The Color Purple by Alice WalkerTheir Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale HurstonBeloved by Toni MorrisonThe Autobiography of Malcolm X by Malcolm XInvisible Man by Ralph Ellison
Best African American Books
29th out of 1,043 books — 1,140 voters
The New Jim Crow by Michelle AlexanderBetween the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi CoatesThe Autobiography of Malcolm X by Malcolm XBury My Heart at Wounded Knee by Dee BrownThe Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
Books White People Need to Read
51st out of 1,349 books — 1,590 voters

The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankThe Glass Castle by Jeannette WallsI Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya AngelouEat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth GilbertPersepolis by Marjane Satrapi
Memoirs by Women
52nd out of 3,075 books — 3,101 voters
The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodWe Should All Be Feminists by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieA Room of One’s Own by Virginia WoolfThe Second Sex by Simone de BeauvoirBad Feminist by Roxane Gay
Women & Gender Studies
82nd out of 1,466 books — 549 voters

The Autobiography of Malcolm X by Malcolm XI Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya AngelouNarrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass by Frederick DouglassDreams from My Father by Barack ObamaBlack Boy by Richard Wright
African American Lives
13th out of 462 books — 209 voters
Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale HurstonThe Color Purple by Alice WalkerBeloved by Toni MorrisonI Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya AngelouA Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry
The ZORA Canon: The 100 greatest books ever written by African American women
27th out of 100 books — 206 voters

The New Jim Crow by Michelle AlexanderBetween the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi CoatesThe Autobiography of Malcolm X by Malcolm XInvisible Man by Ralph EllisonThe Fire Next Time by James Baldwin
#BlackLivesMatter Reading List
31st out of 625 books — 289 voters
A Room of One’s Own by Virginia WoolfThe Purity Myth by Jessica ValentiFeminism Is for Everybody by bell hooksYes Means Yes! by Jaclyn FriedmanThe Vagina Monologues by V (formerly Eve Ensler)
The Ms. Blog's Best Feminist Non-Fiction Reads: Reader's Choice
51st out of 589 books — 443 voters

The Prince by Niccolò MachiavelliAnd Still I Rise by Maya AngelouThe Art of War by Sun TzuAll God's Children by Fox ButterfieldThe Life And Words Of Martin Luther King Jr. by Ira Peck
Books Read by Tupac Shakur
12th out of 86 books — 76 voters
The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodThe Bell Jar by Sylvia PlathJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëA Room of One’s Own by Virginia WoolfThe Second Sex by Simone de Beauvoir
Best Feminist Books
380th out of 2,615 books — 3,595 voters

Words of Radiance by Brandon SandersonHarry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. RowlingFourth Wing by Rebecca YarrosCrooked Kingdom by Leigh BardugoA Court of Mist and Fury by Sarah J. Maas
Goodreads Top 100 - Highest Rated Books on Goodreads with at least 10,000 Ratings
50th out of 127 books — 1,151 voters
The Autobiography of Malcolm X by Malcolm XI Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya AngelouTheir Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale HurstonThe Color Purple by Alice WalkerRoots by Alex Haley
Books That Every African American Should Read (Huffington Post List)
50th out of 181 books — 210 voters

Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale HurstonThe Color Purple by Alice WalkerFor Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rain... by Ntozake ShangeBeloved by Toni MorrisonSula by Toni Morrison
Lemonade Syllabus - A Collection of Works Celebrating Black Womanhood. Inspired by Beyonce
16th out of 225 books — 73 voters
Black Indian by Shonda BuchananI Am Malala by Malala YousafzaiWe Should All Be Feminists by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieAssata by Assata ShakurWounds of Passion by bell hooks
Women of Color (Biographies and Autobiographies)
4th out of 260 books — 32 voters

Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale HurstonI Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya AngelouBeloved by Toni MorrisonThe Color Purple by Alice WalkerHalf of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
100 Books by Black Women Everyone Should Read
30th out of 103 books — 56 voters
The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankNight by Elie WieselI Am Malala by Malala YousafzaiThe Glass Castle by Jeannette WallsUnbroken by Laura Hillenbrand
100 Biographies & Memoirs to Read in a Lifetime: Readers' Picks
251st out of 1,879 books — 1,782 voters

The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood1984 by George OrwellThe New Jim Crow by Michelle AlexanderFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyBetween the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates
The Post-Trump Big Questions Canon
75th out of 521 books — 275 voters
The Lover by Marguerite DurasKindred by Octavia E. ButlerThe Piano Teacher by Elfriede JelinekSister Outsider by Audre LordeVoyage in the Dark by Jean Rhys
Staff picks: Feminist books for International Women’s Day
16th out of 42 books — 47 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee1984 by George OrwellPride and Prejudice by Jane AustenThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling
100 Books to Read in a Lifetime: Readers' Picks
5051st out of 15,640 books — 17,958 voters
Assata by Assata ShakurBlood in My Eye by George L. JacksonIf They Come in the Morning by Angela Y. DavisAfeni Shakur by Jasmine GuyRevolutionary Suicide by Huey P. Newton
Black Panthers Speak
1st out of 18 books — 5 voters

Women, Race & Class by Angela Y. DavisAin't I a Woman by bell hooksAssata by Assata ShakurSister Outsider by Audre LordeSisters in the Struggle by Bettye Collier-Thomas
Books from MHP's Black Feminism Syllabus
3rd out of 34 books — 11 voters
Are Prisons Obsolete? by Angela Y. DavisThe New Jim Crow by Michelle AlexanderJust Mercy by Bryan StevensonPushout by Monique W. MorrisResistance Behind Bars by Victoria Law
Prison History & Theory
14th out of 139 books — 58 voters

Diary of a Freedom Writer by Darrius GarrettWhite Lines by Tracy BrownAssata by Assata ShakurThe Girl Who Played with Fire by Stieg LarssonThe Million Dollar Divorce by R.M. Johnson
52 books a year
3rd out of 42 books — 23 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeePride and Prejudice by Jane AustenThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank1984 by George OrwellAnimal Farm by George Orwell
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
6249th out of 31,966 books — 121,369 voters

Becoming by Michelle ObamaLove, Activism, and the Respectable Life of Alice Dunbar-Nelson by Tara T. GreenSee Me Naked by Tara T. Green#SayHerName by Kimberlé CrenshawThe Mother of Black Hollywood by Jenifer Lewis
Black Women: Biography, Autobiography, Personal Essays, and Memoir (nonfiction)
8th out of 374 books — 44 voters
The Green Mile by Stephen KingDifferent Seasons by Stephen KingPapillon by Henri CharrièreThe Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre DumasIn Cold Blood by Truman Capote
Prison Books
44th out of 528 books — 247 voters

The Warner Loughlin Technique by Warner LoughlinActor for Life by Connie de VeerBraiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall KimmererSmoke Gets in Your Eyes & Other Lessons from the Crematory by Caitlin DoughtyThe Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
Nonfiction by Female Authors
9th out of 363 books — 62 voters
The New Jim Crow by Michelle AlexanderBetween the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi CoatesBeloved by Toni MorrisonThe Warmth of Other Suns by Isabel WilkersonThe Fire Next Time by James Baldwin
#CharlestonSyllabus
28th out of 188 books — 83 voters

The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankCatherine the Great by Robert K. MassieMarie Antoinette by Antonia FraserThe Six Wives of Henry VIII by Alison WeirEleanor of Aquitaine by Alison Weir
Female Biographies
219th out of 1,251 books — 413 voters
Buses Are a Comin' by Charles PersonA Place at the Nayarit by Natalia MolinaAnd a Voice to Sing With by Joan BaezOutlaw Woman by Roxanne Dunbar-OrtizHouse of Diggs by Marion Orr
Sixties Memoirs & Biographies (nonfiction)
6th out of 174 books — 37 voters

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