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 133 books — 2,208 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 1,094 books — 1,838 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 582 books — 266 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 563 books — 501 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 574 books — 241 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
334th out of 3,133 books — 3,692 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 1,179 books — 438 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 HurstonBorn To Rise by Lorna  BlakeBeloved by Toni MorrisonThe Autobiography of Malcolm X by Malcolm X
Best African American Books
150th out of 1,075 books — 1,397 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 118 books — 60 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
234th out of 1,414 books — 1,303 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 696 books — 497 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeA Story of Yesterday by Sergio CoboThe Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsSheever's Journal, Diary of a Poison Master by K.  RitzThe Help by Kathryn Stockett
Unforgettables
4082nd out of 12,345 books — 8,173 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
85th out of 2,259 books — 144 voters

The Color Purple by Alice WalkerBeloved by Toni MorrisonKindred by Octavia E. ButlerI Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya AngelouThings Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe
Books by Black Authors
121st out of 918 books — 369 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 691 books — 243 voters

The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodThe Remains of the Day by Kazuo IshiguroThe Bell Jar by Sylvia PlathInfinite Jest by David Foster WallaceBeloved by Toni Morrison
(Not) Modern Library's 100 Best Novels of the 20th Century
70th out of 104 books — 167 voters
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakThe Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniWatership Down by Richard  AdamsEast of Eden by John Steinbeck
Books that SHOULD be on the 1001-list but aren't
61st out of 444 books — 126 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
9048th out of 16,066 books — 18,868 voters
Howl's Moving Castle by Diana Wynne JonesThe BFG by Roald DahlKeeper of the Lost Cities by Shannon MessengerSophie’s World by Jostein GaarderSophie’s Choice by William Styron
Characters named Sophie
23rd out of 99 books — 25 voters

Only in New York by M.G. CrisciThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldA Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty  SmithThe Gift of the Magi by O. HenryThe Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan
Books Set in New York State
46th out of 770 books — 96 voters

Fahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyThe Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark TwainAnimal Farm by George OrwellA Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'EngleThe Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
The Great American Read - What They Missed
476th out of 547 books — 577 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
15342nd out of 79,070 books — 294,704 voters

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