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
1,068 books — 1,786 voters

Things Fall Apart by Chinua AchebeThe Poisonwood Bible by Barbara KingsolverHalf of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieHeart of Darkness by Joseph ConradCry, the Beloved Country by Alan Paton
Africa (fiction and nonfiction)
1,845 books — 1,728 voters
In Search of Respect by Philippe BourgoisThe Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down by Anne FadimanLiquidated by Karen HoArgonauts of the Western Pacific by Bronisław MalinowskiNisa by Marjorie Shostak
Good Ethnography
140 books — 101 voters

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. RowlingThe Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsHarry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. RowlingHarry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. RowlingHarry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. Rowling
Best Books of the Decade: 2000s
7,215 books — 28,375 voters

Guns, Germs and Steel by Jared Diamond1491 by Charles C. MannCollapse by Jared DiamondA Primate's Memoir by Robert M. SapolskyKon-Tiki by Thor Heyerdahl
Best Popular Anthropology Books
359 books — 273 voters
The Book Thief by Markus ZusakThe Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz ZafónFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyA Story of Yesterday by Sergio CoboThe Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield
Stories For Book Lovers
8,478 books — 8,835 voters

Silent Spring by Rachel CarsonA Sand County Almanac and Sketches Here and There by Aldo LeopoldThe Lorax by Dr. SeussThe Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael PollanDesert Solitaire by Edward Abbey
Best Environmental Books
1,095 books — 1,251 voters
The Shock Doctrine by Naomi KleinA People’s History of the United States by Howard ZinnThe Grapes of Wrath by John SteinbeckSocialism Is Dead! Long Live Socialism! by Todor BombovFahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
Best Progressive Reads
1,071 books — 728 voters

The Da Vinci Code by Dan    BrownAngels & Demons by Dan    BrownThe Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonBlood on Their Hands by Bob Brink1984 by George Orwell
Conspiracy Fiction
1,437 books — 1,779 voters
A People’s History of the United States by Howard ZinnAmerica (The Book) by Jon   StewartMe Talk Pretty One Day by David SedarisHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling1776 by David McCullough
The Daily Show Reading Club
366 books — 269 voters


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