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The Tales of Beedle the Bard by J.K. RowlingGeektastic by Holly BlackLet It Snow by John GreenA Tyranny of Petticoats by Jessica SpotswoodZombies Vs. Unicorns by Holly Black
YA Short Stories & Collections
519 books — 262 voters
A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again by David Foster WallaceThe White Album by Joan DidionComedian Gone Wrong by Jimmy TudeskiConsider the Lobster by David Foster WallaceBad Feminist by Roxane Gay
Beyond David Sedaris: Essay Collections
184 books — 87 voters

My True Love Gave to Me by Stephanie PerkinsBeware the Little White Rabbit by Shannon DelanyChildren of War by Astrid V.J.Geektastic by Holly BlackA Tyranny of Petticoats by Jessica Spotswood
Multi-Author YA Short Story Collections
131 books — 66 voters
Songs from the Well by Adam Byrn TrittThe Uncommon Thread by R. Scott AndersonSlouching Towards Bethlehem by Joan DidionEssays by George OrwellThe White Album by Joan Didion
Best essays/essayists
215 books — 59 voters

All Out by Saundra MitchellMeet Cute by Jennifer L. ArmentroutKissing the Witch by Emma DonoghueToil & Trouble by Jessica SpotswoodHow Beautiful the Ordinary by Michael Cart
YA Short Stories and Collections with LGBT Themes
134 books — 45 voters
Buses Are a Comin' by Charles PersonFour Hundred Souls by Ibram X. KendiYou'll Never Believe What Happened to Lacey by Amber RuffinStuck Improving by Decoteau J. IrbySomebody's Daughter by Ashley C. Ford
2021 Nonfiction Books by African-Americans
159 books — 40 voters

Caste by Isabel WilkersonHappiness Becomes You by Tina TurnerOverground Railroad by Candacy A. TaylorOur Time Is Now by Stacey AbramsWandering in Strange Lands by Morgan Jerkins
2020 Nonfiction Books by African-Americans
113 books — 39 voters
Uncle Tom’s Cabin by Harriet Beecher StoweTwelve Years a Slave by Solomon NorthupU.S. Constitution (Saddlewire) by Founding FathersThe Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin by Benjamin FranklinCommon Sense by Thomas Paine
Primary Sources in American History
161 books — 30 voters

A Slip of the Keyboard by Terry PratchettThe View from the Cheap Seats by Neil GaimanThe Tough Guide to Fantasyland by Diana Wynne JonesWhat Makes This Book So Great by Jo WaltonThe Monsters and the Critics and Other Essays by J.R.R. Tolkien
Speculative Fiction: Literary Criticism, Essays, Non-Fiction
132 books — 28 voters
Putting the Science in Fiction by Dan KoboldtAstounding by Alec Nevala-LeeAn Informal History of the Hugos by Jo WaltonSpace Odyssey by Michael BensonTolkien by Catherine McIlwaine
2019 Hugo Awards - Best Related Work
16 books — 25 voters

Love, Activism, and the Respectable Life of Alice Dunbar-Nelson by Tara T. GreenSee Me Naked by Tara T. GreenYou Don't Know Us Negroes and Other Essays by Zora Neale HurstonFinding Me by Viola DavisBlack Flora by Teresa J. Speight
2022 Nonfiction Books by African-Americans
112 books — 17 voters
Fallout by Jacob AppelLa strategia del cyborg by Thierry CrouzetCardanica by Dario TonaniThe Narrative Escape by Tom StaffordCigno nero by Bruce Sterling
The world of 40k
36 books — 16 voters

Sim One by Tom AhernBig Book of Unique Names for Characters by Aimard R.MaknedaFiction à la Carte by Paska D.The Emotion Thesaurus by Angela AckermanBook Title Bible by Scott Lorenz
Writing
39 books — 16 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
107 books — 11 voters

The Sound of a Wild Snail Eating by Elisabeth Tova BaileyWit by Margaret EdsonIn-Between Days by Teva HarrisonAsk Me About My Uterus by Abby NormanNot One of These Poems Is About You by Teva Harrison
Women's Bodies
101 books — 9 voters
Becoming Ms. Burton by Susan BurtonPrejudice, Racism, and Tribalism by Anthony M. D'Agostino MDAfrican-American Inventions That Changed The World by Michael A. CarsonFrederick Douglass in Brooklyn by Frederick DouglassMy Life, My Love, My Legacy by Coretta Scott King
2017 Nonfiction Books by African-Americans
56 books — 8 voters

