The Sympathizer by Viet Thanh NguyenAbsolutely Nothing by Mark A. CooperThe Deep Green Sea by Robert Olen ButlerHere Comes the Sun by Leza LowitzThe Best We Could Do by Thi Bui
Books on Amerasian Children
4th out of 16 books — 9 voters
The Milk of Female Kindness by Kasia JamesHow Eskimos Keep Their Babies Warm by Mei-Ling HopgoodBattle Hymn of the Tiger Mother by Amy  ChuaCall Me Okaasan by Suzanne KamataThe Blue Jay's Dance by Louise Erdrich
Multicultural Motherhood
9th out of 35 books — 24 voters

The Syrian Virgin by Zack LoveAnissa's Redemption by Zack LoveJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëThe Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre DumasFar from the Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy
Best Books on Hope and Courage
15th out of 37 books — 32 voters

Kisses from Katie by Katie Davis MajorsA Forest of Doors by L.A. MuseAdopted for Life by Russell D. MooreA Long Way Gone by Ishmael BeahPassport through Darkness by Kimberly L. Smith
Best Books About Orphan Care & Adoption
31st out of 126 books — 79 voters
The Book Thief by Markus ZusakOne for the Murphys by Lynda Mullaly HuntAnne of Green Gables by L.M. MontgomeryWhite Oleander by Janet FitchThree Little Words by Ashley Rhodes-Courter
Kids in Foster Care
122nd out of 393 books — 176 voters

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingThe Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson BurnettAnne of Green Gables by L.M. MontgomeryJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëA Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett
Orphans
267th out of 725 books — 239 voters
The Meyersons of Meryton by Mirta Ines TruppDestiny by Design- Leah's Journey by Mirta Ines TruppBecoming Malka by Mirta Ines TruppHere Comes the Sun by Leza LowitzThe Truth About My Bat Mitzvah by Nora Raleigh Baskin
Books for Multicultural Jewish Families
4th out of 29 books — 19 voters

Becoming Malka by Mirta Ines TruppThe Meyersons of Meryton by Mirta Ines TruppJews and Words by Amos OzWith Love, The Argentina Family by Mirta Ines TruppDestiny by Design- Leah's Journey by Mirta Ines Trupp
Jewish Culture
23rd out of 139 books — 47 voters
Becoming Malka by Mirta Ines TruppWith Love, The Argentina Family by Mirta Ines TruppLa Sainte Bible by AnonymousThe Nazi, the Princess, and the Shoemaker by Scott M. NeumanThe Meyersons of Meryton by Mirta Ines Trupp
Jewish Books That Inspire
29th out of 77 books — 43 voters

Holy Bible by AnonymousThe Prayer of Jabez by Bruce H. WilkinsonThis Divine Mystery by Laura Taylor CoxTithing and Giving by J.A.    CoxPrayer by Richard J. Foster
Best Books on Prayer
46th out of 227 books — 118 voters
The Chosen by Chaim PotokThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakThe Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael ChabonMy Name Is Asher Lev by Chaim PotokThe Red Tent by Anita Diamant
Jews in Literature
272nd out of 885 books — 312 voters

Ishi in Two Worlds by Theodora KroeberSan Francisco's Forgotten Cemeteries by Beth WinegarnerThe World Rushed In by J.S. HollidayHistoric San Francisco by Rand RichardsSeason of the Witch by David Talbot
Northern Californian history (nonfiction)
22nd out of 123 books — 36 voters
Good Lookin' by T.L. BequetteTelegraph Avenue by Michael ChabonLoose Change by Sara DavidsonLaura Dean Keeps Breaking Up with Me by Mariko TamakiAt Berkeley in the Sixties by Jo Freeman
Berkeley, California
29th out of 173 books — 27 voters

The End of Miracles by Monica StarkmanWaiting for Daisy by Peggy OrensteinMoondance by Diane   ChandlerNot Pregnant by Karina SavarynaSilent Sorority by Pamela Mahoney Tsigdinos
Infertility
16th out of 69 books — 66 voters
The Brave Art of Motherhood by Rachel Marie  MartinStrong As a Mother by Kate RopeBelly Laughs by Jenny McCarthyThe Second Nine Months by Vicki GlembockiOperating Instructions by Anne Lamott
Motherhood
50th out of 262 books — 220 voters

The Alchemist by Paulo CoelhoSocialism Is Dead! Long Live Socialism! by Todor BombovThe Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-ExupéryThe Cosmic Experience of One by Jasun EtherLiving Fearless by Jamie Winship
Inspiring Books
2331st out of 4,841 books — 3,666 voters
Into the Wild by Jon KrakauerA Walk in the Woods by Bill BrysonWild by Cheryl StrayedEat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth GilbertInto Thin Air by Jon Krakauer
Ultimate Backpacking Novels
222nd out of 481 books — 1,146 voters

Siddhartha by Hermann HesseThe Power of Now by Eckhart TolleThe Ultimate Human Secrets - The Hidden Power in our Mysterio... by Ramzi NajjarThe Alchemist by Paulo CoelhoThe You Beyond You by Ramzi Najjar
Spirituality & Psychology
151st out of 533 books — 526 voters
Yokohama Yankee by Leslie HelmHere Comes the Sun by Leza LowitzRefuge of the Honored by Yasuhito KinoshitaCrested Kimono by Matthews Masayuki HamabataChanging cultures, changing lives by Christie W. Kiefer
Japanese Ethnography
2nd out of 16 books — 3 voters

Norwegian Wood by Haruki MurakamiTokyo Vice by Jake AdelsteinConvenience Store Woman by Sayaka MurataUnderground by Haruki MurakamiThe Devotion of Suspect X by Keigo Higashino
Understanding Modern Japan
30th out of 104 books — 39 voters
The White Man and the Pachinko Girl by Vann ChowHokkaido Highway Blues by Will FergusonGeisha, a Life by Mineko IwasakiNeon Pilgrim by Lisa DempsterJapanland by Karin Muller
Japanese Life & Culture
20th out of 114 books — 39 voters

Night by Elie WieselThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakThe Red Tent by Anita DiamantThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankExodus by Leon Uris
Jewish Fiction And Literature
291st out of 748 books — 264 voters
Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur GoldenShōgun by James ClavellNorwegian Wood by Haruki MurakamiThe Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki MurakamiTokyo Vice by Jake Adelstein
Best Books About Japan
189th out of 517 books — 359 voters

Yoga Bitch by Suzanne MorrisonPoser by Claire DedererHoly Cow by Sarah MacdonaldMisadventures of a Garden State Yogi by Brian LeafYoga School Dropout by Lucy Edge
Best yoga memoirs
23rd out of 38 books — 77 voters
The Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankEat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth GilbertJourney to the West by Biao  Wang
Life in a Foreign Country
190th out of 813 books — 416 voters

Another Place at the Table by Kathy HarrisonThe Girls Who Went Away by Ann FesslerThree Little Words by Ashley Rhodes-CourterThe Connected Child by Karyn PurvisThe Brightness of Stars by Lisa  Cherry
Non-Fiction Books about Adoption/Foster Care
147th out of 495 books — 288 voters