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The Collected Poems by Langston HughesThe Complete Collected Poems by Maya AngelouThe Poetry of Pablo Neruda by Pablo NerudaSelected Poems by Gwendolyn BrooksThe Collected Poems of Audre Lorde by Audre Lorde
Favorite Poets of Color
600 books — 199 voters
Daughter of the Moon Goddess by Sue Lynn TanDescendant of the Crane by Joan HeThe Girl Who Fell Beneath the Sea by Axie OhWicked Fox by Kat ChoThe Girl with No Reflection by Keshe Chow
YA East Asian Fantasy
170 books — 199 voters

History of Beauty by Umberto EcoWays of Seeing by John BergerBrunelleschi's Dome by Ross KingLeonardo da Vinci by Frank ZöllnerA History of Illuminated Manuscripts by Christopher de Hamel
The World History of Art
377 books — 137 voters
The Tale of Genji by Murasaki ShikibuDream of the Red Chamber by Cao XueqinThe Pillow Book by Sei ShōnagonTao Te Ching by Lao TzuThe Arabian Nights by Anonymous
Asian Classics
183 books — 58 voters

Vampires of Portlandia by Jason TanamorAru Shah and the End of Time by Roshani ChokshiMist Bound by Daryl KhoDaughter of the Moon Goddess by Sue Lynn TanChinese Fairy Tales and Fantasies by Moss Roberts
Asian Mythology, Legends and Folklore
280 books — 56 voters
Nothing to Envy by Barbara DemickKorea Unmasked by Won-bok RhiePlease Look After Mom by Kyung-Sook ShinThe Aquariums of Pyongyang by Kang Chol-HwanSkin Food by Type A
Understanding Korea and Korean culture
47 books — 43 voters

Ghachar Ghochar by Vivek ShanbhagCobalt Blue by Sachin KundalkarOne Part Woman by Perumal MuruganPather Panchali by Bibhutibhushan BandyopadhyayWomen Writing in India by Susie J. Tharu
Indian Fiction Translated Into English
207 books — 23 voters
Swallows of Kabul by Yasmina KhadraRooftops of Tehran by Mahbod SerajiThe Cry of the Dove by Fadia FaqirThe Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin HamidA Blessed Olive Tree by Zain Hashmi
Middle Eastern/South Asian Doorways
40 books — 17 voters

De Rerum Natura by David HillstromMotherwit by Urmila PawarThe Exercise of Freedom by Susie TharuThe Grip of Change by P. SivakamiUnclaimed Terrain by Ajay Navaria
Dalit Literature
99 books — 14 voters
A-Ma Alchemy of Love by Nataša PantovićIndian Philosophy by Sarvepalli RadhakrishnanIndian Philosophy Vol. Two by Sarvepalli RadhakrishnanA Daoist Theory of Chinese Thought by Chad HansenIntroduction to Classical Chinese Philosophy by Bryan W. Van Norden
r/EasternPhilosophy Recommended Reading
38 books — 12 voters

Annihilation of Caste by B.R. AmbedkarThe Weave of My Life by Urmila PawarThe Prisons We Broke by Baby KambleThe Essential Writings of B. R. Ambedkar by B.R. AmbedkarMAHAD by Anand Teltumbde
Dalit History
105 books — 9 voters
The Jains by Paul DundasLife Force by Michael TobiasEastern Philosophy by Victoria S. HarrisonThe A to Z of Jainism by Kristi L. WileyJainism by Jeffery D. Long
Jainism
46 books — 7 voters

Annihilation of Caste by B.R. AmbedkarWho were the Shudras? by B.R. AmbedkarThe Buddha and his Dhamma by Aakash Singh RathoreCastes in India by B.R. AmbedkarThe Untouchables by B.R. Ambedkar
Ambedkar
95 books — 6 voters
Eating God by Arundhathi SubramaniamThe Interior Landscape by A.K. RamanujanHymns for the Drowning by NammalvarGive Us This Day a Feast of Flesh by N.D. RajkumarWild Embers by Nikita Gill
Indian Poetry
79 books — 5 voters

Annihilation of Caste by B.R. AmbedkarBhimayana by Srividya NatarajanWomen, Race, and Class by Angela Y. DavisTurning the Pot, Tilling the Land by Kancha IlaiahBlindness of Insight by Dilip M. Menon
Social Justice Books: Navayana Publishing
99 books — 4 voters
Khairlanji by Anand TeltumbdeHaunted by Fire by Mythily SivaramanComing Out as Dalit by Yashica DuttSpotted Goddesses by Roja SinghVenomous Touch by Ravikumar
Dalit Nonfiction
92 books — 4 voters

Annihilation of Caste by B.R. AmbedkarThe Persistence of Caste by Anand TeltumbdeUntouchables Castes in India by ShyamlalHaunted by Fire by Mythily SivaramanRepublic of Caste by Anand Teltumbde
Caste Discrimination
95 books — 3 voters
Ambedkar by Salim YusufjiAmbedkar by Gail OmvedtIconoclast by Anand TeltumbdeAmbedkar's Preamble by Aakash Singh RathoreThe Social Context of an Ideology by M S Gore
Ambedkar — Books About Babasaheb
26 books — 3 voters

Goddess In The Silence by Robert AhanessSinister Witnesses by Robert Ahaness
Poetry Books by Robert Ahanes
2 books — 2 voters
Reading New India by Emma Dawson VarugheseFive Point Someone by Chetan Bhagat2 States by Chetan BhagatWhat Young India Wants by Chetan BhagatOne Night at the Call Center by Chetan Bhagat
21st Century Young India
48 books — 2 voters

The Museum of Broken Tea Cups by Gunjan VedaSebastian and Sons by T.M. KrishnaCollected Plays of Sanjay Jiwane by Sanjay JiwaneStrength of our wrists by Premanand GajveeDalit Art and Visual Imagery by Gary Michael Tartakov
Dalit Art and Music
10 books — 2 voters
Memoirs of a Dalit Communist by R.B. MoreCaste Matters by Suraj YengdeThe Social Context of an Ideology by M S GoreMahad by Bojja TharakamAmbedkar by Narendra Jadhav
Ambedkarite
23 books — 1 voter

A Current of Blood by Namdeo DhasalDays Will Come Back by Kamal Dev PallBlues from Bhimnagar by Yogesh MaitreyaDalit Voices in Indian Poetry by Sakunthala A.I.Letters to Namdeo Dhasal by Chandramohan S.
Dalit Poetry
24 books — 1 voter
Politics as Social Text in India by Jayabrata SarkarThe Dalit Truth by K. RajuThe Trauma of Caste by Thenmozhi SoundararajanBhimrao Ramji Ambedkar and the Question of Socialism in India by V. GeethaUnseen by Bhasha Singh
Dalit Sociology
100 books — 1 voter

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