Year-End Lists

Black in Blues

• Nonfiction 2025: Kirkus: Kirkus Prize Finalist
• Top 10 Favorite Books of 2025: Chicago Public Library
• The Best Nonfiction of 2025: BookPage
• Top Books of 2025: Traci Thomas: WBUR: Here & Now Nonfiction
• Best Nonfiction of 2025: Electric Lit Additional Favorite Nonfiction
• The 44 Best Books of 2024: Harper’s Bazaar
• The 100 Must-Read Books of 2025: Time Nonfiction

South to America

• Nonfiction 2022: National Book Award Won

• 2 The 10 Best Nonfiction Books of 2022: Annabel Gutterman: Time
• 26 The Best Nonfiction Books of 2022: Esquire
• 42 The Best Books of 2022: Esquire
• 42 Our Favorite Books of 2022: Oprah Daily

• Best Books of 2022: Traci Thomas: The Stacks Podcast
• The 10 Best Books of 2022: Christopher Borrelli: Chicago Tribune
• Favorite Books of 2022: Barack Obama
• Best Nonfiction of 2022: BookPage
• Favorite Nonfiction Books of 2022: Electric Lit Other Favorite Nonfiction Books of the Year

Looking for Lorraine

• 20 Best Books of 2018: BuzzFeed Nonfiction

• Nonfiction 2019: Carnegie Medal Longlisted
• 100 Notable Books of 2018: New York Times Nonfiction