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The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakNight by Elie WieselAll the Light We Cannot See by Anthony DoerrSchindler’s List by Thomas Keneally
A WWII Reading List
718 books — 379 voters
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

Treasure Island by Robert Louis StevensonMoby-Dick or, The Whale by Herman MelvilleTwenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea by Jules VerneMaster & Commander by Patrick O'BrianTwo Years Before the Mast by Richard Henry Dana Jr.
Maritime Classics
277 books — 97 voters
The Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniOne Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich by Aleksandr SolzhenitsynLike Water for Chocolate by Laura EsquivelPurge by Sofi OksanenThe Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Díaz
A year of reading the world
277 books — 51 voters

Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O'DellEsperanza Rising by Pam Muñoz RyanBy the Great Horn Spoon! by Sid FleischmanOne Crazy Summer by Rita Williams-GarciaSeeds of Hope by Kristiana Gregory
Children's Historical Fiction set in California
193 books — 34 voters
The Three-Body Problem by Liu CixinBinti by Nnedi OkoraforThe Windup Girl by Paolo BacigalupiLagoon by Nnedi OkoraforBattle Royale by Koushun Takami
Non US-Centric Science Fiction
83 books — 31 voters

Season of the Witch by David TalbotThe Bohemians by Ben TarnoffSan Francisco's Forgotten Cemeteries by Beth WinegarnerThe Barbary Coast by Herbert AsburyBART by Michael C. Healy
San Francisco History
186 books — 29 voters
The Bone People by Keri HulmeThe Whale Rider by Witi IhimaeraThe Luminaries by Eleanor CattonTravelling in the Dark by Emma TimpanyTu by Patricia Grace
New Zealand Literature List
121 books — 24 voters

Daughter of Moloka'i by Alan BrennertHawaii by James A. MichenerThe Lieutenant's Nurse by Sara AckermanHula by Jasmin Iolani HakesMoloka'i by Alan Brennert
Historical Fiction - Hawaii
22 books — 19 voters
Atonement by Ian McEwanThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodThe Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark HaddonDisgrace by J.M. CoetzeePossession by A.S. Byatt
Commonwealth Writers' Prize Winners
30 books — 17 voters

Ruth by Marlene S. LewisMister Pip by Lloyd JonesThe Creation of Animal Life / As Bilong Animal by Thomas H. SloneThe Undiscovered Country by Samantha GillisonA Soldier's Story of Expat Living - Cages of Smoke by Markham Turner
Papua New Guinea Fiction
36 books — 13 voters
By the Great Horn Spoon! by Sid FleischmanWalk on Earth a Stranger by Rae CarsonThe Ballad of Lucy Whipple by Karen CushmanSeeds of Hope by Kristiana GregoryNewsgirl by Liza Ketchum
California Gold Rush in YA & Middle Grade Fiction
25 books — 13 voters

Down the Back of the Chair by Margaret MahyHairy Maclary from Donaldson's Dairy by Lynley DoddWhat Goes Up by Wen BaragreyGrandpa's Slippers by Joy WatsonThe House That Jack Built by Gavin Bishop
Best New Zealand Picture Books
50 books — 12 voters
Drawn Together by Minh LêWatercress by Andrea WangA Different Pond by Bao PhiLimu by Kimo ArmitageWrite to Me by Cynthia Grady
Books for Children with Asian and Pacific Island Characters or Themes
113 books — 11 voters

Roastmaster by Janice LierzWhere There Was Fire by John Manuel AriasSophie Washington by Tonya Duncan EllisGirl Off the Grid by Jillian DoddYellow Buses From Costa Rica by William Gregg
Pura Vida! Fiction set in Costa Rica
103 books — 11 voters
History of the Filipino People by Teodoro A. AgoncilloBarangay by William Henry ScottKASAYSAYAN The Story of the Filipino People by Reader's Digest AssociationCracks in the Parchment Curtain and Other Essays in Philippin... by William Henry ScottThe Other Philippine History Textbook by Christine L. Diaz
History of the Philippines
60 books — 10 voters

