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The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman AlexieLove Medicine by Louise ErdrichThe Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven by Sherman AlexieThe Round House by Louise ErdrichGreen Grass, Running Water by Thomas King
Best Native American/First Nations Fiction
591 books — 362 voters
Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtryTrue Grit by Charles PortisBlood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West by Cormac McCarthyAll the Pretty Horses by Cormac McCarthyNo Country for Old Men by Cormac McCarthy
Best Westerns
1,420 books — 1,600 voters

The Girl on the Train by Paula HawkinsThe Underground Railroad by Colson WhiteheadWhere the Wild Things Are by Maurice SendakThe Golden Notebook by Doris LessingBrown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson
Every book Barack Obama has recommended during his presidency
85 books — 11 voters
Pachinko by Min Jin LeeSing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn WardExit West by Mohsin HamidThe Hate U Give by Angie ThomasThe Refugees by Viet Thanh Nguyen
Anticipated Literary Reads For Readers of Color 2017
222 books — 259 voters

Women of Sand and Myrrh by Hanan Al-ShaykhThe Queue by Basma Abdel AzizThe Moor's Account by Laila LalamiThe Story of Zahra by Hanan Al-ShaykhOther Lives by Iman Humaydan
Book Riot's 100 Recommended Books by Arab Women for Your 2017 Reading Resolutions
100 books — 16 voters
All You Need Is Kill by Hiroshi SakurazakaBattle Royale by Koushun TakamiJapanese Tales of Mystery & Imagination by Edogawa RampoRing by Kōji SuzukiUzumaki by Junji Ito
Japanese Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror in English Translation
178 books — 78 voters

Empress of All Seasons by Emiko JeanRed Winter by Annette MarieShadow of the Fox by Julie KagawaKamisama Kiss, Vol. 1 by Julietta SuzukiImmortal Fire by Annette Marie
Fiction Novels Featuring Yokai
103 books — 108 voters
The Wrath and the Dawn by Renée AhdiehThe Fifth Season by N.K. JemisinThe Hundred Thousand Kingdoms by N.K. JemisinKindred by Octavia E. ButlerWho Fears Death by Nnedi Okorafor
Fantasy Novels by Women of Color
262 books — 194 voters

The Vegetarian by Han KangPlease Look After Mom by Kyung-Sook ShinHuman Acts by Han KangPachinko by Min Jin Lee82년생 김지영 by Cho Nam-Joo
Korean literature in English (fiction and nonfiction)
296 books — 218 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldThe Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark TwainThe Grapes of Wrath by John SteinbeckThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
The Great American Novel
672 books — 1,095 voters

Kafka on the Shore by Haruki MurakamiNorwegian Wood by Haruki MurakamiThe Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki MurakamiSnow Country by Yasunari KawabataRashōmon and Seventeen Other Stories by Ryūnosuke Akutagawa
Japanese Literature
310 books — 388 voters
The Joy Luck Club by Amy TanThe Namesake by Jhumpa LahiriThe Woman Warrior by Maxine Hong KingstonInterpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa LahiriSnow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See
Asian-American Books
546 books — 330 voters