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DECEIT v. DECEIT by Vernon BaumrindThe Unwomanly Face of War by Svetlana AlexievichIn Other Words by Jhumpa LahiriVoices from Chernobyl by Svetlana AlexievichThe Second Sex by Simone de Beauvoir
Translated Non-Fiction by Women Authors
3rd out of 232 books — 39 voters
In Other Words by Jhumpa LahiriLiving with a Dead Language by Ann PattyThe Language Instinct by Steven PinkerStolen Words by Melanie FlorenceFour Seasons in Rome by Anthony Doerr
Books about learning a language
1st out of 15 books — 14 voters

Fahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyThe Thirteenth Tale by Diane SetterfieldMatilda by Roald DahlThe Bookish Life of Nina Hill by Abbi WaxmanMr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore by Robin Sloan
Popsugar 2020 - A book with a book on the cover
84th out of 441 books — 277 voters
When Breath Becomes Air by Paul KalanithiSwing Time by Zadie SmithShrill by Lindy WestConclave by Robert HarrisCity of Thorns by Ben Rawlence
Globe & Mail - The Globe 100 - Best Books of 2016
18th out of 112 books — 21 voters

Empire of Storms by Sarah J. MaasA Court of Mist and Fury by Sarah J. MaasLady Midnight by Cassandra ClareGlass Sword by Victoria AveyardThe Crown by Kiera Cass
The "Can't Wait" Books of 2016
627th out of 1,248 books — 4,489 voters
Dreaming in Hindi by Katherine Russell RichAll Strangers Are Kin by Zora O'NeillFrench Lessons by Alice KaplanIn Other Words by Jhumpa LahiriDreaming in Chinese by Deborah Fallows
language memoirs
3rd out of 31 books — 12 voters

These Is My Words by Nancy E. TurnerThe Right Word by Jen BryantMartin's Big Words by Doreen RappaportBest Little Word Book Ever by Richard ScarryThe Dictionary of Lost Words by Pip Williams
Wordy Titles
52nd out of 666 books — 35 voters
Like Water for Chocolate by Laura EsquivelThe Vegetarian by Han KangThe Summer Book by Tove JanssonMy Brilliant Friend by Elena FerranteThe Complete Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi
Task 10 #ReadHarder 2019
21st out of 172 books — 48 voters

Project Hail Mary by Andy WeirBorn a Crime by Trevor NoahFirekeeper's Daughter by Angeline BoulleyCemetery Boys by Aiden ThomasClap When You Land by Elizabeth Acevedo
Popsugar 2022 #42 - A book that features two languages
75th out of 181 books — 210 voters
Eats, Shoots & Leaves by Lynne TrussThe Mother Tongue by Bill BrysonThe Professor and the Madman by Simon WinchesterBecause Internet by Gretchen McCullochThe Elements of Style by William Strunk Jr.
Best Popular Language Books on Goodreads
49th out of 181 books — 37 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
1674th out of 7,749 books — 14,419 voters
Sister Outsider by Audre LordeBig Freedia by Big FreediaNarrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass by Frederick DouglassWild Swans by Jung ChangI Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
#ReadPOC: List of Nonfiction Books by Authors of Color
69th out of 421 books — 53 voters

In Other Words by Jhumpa LahiriRuby by Francesca Lia BlockThe Longest Day by Wendy PfefferJon Flora and the Odd Eyed Cat by Stella PevsnerNymph by Francesca Lia Block
Summer Solstice
1st out of 42 books — 4 voters
Blood River by Tim ButcherWinging It by Lia RussGRINGOS AND FLAMINGOS by Scott L. NelsonLucky by Scott NelsonThe Trigger by Tim Butcher
Literary Companions For The Wandering Feet
20th out of 98 books — 71 voters

In Dog Years I'd Be Dead by Jim DavisThe Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca SklootInto the Wild by Jon KrakauerCrying in H Mart by Michelle ZaunerThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank
Nonfiction I've Read
22nd out of 338 books — 9 voters
Translating Books at Home by Melchiore V. BuscemiTatiana by Martin Cruz SmithLa ciudad del saber by Aniceto Nuñez GarcíaMouse or Rat? by Umberto EcoAnd The Word Came With Power by Joanne Shetler
Books about Translating and Translators
9th out of 20 books — 5 voters

