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 128 books — 2,203 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 206 books — 152 voters

Never My Father's Daughter by Bamini SelladuraiThe Joy Luck Club by Amy TanThe Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniNever My Father's Daughter by Bamini SelladuraiThe Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri
Immigrant Experience Literature
45th out of 1,032 books — 1,685 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 580 books — 264 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 555 books — 495 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 571 books — 236 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 1,177 books — 437 voters
Harry Potter and the Philosopher'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
341st out of 3,155 books — 3,679 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 413 books — 121 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 — 1,141 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 182 books — 211 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 1,312 books — 1,142 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
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
159th out of 695 books — 496 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeA Story of Yesterday by Sergio CoboSheever's Journal, Diary of a Poison Master by K. RitzThe Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsHarry Potter Series Box Set by J.K. Rowling
Unforgettables
3734th out of 12,088 books — 7,854 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
84th out of 2,255 books — 142 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 913 books — 368 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 685 books — 241 voters
White Teeth by Zadie SmithThe Complete Persepolis by Marjane SatrapiAmericanah by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieThe History of Love by Nicole KraussSpecial Topics in Calamity Physics by Marisha Pessl
Flavorwire's 50 Excellent Novels by Female Writers Under 50 That Everyone Should Read
35th out of 50 books — 107 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
8580th out of 15,735 books — 18,330 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 590 books — 378 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 — 39 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 — 145 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
14926th out of 77,508 books — 289,418 voters

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