The Autobiography of Malcolm X by Malcolm XTheir Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale HurstonThe Color Purple by Alice WalkerThe Bluest Eye by Toni MorrisonThe Souls of Black Folk by W.E.B. Du Bois
African American Books That Changed Our Lives
34th out of 125 books — 170 voters
The New Jim Crow by Michelle AlexanderBetween the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi CoatesThe Autobiography of Malcolm X by Malcolm XBury My Heart at Wounded Knee by Dee BrownThe Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
Books White People Need to Read
304th out of 1,349 books — 1,590 voters

The New Jim Crow by Michelle AlexanderBetween the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi CoatesThe Autobiography of Malcolm X by Malcolm XInvisible Man by Ralph EllisonThe Fire Next Time by James Baldwin
#BlackLivesMatter Reading List
96th out of 625 books — 289 voters
The Six Wives of Henry VIII by Alison WeirWomen's Work by Elizabeth Wayland BarberCleopatra by Stacy SchiffSex with Kings by Eleanor HermanShe-Wolves by Helen Castor
Women's History Written By Women
125th out of 975 books — 192 voters

The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodWe Should All Be Feminists by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieA Room of One’s Own by Virginia WoolfThe Second Sex by Simone de BeauvoirBad Feminist by Roxane Gay
Women & Gender Studies
312th out of 1,466 books — 549 voters
This Bridge Called My Back by Cherríe L. MoragaBorderlands/La Frontera by Gloria E. AnzaldúaBlack Feminist Thought by Patricia Hill CollinsSister Citizen by Melissa V. Harris-PerrySister Outsider by Audre Lorde
Feminist Books by Women of Color
23rd out of 170 books — 39 voters

My Whirlwind Lives by Dee Charles KnightTestament of Youth by Vera BrittainHet Achterhuis by Anne FrankVirginia Woolf by Hermione LeeCall the Midwife by Jennifer Worth
Herstory
42nd out of 590 books — 99 voters
The Autobiography of Malcolm X by Malcolm XWolf Hustle by Cin FabréThe Souls of Black Folk by W.E.B. Du BoisSet the Night on Fire by Mike DavisThe New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander
Best Books on African American Studies (nonfiction)
63rd out of 248 books — 141 voters

Women, Race & Class by Angela Y. DavisAin't I a Woman by bell hooksAssata by Assata ShakurSister Outsider by Audre LordeSisters in the Struggle by Bettye Collier-Thomas
Books from MHP's Black Feminism Syllabus
6th out of 34 books — 11 voters
Pornography by Andrea DworkinThis Bridge Called My Back by Cherríe L. MoragaRight-Wing Women by Andrea DworkinIntercourse by Andrea DworkinThe Dialectic of Sex by Shulamith Firestone
Radical Feminist Texts
227th out of 296 books — 100 voters

Beloved by Toni MorrisonTheir Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale HurstonI Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya AngelouThe Color Purple by Alice WalkerSong of Solomon by Toni Morrison
The Zora Canon | 100 Best Books by Black Women Authors
39th out of 100 books — 11 voters
The Fire Next Time by James BaldwinThe Half Has Never Been Told by Edward E. BaptistBattle Cry of Freedom by James M. McPhersonRacecraft by Karen E. FieldsWhen and Where I Enter by Paula J. Giddings
Ta-Nehisi Coates Reading List, Part II
5th out of 13 books — 4 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingPride and Prejudice by Jane AustenThe Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. TolkienThe Book Thief by Markus Zusak
Books With a Goodreads Average Rating of 4.2 and Above
732nd out of 908 books — 450 voters
Buses Are a Comin' by Charles PersonFreedom is a Constant Struggle by Angela Y. DavisNight by Elie WieselBad Feminist by Roxane GayDo Justice by Kristi Burton Brown
Social Justice Warfare
36th out of 97 books — 20 voters

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca SklootThe Radium Girls by Kate MooreRejected Princesses by Jason PorathGood Night Stories for Rebel Girls by Elena FavilliHidden Figures by Margot Lee Shetterly
The Overlooked Women of History
803rd out of 951 books — 225 voters
Our Nig or, Sketches from the Life of a Free Black by Harriet E. WilsonIncidents in the Life of a Slave Girl by Harriet Ann JacobsA Voice from the South by Anna Julia CooperIola Leroy by Frances Ellen Watkins HarperThe Red Record by Ida B. Wells-Barnett
ZORA Cannon 100 Greatest by African-American women
45th out of 95 books — 1 voter

Becoming by Michelle ObamaLove, Activism, and the Respectable Life of Alice Dunbar-Nelson by Tara T. GreenSee Me Naked by Tara T. Green#SayHerName by Kimberlé CrenshawThe Mother of Black Hollywood by Jenifer Lewis
Black Women: Biography, Autobiography, Personal Essays, and Memoir (nonfiction)
125th out of 374 books — 44 voters
When and Where I Enter by Paula J. Giddings
Greatest Gals in the Galaxy Book Club
1st out of 1 book — 1 voter

The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankNight by Elie WieselInto Thin Air by Jon KrakauerInto the Wild by Jon KrakauerFreakonomics by Steven D. Levitt
Must Read Non-Fiction
4832nd out of 5,281 books — 4,502 voters
The New Jim Crow by Michelle AlexanderN*gga Theory by Jody ArmourBroken by Evelyn AlsultanyStamped from the Beginning by Ibram X. KendiHow to Be an Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi
Intersectional Books
99th out of 107 books — 21 voters

The Autobiography of Malcolm X by Malcolm XHow to Be an Antiracist by Ibram X. KendiI Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya AngelouThe Fire Next Time by James BaldwinBetween the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates
Anti-Racist Reading List from Ibram X. Kendi
30th out of 48 books — 3 voters
The Condemnation of Blackness by Khalil Gibran MuhammadThe Origins of the Urban Crisis by Thomas J. SugrueA More Beautiful and Terrible History by Jeanne TheoharisCold War Civil Rights by Mary L. DudziakToo Heavy a Load by Deborah Gray White
Be a Better Person 3. Antiracism
6th out of 50 books — 1 voter

Normal People by Sally RooneyDaisy Jones & The Six by Taylor Jenkins ReidThe Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins ReidWhere the Crawdads Sing by Delia OwensLittle Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng
What Women Born in the 90's Have Read in 2020
585th out of 2,561 books — 410 voters
Black Lives Don't Matter by RossPost Traumatic Slave Syndrome by Joy DeGruy LearyHow to Be an Antiracist by Ibram X. KendiWhite Fragility by Robin DiAngeloNative Son by Richard Wright
Blackout Coalition 6/29/2020 Book List
52nd out of 97 books — 3 voters

The Little Match Girl by Hans Christian AndersenAnother Country by James BaldwinGo Tell It on the Mountain by James BaldwinNobody Knows My Name by James BaldwinNotes of a Native Son by James Baldwin
All the Books in Well-Read Black Girl (Part 1)
69th out of 100 books — 2 voters
The History of Sexuality, Volume 1 by Michel FoucaultSister Outsider by Audre LordeAin't I a Woman by bell hooksWomen Who Run With the Wolves by Clarissa Pinkola EstésWomen, Race & Class by Angela Y. Davis
Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
80th out of 197 books — 25 voters

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingThe Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakThe Martian by Andy WeirThe Help by Kathryn Stockett
Books With a Goodreads Average Rating of 4.3 and Above
1265th out of 3,131 books — 478 voters
Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. ButlerWild Seed by Octavia E. ButlerAmericanah by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieKindred by Octavia E. ButlerThe Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie
50 Books by POC Challenge
28th out of 51 books — 7 voters

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