Mainstream (Young Adult)

• Christopher Paul Curtis – Bud, Not Buddy (1999, Historical).
• Kate Evangelista – No Love Allowed (2016, Contemporary Romance).
• Chris Lynch – Inexcusable (2005, Contemporary, Warning: Rape).
• Marieke Nijkamp – This Is Where It Ends (2016, Contemporary, Warning: Shooting).

Sci-Fi & Fantasy (Young Adult)

• Katherine Arden – The Bear and the Nightingale (2017, Fantasy: Russian).
• Reneé Ahdieh – The Wrath and the Dawn (2015, Fantasy: Reimagining of Arabian Nights).
• Kelly Barnhill – The Girl Who Drank the Moon (2016, Fantasy).
• Leah Bobet – An Inheritance of Ashes (2015, Sci-Fi: Post-Apocalyptic).
• Lila Bowen – Wake of Vultures (2015, Fantasy: Western).
• Rae Carson – Like a River Glorious (2016, Fantasy: American History).
• Katherine Coville – Ivy (2017, Young Reader, Fantasy).
• Laurie Forest – The Black Witch (2017, Fantasy).
• Adam Gidwitz & Hatem Aly – The Inquisitor’s Tale: Or, The Three Magical Children and Their Holy Dog (2016, Fantasy: French History).
• Alison Goodman – The Dark Days Club (2016, Fantasy: Regency Era).
• Sarah Glenn Marsh – Fear the Drowning Deep (2016, Fantasy).
• A. McLachlan – The Occasional Diamond Thief (2014, Sci-Fi) and sequel: The Salarian Desert Game (2016).
• Richelle Mead – The Glittering Court (2016, Fantasy: Historical).
• Chris Moriarty – The Watcher in the Shadows (2013, Fantasy: Steampunk).
• Nnedi Okorafor – Binti (2015, Sci-Fi), The Book of Phoenix (2015, Sci-Fi Fantasy).
• Jewell Parker Rhodes – Bayou Magic (2013, Young Reader, Contemporary Fantasy).
• Marie Rutkoski – The Winner’s Curse (2014, Fantasy).
• Sharon Shinn – The Safe-Keeper’s Secret (2004, Fantasy: Historical) and sequels: The Truth-Teller’s Tale (2005) and The Dream-Maker’s Magic (2006).
• Shanna Swendson – Rebel Mechanics: All Is Fair in Love and Revolution (2015, Steampunk).
• Robin Wasserman – The Waking Dark (2013, Contemporary Horror).

Mainstream (Adult)

• Jo Baker – Longbourn (2013, Historical: Reimagining of Pride & Prejudice from the servants’ point of view).
• James Lee Burke – House of the Rising Sun (2015, Historical: Western).
• Ariana Franklin & Samantha Norman – The Siege Winter (2014, Historical).
• John Grisham – Gray Mountain (2014, Contemporary).
• Barbara Hambly – Hagar (2015, Historical).
• Gabrielle Pina – Bliss (2002).

Mystery & Thriller (Adult)

• Pamela Beason – The Only Witness (2011).
• Kate Flora – Playing God (2006) and sequel: The Angel of Knowlton Park (2008).
• John Hart – The Last Child (2009).
• Tami Hoag – Cold Cold Heart (2014).
• Erin Kelly & Chris Chibnall – Broadchurch (2014).
• Lawrence H. Levy – Second Street Station (2015).
• Jack Mars – Situation Room (2016).
• Becky Masterman – Rage Against the Dying (2012).
• Jodi Picoult – Leaving Time (2014).

Sci-Fi & Fantasy (Adult)

• Daniel Abraham – The Spider’s War (2016, Fantasy): final book in the Dagger & the Coin series.
• Robert Jackson Bennett – Mr. Shivers (2010, Fantasy), City of Stairs (2014, Fantasy).
• Deborah Blake – Dangerously Charming (2016, Fantasy).
• Rachel Caine – Paper and Fire (2016, Steampunk).
• Barbara Hambly – And Pretty Maids All In A Row (2015, Fantasy).
• Elicia Hyder – The Soul Summoner (2015, Fantasy: Occult).
• Charlaine Harris – Night Shift (2016, Fantasy).
• Robert McCammon – Swan Song (1987, Horror: Post-Apocalyptic).
• Brian McClellan – Promise of Blood (2013, Fantasy: Historical) and sequel: The Crimson Campaign (2014).
• Seanan McGuire – Every Heart a Doorway (2016, Fantasy).
• Scott Nicholson – Drummer Boy (2010, Horror).
• Nnedi Okorafor – Binti (2015, Sci-Fi), The Book of Phoenix (2015, Sci-Fi Fantasy).
• Daniel José Older – Midnight Taxi Tango (2016, Fantasy).
• Rick Robinson – Catherine of Lyonesse (2014, Fantasy: Historical).
• Nilanjana Roy – The Wildings (2012, Fantasy).
• Shanna Swendson – Rebel Mechanics: All Is Fair in Love and Revolution (2015, Steampunk) and sequel: Rebel Magisters (2016).
• Jodi Taylor – Just One Damned Thing After Another (2013, Sci-Fi: Time Travel) and others in the Chronicles of St. Mary’s series: A Symphony of Echoes (2013), When a Child is Born (2013), Roman Holiday (2014), A Trail Through Time (2014), No Time Like the Past (2015), What Could Possibly Go Wrong? (2015).

Miscellaneous (Non-fiction, Graphic Novels, Poetry)

• Dennis L. Breo, William J. Martin & Bill Kinkle – The Crime of the Century: Richard Speck and the Murders That Shocked a Nation (2016, Non-Fiction: True Crime).
• Sy Montgomery – The Soul of an Octopus: A Surprising Exploration into the Wonder of Consciousness (2015, Non-Fiction: Nature).
• Gitta Sereny – Cries Unheard: Why Children Kill: The Story of Mary Bell (1998, Non-Fiction: True Crime).