Love, Activism, and the Respectable Life of Alice Dunbar-Nelson by Tara T. GreenWho Hears Here? by Guthrie P. Ramsey Jr.See Me Naked by Tara T. GreenHow to Make a Slave and Other Essays by Jerald WalkerShe Memes Well by Quinta Brunson
Writings and Essays Published by African-Americans in Decade: 2020s
32 books — 8 voters
Small Admissions by Amy PoeppelAdmission by Julie BuxbaumWe Regret to Inform You by Ariel KaplanAdmission by Jean Hanff Korelitz500 Words or Less by Juleah del Rosario
College Admissions in Fiction
28 books — 5 voters

Quartered Safe Out Here by George MacDonald FraserIs Paris Burning? by Larry CollinsThe Price of Glory by Alistair HorneThe Proud Tower by Barbara W. TuchmanFull Tilt by Dervla Murphy
Best Nonfiction Books with MORE than 2,000 but LESS than 10,000 Ratings
109 books — 5 voters
A Royal Experiment by Janice HadlowThe Girl by Samantha GeimerConfessions of a Failed Southern Lady by Florence KingPassionate Minds by David BodanisGod's Battalions by Rodney Stark
Best Nonfiction with MORE than 500 but LESS than 2,000 Ratings
115 books — 5 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
93 books — 4 voters
Wild Swans by Jung ChangMy Family & Other Animals by Gerald DurrellOn Writing by Stephen KingA Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty SmithConnecting the Dots by Lia Russ
Best Nonfiction With MORE Than 50,000 Ratings
57 books — 4 voters

Acolo by Lavinia BârlogeanuSecvente by Doina HorodniceanuMarea miza by Mihai SinQuo Vadis, Domine? by Mihai SinTimişoara, mon amour by Tudor Eliad
Cuaternar
29 books — 3 voters
Cider With Rosie by Laurie LeeGoodbye to All That by Robert GravesShakespeare by Bill BrysonThe Discoverers by Daniel J. BoorstinThe Unabridged Devil's Dictionary by Ambrose Bierce
Best Nonfiction with MORE than 10,000 but LESS than 50,000 Ratings
106 books — 3 voters

Demigods and Monsters by Rick RiordanHarry Potter and Philosophy by David BaggettLuke Skywalker Can't Read by Ryan BrittThe Hunger Games and Philosophy by George A. DunnVeronica Mars and Philosophy by George A. Dunn
Writer On Writer Is Hot
17 books — 2 voters
And It Begins Like This by LaTanya McQueenThe Source of Self-Regard by Toni MorrisonBetween the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi CoatesThe Book of Delights by Ross GayBlack Ink by Stephanie Stokes Oliver
Writings and Essays Published by African-Americans in Decade: 2010s
31 books — 2 voters

Langston Hughes by Henry Louis Gates Jr.Alice Walker by Henry Louis Gates Jr.Zora Neale Hurston by Henry Louis Gates Jr.Gloria Naylor by Henry Louis Gates Jr.Richard Wright by Henry Louis Gates Jr.
Writings and Essays Published by African-Americans in Decade: 1990s
16 books — 2 voters
This Year You Write Your Novel by Walter MosleyIn Search Of Hannah Crafts by Henry Louis Gates Jr.South of Tradition by Trudier HarrisThe Devil and Dave Chappelle by William Jelani CobbForgotten Readers by Elizabeth McHenry
Writings and Essays Published by African-Americans in Decade: 2000s
21 books — 1 voter

介入的旁觀者 by 阿潑房間 by 楊婕躲貓貓 by 劉思坊春花忘錄 by 夏樹名為我之物 by 盛浩偉
「Essay時代」書系
6 books — 1 voter
Lovebug by Daisy LafargeThe Waterfront Journals by David WojnarowiczRadical Attention by Julia BellThe Passenger Seat by Vijay KhuranaMother Naked by Glen James Brown
Peninsula Press
5 books — 1 voter

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