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One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García MárquezThe Light of Eternal Spring by Angel Di ZhangThe Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz ZafónThe House of the Spirits by Isabel AllendeThe Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov
Best Magic Realism
162 books — 319 voters
The Master and Margarita by Mikhail BulgakovSolaris by Stanisław LemThe Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki MurakamiKafka on the Shore by Haruki MurakamiOne Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez
Translated Speculative Fiction
383 books — 205 voters

One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García MárquezThe Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey NiffeneggerThe House of the Spirits by Isabel AllendeLike Water for Chocolate by Laura EsquivelLove in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García Márquez
Favorite Magical Realism Novels
1,307 books — 4,544 voters
Kindred by Octavia E. ButlerParable of the Sower by Octavia E. ButlerBeloved by Toni MorrisonThe Fifth Season by N.K. JemisinThe Hundred Thousand Kingdoms by N.K. Jemisin
Speculative Fiction by Authors of Color
731 books — 477 voters

The Color Purple by Alice WalkerZami by Audre LordeThe Children of Gavrilek by Julie Kirton ChandlerHuntress by Malinda LoIf You Could Be Mine by Sara Farizan
Fiction about lesbian, bisexual, and queer women of color
277 books — 171 voters
Midnight’s Children by Salman RushdieTrain to Pakistan by Khushwant SinghCracking India by Bapsi Sidhwaतमस by Bhisham SahniWhat the Body Remembers by Shauna Singh Baldwin
Books about the Indian Subcontinental Partition (fiction and nonfiction)
90 books — 99 voters

The Invention of Wings by Sue Monk KiddRemedy for a Broken Angel by Toni Ann JohnsonAmericanah by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieAn Untamed State by Roxane GayForeign Gods, Inc. by Okey Ndibe
Anticipated Literary Reads For Readers Of Color 2014
145 books — 198 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
429 books — 188 voters

Dune by Frank HerbertThe Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsEnder’s Game by Orson Scott Card1984 by George OrwellFahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
Most Popular Science Fiction on Goodreads
296 books — 529 voters
The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienThe Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. LewisAlice’s Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis CarrollThe Silmarillion by J.R.R. Tolkien
Fantasy Classics
301 books — 580 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeePride and Prejudice by Jane AustenJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood
Best Woman-Authored Books
8,287 books — 5,251 voters