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Binti by Nnedi OkoraforKindred by Octavia E. ButlerThe Fifth Season by N.K. JemisinParable of the Sower by Octavia E. ButlerWho Fears Death by Nnedi Okorafor
Afrofuturism
199 books — 135 voters
Hamlet by William ShakespeareMacbeth by William ShakespeareThe Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar WildeRomeo and Juliet by William ShakespeareWaiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett
Goodreads Top 100 Stage Plays of All Time
418 books — 439 voters

A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine HansberryWit by Margaret EdsonFor Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rain... by Ntozake ShangeHow I Learned to Drive by Paula VogelThe Vagina Monologues by V (formerly Eve Ensler)
Plays Written by Women
174 books — 38 voters
A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee WilliamsDeath of a Salesman by Arthur MillerThe Crucible by Arthur MillerWho's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? by Edward AlbeeThe Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams
Best American Plays
251 books — 367 voters

Hamlet by William ShakespeareMacbeth by William ShakespeareThe Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar WildeRomeo and Juliet by William ShakespeareThe Crucible by Arthur Miller
Best Play Ever
523 books — 458 voters
Hamlet by William ShakespeareThe Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar WildeMacbeth by William ShakespeareRomeo and Juliet by William ShakespeareWaiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett
Best Plays Ever
883 books — 1,136 voters

Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerAll Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria RemarqueThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodThings Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe
Thug Notes
42 books — 6 voters
The Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniA Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled HosseiniLife of Pi by Yann MartelThings Fall Apart by Chinua AchebeDown and Rising by Rohith S. Katbamna
Best Multicultural General Fiction
592 books — 380 voters

Roots by Alex HaleyKindred by Octavia E. ButlerBeloved by Toni MorrisonThe Color Purple by Alice WalkerUncle Tom’s Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe
Books about American slavery
423 books — 424 voters
Tempest Rising by Diane McKinney-WhetstoneDaughter by Asha BandeleThe Sacred Place by Daniel BlackLike Trees, Walking by Ravi HowardThe Children Bob Moses Led by William Heath
Hidden Gems: Virtually Unknown African-American Historical Fiction & Classics
78 books — 29 voters

Chocolat by Joanne HarrisLike Water for Chocolate by Laura EsquivelThe School of Essential Ingredients by Erica BauermeisterJulie and Julia by Julie PowellFried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe by Fannie Flagg
Nouvelle Cuisine
367 books — 249 voters
The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack KeatsAlphabet Amigos by Angel M. AlvarezA Doll Like Me by Kimberly GordonMufaro's Beautiful Daughters by John SteptoeWhistle for Willie by Ezra Jack Keats
Multicultural Children's Lit
526 books — 190 voters


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