Things Fall Apart by Chinua AchebeHeart of Darkness by Joseph ConradThe Wretched of the Earth by Frantz FanonThe Poisonwood Bible by Barbara KingsolverKing Leopold's Ghost by Adam Hochschild
Books About Colonialism
679 books — 239 voters
Out by Natsuo KirinoThe Devotion of Suspect X by Keigo HigashinoWife of the Gods by Kwei QuarteyBetter the Blood by Michael  BennettThe Eye of Jade by Diane Wei Liang
The Non-Colonial Mystery Reader
35 books — 18 voters

The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue by Mackenzi LeeThey Both Die at the End by Adam SilveraHistory Is All You Left Me by Adam SilveraThe Upside of Unrequited by Becky AlbertalliThe Love Interest by Cale Dietrich
2017 YA Books with LGBT Themes
280 books — 887 voters
Bridge of Birds by Barry HughartThe Tales of the Otori Trilogy by Lian HearnThe Twelve Kingdoms by Fuyumi OnoEon by Alison GoodmanThe Twelve Kingdoms by Fuyumi Ono
Chinese and Japanese Fantasy
309 books — 440 voters

Cemetery Boys by Aiden ThomasClap When You Land by Elizabeth AcevedoLegendborn by Tracy DeonnCinderella Is Dead by Kalynn  BayronThese Violent Delights by Chloe Gong
2020 YA/MG Books With POC Leads
297 books — 724 voters
The Color Purple by Alice WalkerQueenie by Candice Carty-WilliamsThe Poet X by Elizabeth AcevedoA Dance for the Gods by E.O. OdiaseSeton Girls by Charlene  Thomas
Black Hairstyles (Covers)
112 books — 27 voters

Legendborn by Tracy DeonnDeathless Divide by Justina IrelandClap When You Land by Elizabeth AcevedoA Song of Wraiths and Ruin by Roseanne A. BrownA Song Below Water by Bethany C. Morrow
Black Heroines 2020
33 books — 49 voters
Heartstopper by Alice OsemanLoveless by Alice OsemanCemetery Boys by Aiden ThomasFelix Ever After by Kacen CallenderOnly Mostly Devastated by Sophie Gonzales
2020 YA Books with LGBT Themes
214 books — 771 voters

The Color Purple by Alice WalkerTheir Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale HurstonBeloved by Toni MorrisonThe Autobiography of Malcolm X by Malcolm XInvisible Man by Ralph Ellison
Best African American Books
1,043 books — 1,138 voters
Fingersmith by Sarah WatersTipping the Velvet by Sarah WatersAnnie on My Mind by Nancy GardenFried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe by Fannie FlaggThe Price of Salt by Claire  Morgan
Best Lesbian Fiction
2,026 books — 2,650 voters


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