Sea People by Christina ThompsonCook by Nicholas ThomasWe, the Navigators by David LewisPacific Worlds by Matt K. MatsudaThe Prehistoric Exploration and Colonisation of the Pacific by Geoffrey Irwin
Pacific Non-Fiction
163 books — 9 voters
The Piano Teacher by Janice Y.K. LeeJahanara by Kathryn LaskyThe Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet by David MitchellLove in the Snow by Acton LizLost in Tokyo by Jenny Lynne
YA Asian Historical Fiction
29 books — 6 voters

The Banana Wars by Ivan MusicantEmpire by Default by Ivan MusicantMark Twain's Weapons of Satire by Mark TwainThe War Lovers by Evan ThomasFighting for American Manhood by Kristin L. Hoganson
The Spanish-American War, 1898 (nonfiction)
74 books — 6 voters
Saving Paradise by Mike BondDeath in Paradise by Carolyn G. HartThe Kona Strangler by J.E. TrentMolten Death by Leslie KarstBlooming in the Wild by Cathryn Cade
Hawaii Mysteries
20 books — 5 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeRomance of Three Kingdoms by Luo GuanzhongPicnic at Hanging Rock by Joan LindsayFrom Samoa With Love? by Hilke Thode-AroraVolcanic Adventures in Tonga - Species Conservation on Tin Ca... by Ann Göth
Around the World in 80 (or More) Books
27 books — 5 voters
And No Birds Sing by Mark JaffeExplorations of Aotearoa by Max AllenRough Waters by Nancy Danielson MendenhallStorytellers at the Columbia River by Nancy Danielson MendenhallVolcanic Adventures in Tonga - Species Conservation on Tin Ca... by Ann Göth
Pacific Ecology & Environment
17 books — 5 voters

Where the Waters Turn Black by Benedict PatrickThe Story of Moana by Kari SutherlandThe Jade Hook by Awanui HamonThe Star-Crossed Woman by Maribelle CormackOcean Light by Nalini Singh
SF & F Atlas - Pacific Islands
17 books — 5 voters
How Raven Freed the Moon by Anne CameronWhite Jade Tiger by Julie LawsonThe Eternal Spring of Mr. Ito by Sheila GarrigueThe Daring Game by Kit PearsonHow Come the Best Clues Are Always in the Garbage? by Linda Bailey
20th Century Juvenile Fiction set in BC
107 books — 5 voters

A Ribbon of Shining Steel by Julie LawsonAn Ocean Apart by Gillian ChanSaying Good-bye to London by Julie BurtinshawLauren Yanofsky Hates the Holocaust by Leanne LiebermanThe Greenies by Myra Paperny
21st Century Juvenile Fiction set in BC
113 books — 5 voters
Reef Fishes by Scott W. MichaelDiamond Dust (Poems From the Black Sea) Volume I by Anca IoviţăScuba Matt's Underwater Adventure by Echo MorganReef Aquarium Fishes by Scott W. MichaelDiamond Dust (Poems From the Black Sea) Volume II by Anca Ioviţă
Reef Aquarium Books
23 books — 3 voters

Peace Child by Don RichardsonWings Over Shangri La by E. Janet SteigerLords of the Earth by Don RichardsonCannibal Valley by Russell T. HittEvidence Not Seen by Darlene Deibler Rose
New Guinea Missions
10 books — 2 voters
Under the Mountain by Maurice GeeThe World Around the Corner by Maurice GeeThe Halfmen of O by Maurice Gee
Best Maurice Gee Books
3 books — 2 voters

The Pacific War, 1931-1945 by Saburo IenagaThe Making of Modern Japan by Marius B. JansenJapan and the Shackles of the Past (What Everyone Needs to Know by R. Taggart MurphyHidden Horrors by Yuki TanakaInventing the Way of the Samurai by Oleg Benesch
Dan Carlin's Hardcore History - Supernova in the East
84 books — 2 voters
The Sandman, Vol. 1 by Neil GaimanSwamp Thing, Vol. 1 by Alan MooreV for Vendetta by Alan MooreAkira, Vol. 1 by Katsuhiro OtomoMiracleman Omnibus by Alan Moore
Best Comics of the 1980s
100 books — 1 voter

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