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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
170 books — 331 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
407 books — 220 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
1,382 books — 4,698 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
744 books — 476 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
274 books — 169 voters
Midnight’s Children by Salman RushdieTrain to Pakistan by Khushwant SinghCracking India by Bapsi SidhwaLágrimas saladas by Luis Caparrós Mirónतमस by Bhisham Sahni
Books about the Indian Subcontinental Partition (fiction and nonfiction)
104 books — 120 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
149 books — 201 voters
The Child I Lost Found Me by Niki BrownWolf Hustle by Cin FabréThe Color Purple by Alice WalkerA Kaleidoscope of Life by John MurrayBeloved by Toni Morrison
Best Fiction and Memoirs by Authors of Color
442 books — 231 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
361 books — 574 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
300 books — 586 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
9,047 books — 6,851 voters