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I Am Malala by Malala YousafzaiThe Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniThe Storied Life of A.J. Fikry by Gabrielle ZevinThe New Jim Crow by Michelle AlexanderA Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
Diverse Voices
222 books — 61 voters
Los Sangurimas by José de la CuadraHuasipungo by Jorge IcazaLas cruces sobre el agua by Joaquín Gallegos LaraPelea de gallos by María Fernanda AmpueroUn hombre muerto a puntapiés by Pablo Palacio
Ecuadorian Literature
320 books — 51 voters

Wolf Hustle by Cin FabréThe Color Purple by Alice WalkerBeloved by Toni MorrisonTheir Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale HurstonI Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
Best Fiction and Memoirs by Authors of Color
437 books — 191 voters
The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini1984 by George OrwellA Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled HosseiniCrime and Punishment by Fyodor DostoevskyThings Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe
Non-American books that every American should read
695 books — 496 voters

The New Jim Crow by Michelle AlexanderBetween the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi CoatesThe Autobiography of Malcolm X by Malcolm XBury My Heart at Wounded Knee by Dee BrownThe Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
Books White People Need to Read
1,370 books — 1,617 voters
Never My Father's Daughter by Bamini SelladuraiThe Joy Luck Club by Amy TanThe Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniNever My Father's Daughter by Bamini SelladuraiThe Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri
Immigrant Experience Literature
1,030 books — 1,682 voters

One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García MárquezLove in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García MárquezLike Water for Chocolate by Laura EsquivelMigrations by J.L. TorresChronicle of a Death Foretold by Gabriel García Márquez
Latin American/Magical Realism Favorites
14 books — 13 voters
One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García MárquezThe House of the Spirits by Isabel AllendeLove in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García MárquezLike Water for Chocolate by Laura EsquivelFicciones by Jorge Luis Borges
Latin American Fiction
880 books — 1,177 voters