- Black, white and Jewish, autobiography of a shifting self, by Rebecca Walker
- Bone Black, memories of girlhood, Bell Hooks
- Somebody's daughter, a memoir, Ashley C. Ford
- Extraordinary, ordinary people, a memoir of family, Condoleezza Rice
- Tough love, my story of the things worth fighting for, Susan E. Rice
- Leslie f*cking Jones, a memoir, Leslie Jones ; foreword by Chris Rock
- Black women will save the world, an anthem, April Ryan
- Hidden figures, the true story of four black women and the space race, by Margot Lee Shetterly with Winifred Conkling ; illustrated by Laura Freeman
- Ida B. the queen, the extraordinary life and legacy of Ida B. Wells, Michelle Duster and Hannah Giorgis
- The grace of silence, Michele Norris
- Harriet Tubman, imagining a life, Beverly Lowry
- All that she carried, the journey of Ashley's sack, a black family keepsake, Tiya Miles
- Ida B. the queen, the extraordinary life and legacy of Ida B. Wells, Michelle Duster
- Scared silent, the Mildred Muhammad story: a memoir, Mildred Muhammad
- Hunger, a memoir of (my) body, Roxane Gay
- Rebecca's revival, creating Black Christianity in the Atlantic world, Jon F. Sensbach
- Michelle Obama, a life, Peter Slevin
- Stitch by stitch, Elizabeth Hobbs Keckly sews her way to freedom, by Connie Schofield-Morrison ; illustrated by Elizabeth Zunon
- The heart of a woman, Maya Angelou
- Leaving Breezy street, a memoir, Brenda Myers-Powell, with April Reynolds
- Finding me, by Viola Davis
- She came to slay, the life and times of Harriet Tubman, Erica Armstrong Dunbar
- Harriet Tubman, the road to freedom, by Catherine Clinton
- When they call you a terrorist, a Black Lives Matter memoir, Patrisse Khan-Cullors and Asha Bandele ; [with a foreword by Angela Davis]
- Mrs. Lincoln and Mrs. Keckly, the remarkable story of the friendship between a first lady and a former slave, Jennifer Fleischner
- The other side of yet, finding light in the midst of darkness, Michelle D. Hord
- Unfollow me, essays on complicity, Jill Louise Busby
- Fruit punch, a memoir, Kendra Allen
- Notable Black American women, Jessie Carney Smith, editor
- Black chameleon, memory, womanhood, and myth, Deborah D.E.E.P. Mouton
- The love prison made (and unmade), my story, Ebony Roberts
- Finding my voice, my journey to the West Wing and the path forward, Valerie Jarrett
- Harriet Tubman, conductor on the Underground Railroad, Ann Petry
- Somebody's daughter, a memoir, Ashley C. Ford
- Never caught, the Washingtons' relentless pursuit of their runaway slave, Ona Judge, Erica Armstrong Dunbar
- Drop the ball, achieving more by doing less, Tiffany Dufu ; foreword by Gloria Steinem
- Constructing a nervous system, a memoir, Margo Jefferson
- Serena Williams, tennis champion, sports legend, and cultural heroine, Merlisa Lawrence Corbett
- Mama bear, one black mother's fight for her child's life and her own, Shirley Smith ; with Zelda Lockhart
- Hidden figures, the American dream and the untold story of the Black women mathematicians who helped win the space race, Margot Lee Shetterly
- A woman's war, the professional and personal journey of the Navy's first African American female intelligence officer, Gail Harris ; with Pam McLaughlin
- Michelle, a biography, Liza Mundy
- Born bright, a young girl's journey from nothing to something in America, C. Nicole Mason
- When they call you a terrorist, a story of Black Lives Matter and the power to change the world, Patrisse Khan-Cullors and Asha Bandele ; adapted with Benee Knauer
- A century and some change, my life before the president called my name, Ann Nixon Cooper with Karen Grigsby Bates
- Ida, a sword among lions : Ida B. Wells and the campaign against lynching, Paula J. Giddings
- Growing up X, Ilyasah Shabazz with Kim McLarin
- Passing strange, a Gilded Age tale of love and deception across the color line, Martha A. Sandweiss
- If the creek don't rise, my life out West with the last Black widow of the Civil War, Rita Williams
- Grace will lead me home, Robin Givens