Reckless Traveler by Walter RheinThe Kurdish Bike by Alesa LightbourneOut of Africa by Isak DinesenThe Sex Lives of Cannibals by J. Maarten TroostA Moveable Feast by Ernest Hemingway
Ex-Pats
112th out of 142 books — 59 voters
Água Viva by Clarice LispectorThe Belly of Paris by Émile ZolaZeno's Conscience by Italo SvevoBend Sinister by Vladimir NabokovThe Double by José Saramago
Panacea
54th out of 100 books — 2 voters

East of Eden by John SteinbeckOnyx Storm by Rebecca YarrosIn Other Words by Jhumpa LahiriButter by Asako YuzukiStoner by John Williams
Twenty-Five
3rd out of 25 books — 1 voter
The Three-Body Problem by Liu CixinThe Dark Forest by Liu CixinFall of Civilizations by Paul M.M. CooperThe Fabric of Reality by David DeutschThe Beginning of Infinity by David Deutsch
Communitie Reads Mentions 05 Apr 25
22nd out of 45 books — 1 voter

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty SmithThe Elephants in My Backyard by Rajiv SurendraAmerican Born Chinese by Gene Luen YangHudson Taylor by Marshall BroomhallThe Lowland by Jhumpa Lahiri
Delicious 1st or 2nd Generation Fiction & Memoir
6th out of 19 books — 2 voters
The Namesake by Jhumpa LahiriInterpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa LahiriUnaccustomed Earth by Jhumpa LahiriThe Lowland by Jhumpa LahiriWhereabouts by Jhumpa Lahiri
Bengali Diaspora Authors
6th out of 11 books — 1 voter

Glass Sword by Victoria AveyardThe Big Brush-off by Michael MurphyEarth's End by Elise KovaStars Above by Marissa MeyerRiders by Veronica Rossi
February 2016 Releases
42nd out of 70 books — 188 voters
Whereabouts by Jhumpa LahiriIn Other Words by Jhumpa LahiriThe Idiot by Elif BatumanIl mare by Corrado AlvaroTies by Domenico Starnone
To Love a Language: On Jhumpa Lahiri’s Transformations
2nd out of 5 books — 1 voter

La Bella Figura by Beppe SevergniniPlanting Our World by Stefano MancusoPhytopolis by Stefano MancusoThere Are Places in the World Where Rules Are Less Important ... by Carlo RovelliInvisible Cities by Italo Calvino
Italianita - all things Italia
55th out of 62 books — 1 voter
Born a Crime by Trevor NoahYes Please by Amy PoehlerBossypants by Tina FeyThe Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil GaimanScrappy Little Nobody by Anna Kendrick
Audio Books Narrated By Their Authors
168th out of 253 books — 149 voters

The Vanishing Half by Brit BennettTranscendent Kingdom by Yaa GyasiThe Once and Future Witches by Alix E. HarrowTo All the Boys I've Loved Before by Jenny HanLittle Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng
Reading Women Challenge 2021 #19 Cover Designed by a Woman
37th out of 63 books — 22 voters
Like Water for Chocolate by Laura EsquivelLife of Pi by Yann MartelMy Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan BraithwaiteThe Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniThe Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro
Diversify Your Bookshelves
108th out of 150 books — 7 voters

Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia OwensLittle Fires Everywhere by Celeste NgThe Testaments by Margaret AtwoodSuch a Fun Age by Kiley ReidEducated by Tara Westover
2020: What People Born in the 1980's Have Read in 2020
1003rd out of 1,398 books — 145 voters
Bengali Harlem and the Lost Histories of South Asian America by Vivek BaldA Burning by Megha MajumdarGun Island by Amitav GhoshToo Much and Not the Mood by Durga Chew-BoseIs Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? by Mindy Kaling
Bengali North America
8th out of 9 books — 1 voter

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