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Kindred by Octavia E. ButlerLegend by Marie LuBinti by Nnedi OkoraforThe Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le GuinMoon Called by Patricia Briggs
Diversity in Fantasy and Science Fiction
1,145 books — 842 voters
Kindred by Octavia E. ButlerParable of the Sower by Octavia E. ButlerBeloved by Toni MorrisonThe Fifth Season by N.K. JemisinThe Hundred Thousand Kingdoms by N.K. Jemisin
Speculative Fiction by Authors of Color
731 books — 477 voters

Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire SáenzThe Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman AlexieMore Happy Than Not by Adam SilveraThe Hate U Give by Angie ThomasEverything, Everything by Nicola Yoon
MG/YA/NA #ownvoices
483 books — 437 voters
The Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le GuinAnarchism and Other Essays by Emma GoldmanV for Vendetta by Alan MooreChomsky On Anarchism by Noam ChomskyThe Conquest of Bread by Pyotr Kropotkin
Anarchist books
470 books — 372 voters

Esperanza Rising by Pam Muñoz RyanMufaro's Beautiful Daughters by John SteptoeThe Name Jar by Yangsook ChoiThe Sandwich Swap by Rania al-AbdullahAlphabet Amigos by Angel M. Alvarez
Best Multicultural Books for Children
467 books — 343 voters
The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood1984 by George OrwellThe New Jim Crow by Michelle AlexanderFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyBetween the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates
The Post-Trump Big Questions Canon
522 books — 275 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
570 books — 233 voters
When the Future Comes Too Soon by Selina Siak Chin YokeMemoirs of a Geisha by Arthur GoldenThe Woman Who Breathed Two Worlds by Selina Siak Chin YokeWuthering Heights by Emily BrontëPride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
International Women: Female Leads From All Over the World
764 books — 179 voters

The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman AlexiePerfect Chemistry by Simone ElkelesLiving Violet by Jaime ReedHarper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird by Christopher SergelJulie of the Wolves by Jean Craighead George
YA Books With Minorities
273 books — 166 voters
1776 by David McCulloughTeam of Rivals by Doris Kearns GoodwinBattle Cry of Freedom by James M. McPhersonJohn Adams by David McCulloughA People’s History of the United States by Howard Zinn
U.S. History Reading List
449 books — 152 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark TwainUncle Tom’s Cabin by Harriet Beecher StoweThe Color Purple by Alice WalkerGone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
Racial, Ethnic, and Religious Prejudice in America
425 books — 145 voters
The Autobiography of Malcolm X by Malcolm XWolf Hustle by Cin FabréThe Souls of Black Folk by W.E.B. Du BoisSet the Night on Fire by Mike DavisThe New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander
Best Books on African American Studies (nonfiction)
248 books — 141 voters

Salt by Nayyirah WaheedMilk and honey by Rupi KaurTeaching My Mother How to Give Birth by Warsan ShireI Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angeloubone by Yrsa Daley-Ward
Poetry by Women of Color
352 books — 141 voters
The Color of Water by James McBrideRoots by Alex HaleyDestined to Witness by Hans J. MassaquoiCaucasia by Danzy SennaThe Girl Who Fell from the Sky by Heidi W. Durrow
Mixed Race Readings
204 books — 129 voters

Wolf Hustle by Cin FabréThe New Jim Crow by Michelle AlexanderSet the Night on Fire by Mike DavisKillers of the Flower Moon by David GrannBetween the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates
Race, Racism and Identity in America (nonfiction)
398 books — 128 voters
Nickel and Dimed by Barbara EhrenreichEvicted by Matthew DesmondJourney to the West by Biao WangMaid by Stephanie LandThe Working Poor by David K. Shipler
Books on Poverty and Inequality
218 books — 117 voters

Sister Outsider by Audre LordeBlack Feminist Thought by Patricia Hill CollinsAin't I a Woman by bell hooksSister Citizen by Melissa V. Harris-PerryFeminist Theory by bell hooks
Black Feminist/Womanist Studies (nonfiction)
129 books — 108 voters
The Shock Doctrine by Naomi KleinNickel and Dimed by Barbara EhrenreichThe Communist Manifesto by Karl MarxThis Changes Everything by Naomi KleinThe Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
How Capitalism Destroys Everything
205 books — 92 voters

Hunger by Roxane GayYou Can't Buy Love Like That by Carol E. AndersonDear Ijeawele, or A Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieSouth and West by Joan DidionThe Radium Girls by Kate Moore
2017 Non-male Non-Fiction
244 books — 85 voters
Moon Called by Patricia BriggsCry Wolf by Patricia BriggsValentine by Julie ManninoLittle Red Riding Hood by Julie ManninoAngel Devil by Julie Mannino
Diverse Genre Romances
278 books — 77 voters

Detroit by Charlie LeDuffMiddlesex by Jeffrey EugenidesDetroit by Dan GeorgakasDetroit City Is the Place to Be by Mark BinelliOnce In A Great City by David Maraniss
Detroit (fiction and nonfiction)
165 books — 69 voters
The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodWe Should All Be Feminists by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieBad Feminist by Roxane GayThe Origins of Totalitarianism by Hannah ArendtA Doll's House by Henrik Ibsen
Let's Dismantle the Patriarchy
288 books — 58 voters

The Unwinding by George PackerDark Money by Jane MayerListen, Liberal by Thomas FrankBullies by Ben ShapiroStrangers in Their Own Land by Arlie Russell Hochschild
Why Trump Won: Understanding the 2016 Electorate
231 books — 55 voters
America's Great Depression by Murray N. RothbardAnimal Farm by George OrwellThe Ideological Origins of the American Revolution by Bernard BailynThe Real Lincoln by Thomas J. DiLorenzoThe March of Folly by Barbara W. Tuchman
Libertarian Guide to American History (fiction and nonfiction)
80 books — 42 voters

I Rode with Morgan by Jonathan JacksonI Rode with Morgan by Jonathan M. Jackson Sr.The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt by Edmund MorrisThe Island at the Center of the World by Russell ShortoMornings on Horseback by David McCullough
New York State History (nonfiction)
205 books — 39 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
110 books — 35 voters

Set the Night on Fire by Mike DavisThe Color of Law by Richard RothsteinConspiracy in the Streets by Jon WienerDetroit by Charlie LeDuffThe Warmth of Other Suns by Isabel Wilkerson
Histories of United States Cities I (nonfiction)
277 books — 33 voters
A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine HansberryFences by August WilsonDutchman & The Slave by Amiri BarakaPorgy and Bess Fantasy for Two Pianos by George GershwinFor Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rain... by Ntozake Shange
African American Plays
42 books — 32 voters

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