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The Goldfinch by Donna TarttAll the Light We Cannot See by Anthony DoerrThe Invention of Wings by Sue Monk KiddThe Circle by Dave EggersThe Bone Clocks by David Mitchell
Man Booker Prize Eligible 2014
167 books — 699 voters
Life After Life by Kate AtkinsonThe Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil GaimanThe Rosie Project by Graeme SimsionAmericanah by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieBurial Rites by Hannah Kent
Man Booker Prize Eligible 2013
176 books — 322 voters

The Sense of an Ending by Julian BarnesThe Sisters Brothers by Patrick deWittBefore I Go to Sleep by S.J. WatsonWhen God Was a Rabbit by Sarah WinmanThe Cat's Table by Michael Ondaatje
Man Booker Prize Eligible 2011
155 books — 277 voters
The Light Between Oceans by M.L. StedmanBring Up the Bodies by Hilary MantelThe Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry by Rachel JoyceThe Chemistry of Tears by Peter CareyThe Casual Vacancy by J.K. Rowling
Man Booker Prize Eligible 2012
151 books — 268 voters

Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen1984 by George OrwellJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling
The Queen's Library: Best of the Commonwealth
744 books — 241 voters
The Shock Doctrine by Naomi KleinDeath, Taxes, and Turduckens by Jens Kurt HeyckeThe New Jim Crow by Michelle AlexanderDark Money by Jane MayerUnderstanding Power by Noam Chomsky
Corruption, Plutocracy, Oligarchy, Kleptocracy, Corporatocracy — The Problem (nonfiction)
748 books — 228 voters

We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves by Karen Joy FowlerThe Narrow Road to the Deep North by Richard FlanaganThe Bone Clocks by David MitchellHow to Be Both by Ali SmithThe Blazing World by Siri Hustvedt
2014 Man Booker Prize Longlist
13 books — 101 voters
Everyone Burns by John DolanBurmese Days by George OrwellThe Quiet American by Graham GreeneMystic Fool by Andy HillCollected Short Stories by W. Somerset Maugham
dead white guys (and others) on southeast asia
13 books — 34 voters

Ghachar Ghochar by Vivek ShanbhagCobalt Blue by Sachin KundalkarOne Part Woman by Perumal MuruganSamskara by U.R. AnanthamurthyPather Panchali by Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay
Indian Fiction Translated Into English
307 books — 25 voters
Atonement by Ian McEwanThe Remains of the Day by Kazuo IshiguroMidnight’s Children by Salman RushdieDisgrace by J.M. CoetzeeThe Blue Flower by Penelope Fitzgerald
The Observer: The Top 10 British, Irish or Commonwealth Novels from 1980 to 2005
10 books — 22 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
Motherwit by Urmila PawarDe Rerum Natura by David HillstromThe Exercise of Freedom by Susie TharuThe Grip of Change by P. SivakamiUnclaimed Terrain by Ajay Navaria
Dalit Literature
100 books — 13 voters

Until Our Voices Meet by Biswatosh SinhaReading New India by Emma Dawson VarugheseFive Point Someone by Chetan BhagatThe Secret Life of a Weight-Obsessed Woman by Iris Ruth Pastor2 States by Chetan Bhagat
21st Century Young India
50 books — 12 voters
Annihilation of Caste by B.R. AmbedkarHating Self by Boo BlackWho were the Shudras? by B.R. AmbedkarThe Buddha and his Dhamma by Aakash Singh RathoreCastes in India by B.R. Ambedkar
Ambedkar
97 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
106 books — 10 voters
Jubilee by Shelley HarrisThe Wandering Falcon by Jamil AhmadChinaman by Shehan KarunatilakaThe Town That Drowned by Riel NasonMe and Mr. Booker by Cory Taylor
Commonwealth Book Prize Shortlist 2012
16 books — 7 voters

Annihilation of Caste by B.R. AmbedkarPrejudice, Racism, and Tribalism by Anthony M. D'AgostinoBhimayana by Srividya NatarajanWomen, Race, and Class by Angela Y. DavisTurning the Pot, Tilling the Land by Kancha Ilaiah
Social Justice Books: Navayana Publishing
101 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

Memoirs of a Dalit Communist by R.B. MoreRadical in Ambedkar by Anand TeltumbdeWhat Babasaheb Ambedkar Means to Me by Ambedkar Age CollectiveThe Secret Life of a Weight-Obsessed Woman by Iris Ruth PastorElizabeth's Mountain by Lucille Guarino
Ambedkarite
26 books — 5 voters
Ambedkar by Salim YusufjiAmbedkar by Gail OmvedtIconoclast by Anand TeltumbdeAmbedkar's Preamble by Aakash Singh RathoreThe Secret Life of a Weight-Obsessed Woman by Iris Ruth Pastor
Ambedkar — Books About Babasaheb
29 books — 5 voters

Blake or The Huts of America by Martin R. DelanyNuestra América by José MartíThe Saint of Incipient Insanities by Elif ShafakRecreating the World by Michael Bopp and Judie BoppBanjo by Claude McKay
Transnational American Literature
11 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
94 books — 4 voters

Islanders in the Stream by Michael CratonIslanders in the Stream by Michael CratonStory of the Bahamas by Paul AlburyPindling by Michael CratonThe Bahamas in slavery and freedom by Howard Johnson
Required Reading: Bahamian History
21 books — 3 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

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
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
Dalit Women and the Fullness of Life by Christina DhanujaLove in the Time of Caste by Nikhil PandhiDalit Women's Education in Modern India by Shailaja PaikSpotted Goddesses by Roja SinghDalit Kotha by Manju Bala
Dalit Women
23 books — 1 voter

The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret AtwoodBrave New World by Aldous HuxleyRed Queen by Victoria AveyardThe Fifth Season by N.K. JemisinThe Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
Caste in Fiction
41 books — 1 voter

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