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All the Ugly and Wonderful Things by Bryn GreenwoodWhen Breath Becomes Air by Paul KalanithiThe Girls by Emma ClineThe Nest by Cynthia D'Aprix SweeneyThe Sound of Gravel by Ruth Wariner
Book of the Month Club Picks
190 books — 86 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
1,450 books — 1,815 voters

Christian Nation by Frederic C. RichIt Can't Happen Here by Sinclair LewisIf They Come in the Morning by Angela Y. DavisSettlers by J. SakaiThe Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie
Radical Reads for 2017
78 books — 17 voters
Freedom is a Constant Struggle by Angela Y. DavisOur Revolution by Bernie SandersGive Us the Ballot by Ari BermanWhite Trash by Nancy IsenbergThe Shock Doctrine by Naomi Klein
The Stop Trump Reading List
152 books — 56 voters

The Lover by Marguerite DurasKindred by Octavia E. ButlerThe Piano Teacher by Elfriede JelinekSister Outsider by Audre LordeVoyage in the Dark by Jean Rhys
Staff picks: Feminist books for International Women’s Day
42 books — 47 voters
We Should All Be Feminists by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieBetween the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi CoatesThe Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca SklootBad Feminist by Roxane GayShrill by Lindy West
Social Change Book Recommendations
55 books — 29 voters

Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale HurstonThe Color Purple by Alice WalkerFor Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rain... by Ntozake ShangeBeloved by Toni MorrisonSula by Toni Morrison
Lemonade Syllabus - A Collection of Works Celebrating Black Womanhood. Inspired by Beyonce
229 books — 77 voters
Homegoing by Yaa GyasiThe Underground Railroad by Colson WhiteheadThe Vegetarian by Han KangWhat Lies Between Us by Nayomi MunaweeraI Almost Forgot About You by Terry McMillan
Anticipated Literary Reads For Readers of Color 2016
184 books — 159 voters

Homegoing by Yaa GyasiThe Underground Railroad by Colson WhiteheadWhen Breath Becomes Air by Paul KalanithiThe Vegetarian by Han KangEvicted by Matthew Desmond
New York Times 100 Notable Books of 2016 (fiction and nonfiction)
100 books — 157 voters