Big Books of 2026
She’s Come Undone by Wally LambThe Poisonwood Bible by Barbara KingsolverNight by Elie WieselMiddlesex by Jeffrey EugenidesI Know This Much Is True by Wally Lamb
Oprah's Book Club Picks
54th out of 124 books — 2,201 voters
Breath, Eyes, Memory by Edwidge DanticatWide Sargasso Sea by Jean RhysKrik? Krak! by Edwidge DanticatIn the Time of the Butterflies by Julia AlvarezWhite Teeth by Zadie Smith
Caribbean/West Indian Diaspora Literature - Women (fiction)
1st out of 205 books — 151 voters

The Joy Luck Club by Amy TanThe Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniThe Namesake by Jhumpa LahiriThe House on Mango Street by Sandra CisnerosInterpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri
Immigrant Experience Literature
43rd out of 1,012 books — 1,454 voters
Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean RhysIn the Time of the Butterflies by Julia AlvarezBreath, Eyes, Memory by Edwidge DanticatLove in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García MárquezWhite Teeth by Zadie Smith
Caribbean Literature
3rd out of 578 books — 263 voters

The Color Purple by Alice WalkerI Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya AngelouBeloved by Toni MorrisonInvisible Man by Ralph EllisonThe Autobiography of Malcolm X by Malcolm X
Black History Month
41st out of 553 books — 493 voters
The Color Purple by Alice WalkerBeloved by Toni MorrisonKindred by Octavia E. ButlerAmericanah by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieThe Darkest Child by Delores Phillips
Contemporary Black Women's Literature
10th out of 570 books — 233 voters

The God of Small Things by Arundhati RoyThe House of the Spirits by Isabel AllendeThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankHalf of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieThe Second Sex by Simone de Beauvoir
Women Around the World
51st out of 1,160 books — 431 voters
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingHarry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. RowlingHarry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. RowlingA Game of Thrones by George R.R. MartinThe Giver by Lois Lowry
Best Books of the Decade: 1990s
340th out of 3,129 books — 3,678 voters

Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean RhysThe Old Man and the Sea by Ernest HemingwayBreath, Eyes, Memory by Edwidge DanticatKaya Abaniah and the Father of the Forest by Wayne Gerard TrotmanMiguel Street by V.S. Naipaul
The Caribbean 101
3rd out of 408 books — 120 voters
The Color Purple by Alice WalkerTheir Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale HurstonBeloved by Toni MorrisonThe Autobiography of Malcolm X by Malcolm XInvisible Man by Ralph Ellison
Best African American Books
150th out of 1,043 books — 1,139 voters

Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale HurstonThe Color Purple by Alice WalkerA Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine HansberryBeloved by Toni MorrisonThe Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison
100 Books by Black Women Everyone Must Read
11th out of 116 books — 59 voters
The Autobiography of Malcolm X by Malcolm XI Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya AngelouTheir Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale HurstonThe Color Purple by Alice WalkerRoots by Alex Haley
Books That Every African American Should Read (Huffington Post List)
48th out of 181 books — 210 voters

Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale HurstonI Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya AngelouBeloved by Toni MorrisonThe Color Purple by Alice WalkerHalf of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
100 Books by Black Women Everyone Should Read
23rd out of 103 books — 56 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Outsiders by S.E. HintonThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerLittle Women by Louisa May AlcottThe Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
Best Coming of Age Stories
203rd out of 1,302 books — 1,133 voters

The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini1984 by George OrwellA Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled HosseiniCrime and Punishment by Fyodor DostoevskyThings Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe
Non-American books that every American should read
158th out of 694 books — 494 voters
Beloved by Toni MorrisonThe Color Purple by Alice WalkerWhite Teeth by Zadie SmithThe Secret History by Donna TarttPossession by A.S. Byatt
Flavorwire: 50 Books by Women Authors to Read for #ReadWomen2014
35th out of 50 books — 68 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeSheever's Journal, Diary of a Poison Master by K. RitzThe Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsA Story of Yesterday by Sergio CoboHarry Potter Series Box Set by J.K. Rowling
Unforgettables
3533rd out of 11,844 books — 7,579 voters
All Systems Red by Martha WellsThe Housekeeper and the Professor by Yōko OgawaEvery Heart a Doorway by Seanan McGuireThe Stranger by Albert CamusThe Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
[ATY 2026] Novella
40th out of 467 books — 61 voters

The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodHeart of Darkness by Joseph ConradThe Lovely Bones by Alice SeboldIn Cold Blood by Truman CapoteTheir Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston
Body Parts in Book Titles
87th out of 2,236 books — 141 voters
The Color Purple by Alice WalkerKindred by Octavia E. ButlerBeloved by Toni MorrisonI Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya AngelouThings Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe
Books by Black Authors
121st out of 912 books — 367 voters

White Teeth by Zadie SmithThe Complete Persepolis by Marjane SatrapiAmericanah by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieThe History of Love by Nicole KraussIn the Woods by Tana French
Flavorwire's 50 Excellent Novels by Female Writers Under 50 That Everyone Should Read
31st out of 50 books — 107 voters
The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodThe Bell Jar by Sylvia PlathThe Remains of the Day by Kazuo IshiguroInfinite Jest by David Foster WallaceBeloved by Toni Morrison
(Not) Modern Library's 100 Best Novels of the 20th Century
69th out of 100 books — 160 voters

Things Fall Apart by Chinua AchebeHeart of Darkness by Joseph ConradThe Wretched of the Earth by Frantz FanonThe Poisonwood Bible by Barbara KingsolverKing Leopold's Ghost by Adam Hochschild
Books About Colonialism
75th out of 679 books — 239 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee1984 by George OrwellPride and Prejudice by Jane AustenThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling
100 Books to Read in a Lifetime: Readers' Picks
8252nd out of 15,438 books — 17,765 voters

The BFG by Roald DahlHowl’s Moving Castle by Diana Wynne JonesKeeper of the Lost Cities by Shannon MessengerSophie’s World by Jostein GaarderSophie’s Choice by William Styron
Characters named Sophie
23rd out of 98 books — 26 voters
The Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniA Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled HosseiniLife of Pi by Yann MartelThings Fall Apart by Chinua AchebeDown and Rising by Rohith S. Katbamna
Best Multicultural General Fiction
106th out of 588 books — 376 voters

Next Year in Havana by Chanel CleetonWide Sargasso Sea by Jean RhysThe Summer Country by Lauren WilligIn the Time of the Butterflies by Julia AlvarezThe Farming of Bones by Edwidge Danticat
Historical Fiction - The Caribbean
9th out of 75 books — 38 voters
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty SmithThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldThe Gift of the Magi by O. HenryThe Lightning Thief by Rick RiordanThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
Books Set in New York State
45th out of 768 books — 77 voters

Falling Angels by Tracy ChevalierBreath, Eyes, Memory by Edwidge DanticatThe Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann ShafferThe Thanksgiving Visitor by Truman CapoteLittle Bee by Chris Cleave
Tolstoy and the Purple Chair: My Year of Magical Reading
2nd out of 46 books — 8 voters
One for the Money by Janet EvanovichMidnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John BerendtLord of Chaos by Robert JordanSoul Music by Terry PratchettThe Alienist by Caleb Carr
Best Books of 1994
78th out of 416 books — 146 voters

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