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Counternarratives by John KeeneThe Story of the Lost Child by Elena FerranteThe Sympathizer by Viet Thanh NguyenOreo by Fran RossI Can Give You Anything But Love by Gary Indiana
50 Best Independent Press Books of 2015 (Flavorwire)
1st out of 51 books — 3 voters
Beloved by Toni MorrisonThe Bluest Eye by Toni MorrisonCitizen by Claudia RankineCane by Jean ToomerJazz by Toni Morrison
WHERE IS OUR BLACK AVANT GARDE?
12th out of 30 books — 29 voters

The Color Purple by Alice WalkerGiovanni’s Room by James BaldwinZami by Audre LordeAristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire SáenzSister Outsider by Audre Lorde
Books by LGBTQ People of Color
166th out of 507 books — 143 voters
Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieNever Let Me Go by Kazuo IshiguroThe God of Small Things by Arundhati RoyBetween the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi CoatesA Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry
Lithub's Most Important Books of the Last Twenty Years
36th out of 120 books — 40 voters

Solar Bones by Mike McCormackDie, My Love by Ariana HarwiczThe Gallows Pole by Benjamin MyersWe That Are Young by Preti TanejaAttrib. and other stories by Eley Williams
Republic of Consciousness - UK - Longlisters
12th out of 102 books — 16 voters
Maurice by E.M. ForsterTales of the City by Armistead MaupinA Single Man by Christopher IsherwoodTigers and Devils by Sean KennedyGiovanni’s Room by James Baldwin
Gay Fiction by Men
294th out of 553 books — 242 voters

The Rings of Saturn by W.G. SebaldLabyrinths by Jorge Luis BorgesThe Hour of the Star by Clarice LispectorJourney to the End of the Night by Louis-Ferdinand CélineSatantango by László Krasznahorkai
Best New Directions Books
165th out of 262 books — 179 voters
Counternarratives by John KeeneAttrib. and other stories by Eley WilliamsMurmur by Will EavesLucia by Alex PhebyAnimalia by Jean-Baptiste Del Amo
Republic of Consciousness Prize winners
1st out of 7 books — 1 voter

Half an Inch of Water by Percival EverettRecurrence Plot by Rasheedah PhillipsMeet Behind Mars by Renee SimmsA Lucky Man by Jamel BrinkleyFor Other Ghosts by Donald Quist
Short Story Collections by African-Americans Published in Decade: 2010s
7th out of 34 books — 1 voter
30 Years Behind Bars by Karen GedneyForbidden by Beverly JenkinsThe Marrow of Tradition by Charles W. ChesnuttBuffalo Soldier. by William HeumanHomegoing by Yaa Gyasi
Post-civil war experience of Black Americans Book List
12th out of 26 books — 11 voters

A Day with Uncle Bembe by Kimberly GordonThe Bluest Eye by Toni MorrisonJazz by Toni MorrisonParable of the Sower by Octavia E. ButlerAssata by Assata Shakur
Black Agenda Report Book Forum : Summer 2020 Reading List
12th out of 51 books — 6 voters
Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur GoldenGone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellThe Pillars of the Earth by Ken FollettThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakThe Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa Gregory
Best Historical Fiction
6122nd out of 7,491 books — 25,684 voters

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. RowlingThe Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsThe Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakHarry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling
Best Books of the 21st Century
6634th out of 9,849 books — 22,120 voters
The Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsPride and Prejudice by Jane AustenTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeHarry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. RowlingThe Book Thief by Markus Zusak
Best Books Ever
67654th out of 76,943 books — 286,330 voters

The Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakThe Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniHarry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone by J.K. RowlingA Story of Yesterday by Sergio Cobo
Books That Exceeded Your Expectations
11497th out of 15,187 books — 16,794 voters
The Fault in Our Stars by John GreenMockingjay by Suzanne CollinsDivergent by Veronica RothGone Girl by Gillian FlynnThe Martian by Andy Weir
Best Books of the Decade: 2010s
4873rd out of 7,705 books — 14,256 voters

Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire SáenzThe Song of Achilles by Madeline MillerThe Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar WildeThe Color Purple by Alice WalkerCall Me By Your Name by André Aciman
Best LGBTQIA literature
1508th out of 1,781 books — 2,175 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
52nd out of 89 books — 47 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
23043rd out of 31,961 books — 121,326 voters
A Rising Man by Abir MukherjeeHow to Survive a Plague by David FranceMend the Living by Maylis de KerangalI Contain Multitudes by Ed YongThe Tidal Zone by Sarah Moss
2017 Book Prize Shortlists
13th out of 19 books — 3 voters

Disintegration by Richard ThomasGutshot by Amelia GrayThe Sympathizer by Viet Thanh NguyenA Little Life by Hanya YanagiharaThe Pulse Between Dimensions and the Desert by Rios de la Luz
Entropy Magazine's Best Fiction of 2015
11th out of 48 books — 5 voters
Balm by Dolen Perkins-ValdezPleasantville by Attica LockeGod Help the Child by Toni MorrisonThe Turner House by Angela FlournoyThe Sellout by Paul Beatty
2015's Best African American Literature
30th out of 33 books — 18 voters

What Went Missing and What Got Found by Fatima ShaikDrinking Coffee Elsewhere by Z.Z. PackerBefore You Suffocate Your Own Fool Self by Danielle EvansThe Best of Simple by Langston HughesAll Aunt Hagar's Children by Edward P. Jones
Great African American Short Story Collections
100th out of 132 books — 62 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
117th out of 136 books — 169 voters


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