(kindly update; details are not confirmed) Middlesex (won Pulitzer Prize, explores the intersex experience), The Marriage Plot (explores the complexities of relationships post-college).

(kindly update; details are not confirmed) A Visit from the Goon Squad (won Pulitzer Prize, a portrait of contemporary life through interconnected characters), Manhattan Beach (a historical novel set during WWII).

(kindly update; details are not confirmed) A Strange Loop (won Pulitzer Prize, a musical about a Black gay man writing a musical about himself), White Girl in Danger (explores American identity and social issues).

(kindly update; details are not confirmed) Fates and Furies (examines a marriage from two perspectives), Matrix (a historical novel about the life of a 12th-century nun).

(kindly update; details are not confirmed) Sing, Unburied, Sing (won National Book Award, explores race and family in the South), Salvage the Bones (a novel set during Hurricane Katrina).

(kindly update; details are not confirmed) The Underground Railroad (won Pulitzer Prize, reimagines the underground railroad), The Nickel Boys (addresses racial injustice in a reform school).

(kindly update; details are not confirmed) American Pastoral (won Pulitzer Prize, about a family torn apart by social upheaval), Portnoy's Complaint (a comic yet poignant examination of identity and sexuality).

(kindly update; details are not confirmed) Lincoln in the Bardo (won Booker Prize, a ghostly tale about the death of Abraham Lincoln’s son), Tenth of December (a collection of short stories).

(kindly update; details are not confirmed) An American Marriage (a story of race, love, and injustice in modern America), Leaving Atlanta (about the Atlanta child murders).

(kindly update; details are not confirmed) The Orphan's Tale (a North Korean man’s journey to escape oppression), Fortune Smiles (a collection of short stories exploring difficult subjects).