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The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich by William L. ShirerJohn Adams by David McCullough1776 by David McCulloughThe Guns of August by Barbara W. TuchmanTeam of Rivals by Doris Kearns Goodwin
Best History Books
4,048 books — 4,629 voters
John Adams by David McCullough1776 by David McCulloughTeam of Rivals by Doris Kearns GoodwinA People’s History of the United States by Howard ZinnBury My Heart at Wounded Knee by Dee Brown
Best American History Books
2,263 books — 3,081 voters

Two Rivers by Zoe SaadiaRide the Wind by Lucia St. Clair RobsonAt Road's End by Zoe SaadiaPanther in the Sky by James Alexander ThomThe Peacekeeper by Zoe Saadia
Native American Historical Fiction
283 books — 283 voters
There There by Tommy OrangeFirekeeper’s Daughter by Angeline BoulleyBlack Sun by Rebecca RoanhorseThe Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman AlexieBraiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer
Popsugar 2021 #16 - A Book by an Indigenous Author
269 books — 263 voters

The Color Purple by Alice WalkerGiovanni’s Room by James BaldwinZami by Audre LordeAristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire SáenzSister Outsider by Audre Lorde
Books by LGBTQ People of Color
513 books — 148 voters
Firekeeper’s Daughter by Angeline BoulleyThere There by Tommy OrangeKillers of the Flower Moon by David GrannNever Whistle at Night by Shane HawkThe Berry Pickers by Amanda Peters
52 Book Club 2024: #46 Featuring Indigenous Culture
223 books — 142 voters

The Apsaalooke Crow and The Elk River by A.J. OtjenIsland of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O'DellThe Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman AlexieThe Birchbark House by Louise ErdrichJulie of the Wolves by Jean Craighead George
Native Americans in Children's Literature
454 books — 134 voters
Stories on the Trail of a Yankee Millwright Seeing the Past by James T. PowersSaving the Farm by James T. PowersAncient Wisdom, Modern Hope by James T. PowersShadows Over Dawnland by James T. PowersBraiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer
All Indigenous Peoples Books
444 books — 112 voters

Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire SáenzThe Color Purple by Alice WalkerSimon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky AlbertalliA Little Life by Hanya YanagiharaRedefining Realness by Janet Mock
Books with major LGBT people of color
338 books — 97 voters
Technological Slavery by Theodore John KaczynskiAnti-Tech Revolution by Theodore John KaczynskiIndustrial Society and Its Future by Theodore John KaczynskiIshmael by Daniel QuinnEndgame, Vol. 1 by Derrick Jensen
Critiques of civilization
185 books — 93 voters

The Rough-Face Girl by Rafe MartinThe First Strawberries by Joseph BruchacThe Girl Who Loved Wild Horses by Paul GobleRaven by Gerald McDermottFrog Girl by Paul Owen Lewis
Native American Picture Books
351 books — 66 voters
Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall KimmererTrail of Lightning by Rebecca RoanhorseBlack Indian by Shonda BuchananThe Break by Katherena VermetteThe Sisterhood by Tali Inlow
Native American Female Authors
197 books — 63 voters

The Apsaalooke Crow and The Elk River by A.J. OtjenMy Heart Fills with Happiness by Monique Gray SmithLittle You by Richard Van CampThe Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman AlexieThunder Boy Jr. by Sherman Alexie
Indigenous Children's Literature
142 books — 60 voters
Mayflower by Nathaniel PhilbrickA Voyage Long and Strange by Tony HorwitzJohn Adams by David McCulloughCrucible of War by Fred AndersonAlbion's Seed by David Hackett Fischer
Colonial North America (nonfiction)
143 books — 54 voters

When Secrets Bloom by Patricia FurstenbergKindred by Octavia E. ButlerSiddhartha by Hermann HesseThe Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman AlexieOrope - The White Snake by Guenevere Lee
Great Books with Leading Minority Characters
127 books — 53 voters
Los Sangurimas by José de la CuadraPelea de gallos by María Fernanda AmpueroHuasipungo by Jorge IcazaLas cruces sobre el agua by Joaquín Gallegos LaraUn hombre muerto a puntapiés by Pablo Palacio
Ecuadorian Literature
321 books — 53 voters

