- Einstein's Dreams, by Alan Lightman
- The Story of Yiddish, by Neal Karlen
- Cosmogony: Stories, by Lucy Ives
- Trespasses, by Louise Kennedy
- I'm Glad My Mom Died, by Jennette McCurdy
- White on White, by Aysegül Savas*
- Refresh, Refresh, by Benjamin Percy
- Galatea, by Madeline Miller
- The Situation and the Story, by Vivian Gornick
- Rose Royal, by Nicolas Mathieu
- The Third Rainbow Girl, by Emma Copley Eisenberg
- The Fires of Heaven, by Robert Jordan
- The Body of the Soul: Stories, by Ludmila Ulitskaya*
- Great Granny Webster, by Caroline Blackwood
- Prophet Song, by Paul Lynch
- Thinking About Memoir, by Abigail Thomas*
- Once Upon a Tome, by Oliver Darkshire
- The Divorce, by Cesar Aira
- The Sabbath, by Abraham Joshua Heschel
- Pomfret Towers, by Angela Thirkell
- Your Mixtape Unravels My Heart, by Máire T. Robinson*
- 84, Charing Cross Road, by Helene Hanff
- Girlhood, by Melissa Febos
- Lord of Chaos, by Robert Jordan
- The Dead Are Gods, by Eirinie Carson*
* is a favorite
