- An epistolary novel or collection of letters
- An alternate history novel
- A book by a woman and/or AOC (Author of Color) that won a literary award in 2018, The Great Believers, Rebecca Makkai
- A humor book, And Now We Have Everything, Meaghan O'Connell
- A book by a journalist or about journalism, Bad Blood, John Carreyrou
- A book by an AOC set in or about space
- An #ownvoices book set in Mexico or Central America
- An #ownvoices book set in Oceania, The Things She's Seen, Ambelin Kwaymullina, Ezekiel Kwaymullina
- A book published prior to January 1, 2019, with fewer than 100 reviews on Goodreads
- A translated book written by and/or translated by a woman, The Emissary, Yoko Tawada
- A book of manga
- A book in which an animal or inanimate object is a point-of-view character
- A book by or about someone that identifies as neurodiverse, The Lightning Thief, Rick Riordan
- A cozy mystery
- A book of mythology or folklore, The Lightning Thief, Rick Riordan
- An historical romance by an AOC
- A business book
- A novel by a trans or nonbinary author
- A book of nonviolent true crime, The Library Book, Susan Orlean
- A book written in prison (Cherry)
- A comic by an LGBTQIA creator. My Favorite Thing is Monsters, Emil Ferris
- A children’s or middle grade book (not YA) that has won a diversity award since 2009
- A self-published book
- A collection of poetry published since 2014
dec 12 2018 ∞
nov 12 2019 +