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Homegoing by Yaa GyasiThe Underground Railroad by Colson WhiteheadThe Vegetarian by Han KangWhat Lies Between Us by Nayomi MunaweeraI Almost Forgot About You by Terry McMillan
Anticipated Literary Reads For Readers of Color 2016
9th out of 179 books — 156 voters
God Help the Child by Toni MorrisonLoving Day by Mat JohnsonShadowshaper by Daniel José OlderThe Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl by Issa RaeBetween the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates
Anticipated Literary Reads For Readers of Color 2015
15th out of 136 books — 169 voters

The Underground Railroad by Colson WhiteheadHomegoing by Yaa GyasiThe Book of Harlan by Bernice L. McFaddenLazaretto by Diane McKinney-WhetstoneWhat Is Not Yours Is Not Yours by Helen Oyeyemi
If The Yam Used In Sacrifice Does Not Die Prematurely, It Will Eventually Germinate: Forthcoming Books for 2016 by Authors of African Descent
3rd out of 90 books — 36 voters
God Help the Child by Toni MorrisonThe Sellout by Paul BeattyWelcome to Braggsville by T. Geronimo JohnsonOnly the Strong by Jabari AsimThe Book of Harlan by Bernice L. McFadden
There Is Sweetness In Bitter-Leaf, At The End: Forthcoming Books for 2015 by Authors of African Descent
5th out of 79 books — 46 voters

My Name Is Lucy Barton by Elizabeth StroutThe Summer Before the War by Helen SimonsonEligible by Curtis SittenfeldLilac Girls by Martha Hall KellyLily and the Octopus by Steven Rowley
Booklist Best Adult Fiction 2016 (Part 1 of 2)
74th out of 183 books — 171 voters
Push by SapphireThe Poet X by Elizabeth AcevedoHarlem Shuffle by Colson WhiteheadA Rage in Harlem by Chester HimesThe Autobiography of Malcolm X by Malcolm X
Books Set in Harlem, NYC
32nd out of 172 books — 22 voters

The Color Purple by Alice WalkerBeloved by Toni MorrisonKindred by Octavia E. ButlerAmericanah by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieThe Darkest Child by Delores Phillips
Contemporary Black Women's Literature
163rd out of 572 books — 238 voters
Born of Gilded Mountains by Amanda DykesThe Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. LewisAll the Light We Cannot See by Anthony DoerrThe Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann ShafferThe Book Thief by Markus Zusak
Fiction Set in 1940s
141st out of 268 books — 65 voters

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca SklootEat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth GilbertWhere the Crawdads Sing by Delia OwensThe Color Purple by Alice WalkerKindred by Octavia E. Butler
Awesome Books By Awesome Female Authors
19th out of 35 books — 3 voters
The Book of Harlan by Bernice L. McFaddenBreaking the Bias of English by Vivian ProbstThe Last Thing You Surrender by Leonard Pitts Jr.Trouble the Saints by Alaya Dawn JohnsonTumbling by Diane McKinney-Whetstone
Adult Historical Fiction Set in the 1940s By African-Americans
1st out of 9 books — 2 voters

What Happened In Vienna, Jack? by Daniel KempAmerican Spy by Lauren WilkinsonSparkles And Karim by Dave MooresRemembering Vietnam by Warren RobinsonAnywhen by Beth Duke
Military, War, and Espionage Fiction Published by African-Americans in Decade: 2010s
12th out of 12 books — 11 voters
The Book Thief by Markus ZusakThe Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniThe Nightingale by Kristin HannahDaisy Jones & The Six by Taylor Jenkins ReidOutlander by Diana Gabaldon
[ATY 2022] Historical Fiction
472nd out of 526 books — 113 voters

Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuistonAmericanah by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieThe Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. SchwabCrazy Rich Asians by Kevin KwanHomegoing by Yaa Gyasi
Popsugar 2021 #29 - A Book Set in Multiple Countries
285th out of 364 books — 233 voters
The Color Purple by Alice WalkerBeloved by Toni MorrisonKindred by Octavia E. ButlerI Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya AngelouThings Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe
Books by Black Authors
713th out of 913 books — 367 voters

Kindred by Octavia E. ButlerBeloved by Toni MorrisonThe Color Purple by Alice WalkerSnow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa SeeHalf of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
#ReadPOC: List of Historical Fiction by Authors of Color
167th out of 211 books — 35 voters
Shatter Me by Tahereh MafiDragonsong by Anne McCaffreyCinder by Marissa MeyerJazz by Toni MorrisonBring Up the Bodies by Hilary Mantel
Authors beginning with M
138th out of 268 books — 13 voters

Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieThe Good Lord Bird by James McBrideSalvage the Bones by Jesmyn WardWe Need New Names by NoViolet BulawayoWizard of the Crow by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o
Hurston/Wright Legacy Award Finalists/Nominees
26th out of 108 books — 21 voters
No One Can Pronounce My Name by Rakesh SatyalThe Book of Harlan by Bernice L. McFaddenLaRose by Louise ErdrichHomegoing by Yaa GyasiHere Comes the Sun by Nicole Y. Dennis-Benn
My Lit Box
2nd out of 43 books — 2 voters

A Court of Mist and Fury by Sarah J. MaasEmpire of Storms by Sarah J. MaasHarry Potter and the Cursed Child by J.K. RowlingCrooked Kingdom by Leigh BardugoLady Midnight by Cassandra Clare
Best Books of 2016
1201st out of 1,828 books — 2,779 voters
Poecabulary by Francis DiClementeThe Underground Railroad by Colson WhiteheadThe Mothers by Brit BennettCharcoal Joe by Walter MosleyThe Mother by Yvvette Edwards
2016's Best African American Literature
7th out of 36 books — 8 voters

A Man Called Ove by Fredrik BackmanThe Nightingale by Kristin HannahAll the Light We Cannot See by Anthony DoerrCareer of Evil by Robert GalbraithThe Nest by Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney
Born in the 1960s - What We've Read in 2016
311th out of 905 books — 48 voters
The Girl on the Train by Paula HawkinsThe Nightingale by Kristin HannahMe Before You by Jojo MoyesAll the Light We Cannot See by Anthony DoerrA Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman
2016: What Women Born In The 1970s Read in 2016
5632nd out of 6,060 books — 685 voters


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