Mayflower by Nathaniel PhilbrickAlbion's Seed by David Hackett FischerAmerica at 1750 by Richard HofstadterAmerican Jezebel by Eve LaPlanteThe Island at the Center of the World by Russell Shorto
Nonfiction about Early America
188 books — 45 voters
Jonny Appleseed by Joshua Whiteheadfull-metal indigiqueer by Joshua WhiteheadSovereign Erotics by Qwo-Li DriskillDisintegrate/Dissociate by Arielle TwistA Two-Spirit Journey by Ma-Nee Chacaby
Two-Spirit / Indigenous LGBTQ Books
109 books — 34 voters

Cyborg Contact by Terry BirdgenawFirekeeper's Daughter by Angeline BoulleyBraiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall KimmererBlack Sun by Rebecca RoanhorseA Fire Among Clouds by Camilo Moncada Lozano
Indigenous Voices
275 books — 34 voters
Goya y las Pinturas Negras desde la psicología de Jung by Javier De Prada Pareja1984 by George OrwellThe Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. TolkienThe Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-ExupéryThe Golden Compass by Philip Pullman
Books to See the World in a New Light
179 books — 28 voters

The Hockey Sweater by Roch CarrierGuests of War Trilogy by Kit PearsonWhispers of War by Kit PearsonLucy Maud and Me by Mary Frances CoadyToronto Street Names by Leonard Wise
Toronto for Kids
89 books — 24 voters
Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall KimmererCyborg Contact by Terry BirdgenawIwigara by Enrique SalmónGathering Moss by Robin Wall KimmererPlants Have So Much to Give Us, All We Have to Do Is Ask by Mary Siisip Geniusz
Indigenous wisdom, knowledge, science and stories
27 books — 24 voters

The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley JacksonSomething is Killing the Children, Vol. 1 by James Tynion IVVampires in the Lemon Grove by Karen RussellAmerican Gods by Neil GaimanRebecca by Daphne du Maurier
North American Supernatural Realism
74 books — 23 voters
TWAS The Year 2020 by Karl WigginsAccounting for Slavery by Caitlin RosenthalSlavery by Another Name by Douglas A. BlackmonRacial Innocence by Robin BernsteinPrejudice, Racism, and Tribalism by Anthony M. D'Agostino
Slavery in the US: Systems and Ideology (nonfiction)
161 books — 22 voters

A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled HosseiniThe Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonThe Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz ZafónLike Water for Chocolate by Laura EsquivelThe Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov
Nations in Their Own Voices - Fiction
115 books — 22 voters
Black Indian by Shonda BuchananGreen Grass, Running Water by Thomas KingSharks in the Time of Saviors by Kawai Strong WashburnFlight of the Goose by Lesley ThomasForty-Ninth by Boris Pronsky
More All Indigenous Peoples Books
156 books — 21 voters

Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee by Dee BrownEmpire of the Summer Moon by S.C. GwynneKillers of the Flower Moon by David GrannThe Heart of Everything That Is by Bob DruryThe Earth Is Weeping by Peter Cozzens
"The American Indian Wars" (nonfiction)
171 books — 17 voters
Room by Emma DonoghueThe God of Small Things by Arundhati RoyWives and Daughters by Elizabeth GaskellThe Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann ShafferOranges Are Not the Only Fruit by Jeanette Winterson
40 Books by Oppressed People
69 books — 16 voters

Rabbit-Proof Fence by Doris PilkingtonJack Charles by Jack CharlesMy Place by Sally MorganToo Much Lip by Melissa LucashenkoDark Emu by Bruce Pascoe
Indigenous Experiences and the Stolen Generation of Australia
55 books — 11 voters
By the Fire We Carry by Rebecca NagleThunder Song by Sasha taqwšəblu LaPointeWhiskey Tender by Deborah Jackson TaffaWe Will Not Be Saved by Nemonte NenquimoThe Serviceberry by Robin Wall Kimmerer
Indigenous Nonfiction 2024
12 books — 7 voters

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