"Honey & Spice" by Bolu Babalola ($18)
- What it's about: This book tells the story of a college student named Kiki who hosts a radio show about relationships — and is specifically known for her advice on how to avoid bad ones. But when she impulsively kisses a boy she publicly criticized on the show, she finds herself forced to salvage her reputation as her college's resident love guru while dealing with unexpected romantic feelings.
- What Witherspoon says: "It's all about a young British black woman named Kiki with a ton of ambition. She wants to land an internship in NYC, but she needs to grow the audience for her radio show and work with another student on a film. This other student is Malakai . . . and we all know where this is going."