Song of Solomon by Toni MorrisonMama Day by Gloria NaylorGod, Doctor Buzzard, and the Bolito Man by Christena BledsoeThe Girl in the Maze by R.K. JacksonGullah Cultural Legacies by Emory S. Campbell
Best Gullah-Geechee Heritage
50 books — 14 voters
Cold Mountain by Charles FrazierLonesome Dove by Larry McMurtryThe Killer Angels by Michael ShaaraThe Age of Innocence by Edith WhartonThe Far Pavilions by M.M. Kaye
Best 1800s Historical Fiction
515 books — 305 voters

Mary Chesnut's Civil War by Mary Boykin ChesnutSarah Morgan by Sarah Morgan DawsonAll for the Union by Robert Hunt RhodesBushwhackers and Broken Hearts by P.J. SullivanBlue-Eyed Child of Fortune by Robert Gould Shaw
Civil War Letters and Diaries
98 books — 28 voters
The Ethnic Phenomenon by Pierre L. van den BergheTWAS The Year 2020 by Karl WigginsAffirmative Action Hoax by Steven FarronPaved with Good Intentions by Jared TaylorThe Dispossessed Majority by Wilmot Robertson
Ethnic Conflict
446 books — 19 voters

Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van PeltThe Wedding People by Alison EspachAll the Colors of the Dark by Chris  WhitakerThe Four Winds by Kristin HannahThe Comeback by Ella Berman
Read with Jenna Book Club List
93 books — 60 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeePride and Prejudice by Jane AustenThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling1984 by George Orwell
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
32,958 books — 125,105 voters

Murder in G Major by Alexia GordonThe Plot is Murder by V.M. BurnsHollywood Homicide by Kellye GarrettThe No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency by Alexander McCall SmithA Deadly Inside Scoop by Abby Collette
Black Cozy Mysteries
71 books — 43 voters
The Color Purple by Alice WalkerKindred by Octavia E. ButlerTheir Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale HurstonBeloved by Toni MorrisonThings Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe
Best Black Historical Fiction
348 books — 341 voters