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The Sympathizer by Viet Thanh NguyenThe Best We Could Do by Thi BuiParadise of the Blind by Dương Thu HươngNight Sky with Exit Wounds by Ocean VuongCatfish and Mandala by Andrew X. Pham
Books by Vietnamese/Vietnamese-Diaspora Writers
140 books — 75 voters
Never My Father's Daughter by Bamini SelladuraiThe Joy Luck Club by Amy TanNever My Father's Daughter by Bamini SelladuraiThe Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniThe Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri
Immigrant Experience Literature
1,089 books — 1,829 voters

The New Book of Middle Eastern Food by Claudia RodenPersiana by Sabrina GhayourOlives, Lemons & Za'atar by Rawia BisharaArabesque by Claudia RodenFalastin by Sami Tamimi
Best Middle Eastern & North African Cookbooks
136 books — 17 voters
Thai Food by David ThompsonMaangchi's Real Korean Cooking by MaangchiLand of Plenty by Fuchsia DunlopJapanese Cooking by Shizuo TsujiThai Street Food by David Thompson
Best Asian Cookbooks
173 books — 32 voters

Essence and Alchemy by Mandy AftelPerfumes by Luca TurinThe Emperor of Scent by Chandler BurrScent and Subversion by Barbara HermanThe Perfect Scent by Chandler Burr
Perfumista's Library Part 1 - Non-Fiction
93 books — 32 voters
Stiff by Mary RoachSalt by Mark KurlanskyThe Professor and the Madman by Simon WinchesterThe Ghost Map by Steven JohnsonLongitude by Dava Sobel
Microhistory: Social Histories of Just One Thing
1,882 books — 2,262 voters

Blood River by Tim ButcherThe Trigger by Tim ButcherGRINGOS AND FLAMINGOS by Scott L. NelsonLucky by Scott NelsonGentlemen Prefer Blondes / But Gentlemen Marry Brunettes by Anita Loos
Travel Literature Favorites
33 books — 34 voters
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann ShafferAnne of Green Gables by L.M. MontgomeryThe Help by Kathryn StockettAll Creatures Great and Small by James HerriotThe Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
Most Charming Novels
391 books — 182 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeGone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellThe Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark TwainThe Color Purple by Alice WalkerThe Heart Is a Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullers
Oxford American: The Best Southern Novels of All Time
145 books — 91 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeGone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellThe Help by Kathryn StockettThe Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark TwainFried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe by Fannie Flagg
Best Southern Literature
1,393 books — 2,611 voters

The Devil in the White City by Erik LarsonFreakonomics by Steven D. LevittA Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill BrysonGuns, Germs, and Steel by Jared DiamondOutliers by Malcolm Gladwell
Best Non-Fiction (no biographies)
6,331 books — 8,174 voters
The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich by William L. ShirerJohn Adams by David McCullough1776 by David McCulloughThe Guns of August by Barbara W. TuchmanTeam of Rivals by Doris Kearns Goodwin
Best History Books
4,048 books — 4,629 voters


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