Long Books
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 129 books — 173 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
307th out of 1,380 books — 1,638 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 626 books — 290 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 980 books — 195 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
313th out of 1,477 books — 562 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 BrittainLifelines The Bowen Love Letters by Susan Lee WardHet Achterhuis by Anne FrankVirginia Woolf by Hermione Lee
Herstory
43rd out of 592 books — 108 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 255 books — 149 voters

Women, Race & Class by Angela Y. DavisAin't I a Woman by bell hooksAssata by Assata ShakurSister Outsider by Audre LordePrejudice, Racism, and Tribalism by Anthony M. D'Agostino MD
Books from MHP's Black Feminism Syllabus
7th out of 35 books — 13 voters
This Bridge Called My Back by Cherríe L. MoragaPornography by Andrea DworkinRight-Wing Women by Andrea DworkinIntercourse by Andrea DworkinThe Dialectic of Sex by Shulamith Firestone
Radical Feminist Texts
229th out of 296 books — 101 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
37th out of 98 books — 21 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
808th out of 955 books — 236 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)
127th out of 376 books — 46 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
4898th out of 5,348 books — 4,712 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
100th out of 108 books — 22 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
31st out of 49 books — 4 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 — 411 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
Women Who Run With the Wolves by Clarissa Pinkola EstésWomen, Race & Class by Angela Y. DavisThe History of Sexuality, Volume 1 by Michel FoucaultSister Outsider by Audre LordeAin't I a Woman by bell hooks
Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
77th out of 192 books — 24 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
1266th out of 3,134 books — 480 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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