; pictures by E.B. Lewis
- Angel thieves, a novel, by Kathi Appelt
- Copper sun, Sharon M. Draper
- Ashes, Laurie Halse Anderson
- Thick as thieves, Megan Whalen Turner
- Mark of the thief, Jennifer A. Nielsen
- The hidden light of Northern fires, a novel, Daren Wang
- Summer in Savannah
- Uncle Tom's Cabin, Harriet Beecher Stowe
- Kindred, Octavia E. Butler
- Call of the raven, Wilbur Smith with Corban Addison
- Snow like ashes, Sara Raasch
- Washington Black, a novel, Esi Edugyan
- The deep blue between, Ayesha Harruna Attah
- The Story of Kullervo, by J.R.R. Tolkien ; edited by Verlyn Flieger
- Sold, Patricia McCormick
- Juneteenth for Mazie, Floyd Cooper