The Latehomecomer

Book cover: author name and book title in the upper right corner against a blue background with calligraphy style clouds
Kao Kalia
Yang

The Beautiful Things That Heaven Bears

Book cover: title in black author name in yellow again a green-blue brushed background sky and dark mountains
Dinaw
Mengestu

Station Eleven

Book cover: title and author name in white over a background of large night sky and canvas tents illuminated from within behind a stone wall
Emily St. John
Mandel

Silver Sparrow

Book cover: Author name in blue, title in red-brown, over nicely dressed half visible african american girl
Tayari
Jones

Into the Beautiful North

Book cover with title in red and author name in yellowm over a pencil drawing of an alluring woman in half-profile
Luis Alberto
Urrea

In the Shadow of the Banyan

Book cover: author name and title in red serif type over a yellow background of an orange watercolor of a banyan tree
Vaddey
Ratner

How We Became Human

Book cover with title and author name over an aerial shot of three native american dancers in eagle costumes moving in a line from right to left
Joy
Harjo

Everything I Never Told You

Book cover with brushed white lettering for title and author name against an aerial view of deep blue water with a women swimming
Celeste
Ng

Gilead

Book cover with title and author in black type again a background of faded panels of a wooden door
Marilynne
Robinson

Citizen: An American Lyric

White book cover with title and author in bold black type with a hood place in the top center. Also a seal with National Book Award Finalist
Claudia
Rankine