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James by Percival EverettMartyr! by Kaveh AkbarBeautyland by Marie-Helene BertinoMargo's Got Money Troubles by Rufi ThorpeAnita de Monte Laughs Last by Xóchitl González
GoodReads Picks for Tournament of Books 2025
10th out of 76 books — 60 voters
Craft by Ananda LimaJames by Percival EverettThe Bullet Swallower by Elizabeth Gonzalez JamesWandering Stars by Tommy OrangeSwift River by Essie J. Chambers
Anticipated Literary Reads For Readers of Color 2024
15th out of 148 books — 35 voters

A Run at Love by Toni ShilohI Am the Dark That Answers When You Call by Jamison SheaStreetlight People by Charlene  ThomasA Love Song for Ricki Wilde by Tia WilliamsConvergence Problems by Wole Talabi
2024 Books by Black Authors
133rd out of 265 books — 75 voters
The Lunar Housewife by Caroline  WoodsEleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine by Gail HoneymanThe Midnight Library by Matt HaigShadow of Doubt by W.J. MayThe Rose Code by Kate Quinn
TBR Or Bust
117th out of 547 books — 37 voters

Funny Story by Emily HenryCheck & Mate by Ali HazelwoodNorth Woods by Daniel       MasonThe Women by Kristin HannahButcher & Blackbird by Brynne Weaver
2024: What Women Born in the 1980's are Reading in 2024
218th out of 1,061 books — 46 voters
Funny Story by Emily HenryIt Started with a Book by Camilla IsleyIt's Complicated by Camilla IsleyThe Love Algorithm by Camilla IsleyThe Rom-Commers by Katherine Center
[ATY 2024] Published in 2024
394th out of 474 books — 143 voters

The House in the Cerulean Sea by T.J. KluneMaisie Dobbs by Jacqueline WinspearFierce Invalids Home from Hot Climates by Tom RobbinsThe Telling Room by Michael PaternitiThe Lost Bookshop by Evie  Woods
Books to Escape
13th out of 21 books — 1 voter
Jane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëAnne of Green Gables by L.M. MontgomeryThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodMatilda by Roald DahlA Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett
Passing the Bechdel Test
270th out of 704 books — 86 voters

Little Women by Louisa May AlcottThe Help by Kathryn StockettThe Joy Luck Club by Amy TanThe Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk KiddCarrie by Stephen  King
Women-Centric
217th out of 386 books — 42 voters
The English Patient by Michael OndaatjeThe Quiet American by Graham GreeneSuite Française by Irène NémirovskyThe French Lieutenant’s Woman by John FowlesBalzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress by Dai Sijie
Nationality
574th out of 582 books — 46 voters

The Underground Railroad by Colson WhiteheadYellow Wife by Sadeqa  Johnson12 Years a Slave by Solomon NorthupMrs. Lincoln's Dressmaker by Jennifer ChiaveriniThe Spymistress by Jennifer Chiaverini
2026 Diva #16 - Shameful parts of US History
8th out of 96 books — 1 voter

The American Daughters by Maurice Carlos RuffinAmericanah by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieA Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled HosseiniThe Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniHomegoing by Yaa Gyasi
2026 Diva #19 - Inspires cultural awareness
1st out of 70 books — 1 voter
Cursed Daughters by Oyinkan BraithwaiteThe World Record Book of Racist Stories by Amber RuffinThe Bonesetter's Daughter by Amy TanThe Joy Luck Club by Amy TanBecoming by Michelle Obama
2026 Diva #42 - Written by BIPOC Author
20th out of 100 books — 2 voters