Milk and honey by Rupi KaurThe Sun and Her Flowers by Rupi KaurThe Princess Saves Herself in This One by Amanda LovelaceWhite Knuckle by Steven  BruceNo Matter the Wreckage by Sarah Kay
Varied Poetry Collections
603 books — 407 voters
I Want My Hat Back by Jon KlassenThe Day the Crayons Quit by Drew DaywaltExtra Yarn by Mac BarnettThe Dark by Lemony SnicketRosie Revere, Engineer by Andrea Beaty
Favorite MODERN Picture Books
718 books — 285 voters

The Fault in Our Stars by John GreenHarry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. RowlingMockingjay by Suzanne CollinsThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakLooking for Alaska by John Green
I Cried When I Read This
1,014 books — 1,760 voters
The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodWe Should All Be Feminists by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieA Room of One’s Own by Virginia WoolfThe Second Sex by Simone de BeauvoirBad Feminist by Roxane Gay
Women & Gender Studies
1,461 books — 546 voters

The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack KeatsAlphabet Amigos by Angel M. AlvarezWhere the Wild Things Are by Maurice SendakAnd Tango Makes Three by Justin RichardsonThe Story of Ferdinand by Munro Leaf
Multicultural Children's Library
303 books — 48 voters
Spiritual Midwifery by Ina May GaskinThe Birth House by Ami McKayMidwives by Chris BohjalianIna May's Guide to Childbirth by Ina May GaskinBaby Catcher by Peggy Vincent
Midwives, Doulas and Natural Childbirth
125 books — 36 voters

The Midwife by Jennifer WorthBaby Catcher by Peggy VincentMidwives by Chris BohjalianSpiritual Midwifery by Ina May GaskinHeart and Hands by Elizabeth  Davis
Midwifery books
116 books — 71 voters
The Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniA Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled HosseiniA Fine Balance by Rohinton MistryThe God of Small Things by Arundhati RoyThe Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri
Best South Asian Fiction
735 books — 1,895 voters

A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled HosseiniMemoirs of a Geisha by Arthur GoldenThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankThe Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón
Around the World One Book from Each Country
1,084 books — 973 voters
Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth GilbertA Walk in the Woods by Bill BrysonBlood River by Tim ButcherThe Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann ShafferInto the Wild by Jon Krakauer
Best Traveling Vicariously
2,132 books — 1,855 voters

Things Fall Apart by Chinua AchebeThe Poisonwood Bible by Barbara KingsolverHalf of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieHeart of Darkness by Joseph ConradCry, the Beloved Country by Alan Paton
Africa (fiction and nonfiction)
1,765 books — 1,647 voters
Can't Get There from Here by Todd StrasserPaper Things by Jennifer Richard JacobsonWhere I Live by Brenda RufenerHold Fast by Blue BalliettRunaway by Wendelin Van Draanen
Homelessness in Children's Fiction
114 books — 39 voters


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