AAPI Heritage Month
Things Fall Apart by Chinua AchebeHalf of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieThe Gods Are Not to Blame by Ola RotimiAmericanah by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieThe Lion and the Jewel by Wole Soyinka
Books Set in Nigeria
18th out of 198 books — 110 voters
Things Fall Apart by Chinua AchebeHalf of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichiePurple Hibiscus by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieAmericanah by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieSo Long a Letter by Mariama Bâ
African Fiction
508th out of 603 books — 432 voters

Things Fall Apart by Chinua AchebePurple Hibiscus by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieHalf of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieThe Thing Around Your Neck by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieAmericanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
From Nigeria With Love: Books by Nigerian Authors
77th out of 230 books — 155 voters
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldThe Metamorphosis by Franz KafkaThe Magic Mountain by Thomas MannOne Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken KeseyThings Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe
New York Public Library Books of the Century pt 1
89th out of 100 books — 7 voters

The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeIn the Time of the Butterflies by Julia AlvarezThe Chosen by Chaim PotokBless Me, Ultima by Rudolfo Anaya
Fiction - Outstanding Books for the College Bound
40th out of 55 books — 14 voters
Beloved by Toni MorrisonThe Color Purple by Alice WalkerTheir Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale HurstonSong of Solomon by Toni MorrisonKindred by Octavia E. Butler
Best Books by Women of Color
375th out of 630 books — 76 voters

Between Shades of Gray by Ruta SepetysJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëLove, Ruby Lavender by Deborah WilesFairytales for Wilde Girls by Allyse NearGone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
books i lov love love
16th out of 35 books — 3 voters
Things Fall Apart by Chinua AchebeHalf of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieSo Long a Letter by Mariama BâNervous Conditions by Tsitsi DangarembgaThe Stranger by Albert Camus
Best by African Authors
409th out of 409 books — 223 voters

The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëThe Color Purple by Alice WalkerThe Bell Jar by Sylvia PlathThe Awakening by Kate Chopin
Best Feminist Fiction
1500th out of 1,519 books — 2,683 voters
The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le GuinThe Ethics of Ambiguity by Simone de BeauvoirPossession by A.S. ByattParable of the Sower by Octavia E. ButlerWild Seed by Octavia E. Butler
feminist philosophy and literature
148th out of 233 books — 26 voters

A Death in the Family by James AgeeBastard Out of Carolina by Dorothy AllisonIn the Time of the Butterflies by Julia AlvarezBless Me, Ultima by Rudolfo AnayaThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood
OBCB 1999 Fiction
12th out of 43 books — 1 voter
Like Water for Chocolate by Laura EsquivelPerfect Chemistry by Simone ElkelesOne for the Money by Janet EvanovichAmerican Psycho by Bret Easton EllisAre You My Mother? by P.D. Eastman
Authors With A Last Name Starting With "E"
443rd out of 461 books — 18 voters

Little Women by Louisa May AlcottCirce by Madeline MillerJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëThe Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen ChboskyThe Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
Popsugar 2020 - A Bildungsroman
145th out of 173 books — 250 voters
Becoming by Michelle ObamaKindred by Octavia E. ButlerCalling My Name by Liara TamaniStay with Me by Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀Homemade Love by J. California Cooper
Books that All Black Girls Should Read
201st out of 204 books — 6 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
426th out of 573 books — 239 voters
The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson BurnettHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingUncle Silas by J. Sheridan Le FanuStormbreaker by Anthony HorowitzThe Diviners by Libba Bray
Characters Who Lived With Their Uncles
52nd out of 169 books — 35 voters


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