The 66 Most Acclaimed Books of 2014

The acclaimed books on this list have earned multiple honors including; winning an award; making our bestseller’s list, or being selected for inclusion on prominent book club’s reading lists. This list will continuously evolve as we incorporate additional sources to help readers discover excellent books. Print the 2014 reading list, view of collage of 2014’s books, view the complete list from all the years, and enjoy ♥

Fiction – Nonfiction – Children’s – Poetry

32 Fiction Books

An Untamed State

Forty Acres: A Novel

The Good Lord Bird

Easier Said Than Done

A Deeper Love Inside

Queen Sugar

Paradise

Til The Well Runs Dry

Pepperpot: Best New Stories from the Caribbean

A Wanted Woman

Nine Years Under

The Residue Years

The Replacement Wife

A Letter for My Mother

Momma: Gone

Troublemaker

The Prodigal Son (Reverend Curtis Black #11)

Land Of Love And Drowning

Unforgettable

Searching for Zion

What’s Done In the Dark

Boy, Snow, Bird: A Novel

Hold Me In Contempt

Fortune & Fame

The Fix

Claire Of The Sea Light

Forever An Ex

My Steps Are Ordered

All Our Names

Every Day Is For The Thief: Fiction

Citizens Creek: A Novel

Black Lotus

17 Nonfiction Books (top)

Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption

Life in Motion: An Unlikely Ballerina

Mayor For Life: The Incredible Story of Marion Barry Jr.

Fire Shut Up In My Bones

Ebony and Ivy: Race, Slavery, and the Troubled History of America’s Universities

10-Day Green Smoothie Cleanse

Unbreak My Heart: A Memoir

Dorothy Porter Wesley At Howard University: Building A Legacy Of Black History

Who We Be: The Colorization of America

Afro-Vegan: Farm-Fresh African, Caribbean, and Southern Flavors Remix

Rainbow in the Cloud: The Wisdom and Spirit of Maya Angelou

James Baldwin The Last Interview: and Other Conversations

Yearning: Race, Gender, and Cultural Politics

Justice While Black: Helping African-American Families Navigate and Survive the Criminal Justice System

The Man from Essence: Creating a Magazine for Black Women

Act Like a Success, Think Like a Success: Discovering Your Gift and the Way to Life’s Riches

Bad Feminist: Essays

14 Children’s Books (top)

Brown Girl Dreaming

The Crossover

Firebird

Beautiful Moon: A Child’s Prayer

Malcolm Little: The Boy Who Grew Up To Become Malcolm X

Little Melba And Her Big Trombone

Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice

One Million Men And Me

Little Lion Goes to School

Searching For Sarah Rector: The Richest Black Girl In America

Separate Is Never Equal: Sylvia Mendez and Her Family’s Fight for Desegregation

Freedom Summer: Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the Freedom Summer

Josephine: The Dazzling Life Of Josephine Baker

Anna Carries Water

3 Poetry Books (top)

Citizen: An American Lyric

Digest (Stahlecker Selections)

We Didn’t Know Any Gangsters