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American Gods by Neil GaimanGood Omens by Terry PratchettDracula by Bram StokerFrankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft ShelleyThe Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis
Theological Weird Fiction
498 books — 301 voters
The Color Purple by Alice WalkerBeloved by Toni MorrisonKindred by Octavia E. ButlerAmericanah by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieThe Darkest Child by Delores Phillips
Contemporary Black Women's Literature
574 books — 242 voters

Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale HurstonThe Color Purple by Alice WalkerBeloved by Toni MorrisonI Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya AngelouA Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry
The ZORA Canon: The 100 greatest books ever written by African American women
100 books — 205 voters
Kindred by Octavia E. ButlerPopulation by Elizabeth StephensShadowshaper by Daniel José OlderSong of Blood & Stone by L. PenelopeFire Baptized by Kenya Wright
Black Women Heroines in Urban Fantasy, Paranormal Romance, and Science Fiction
296 books — 215 voters

The Autobiography of Malcolm X by Malcolm XI Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya AngelouNarrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass by Frederick DouglassDreams from My Father by Barack ObamaBlack Boy by Richard Wright
African American Memoirs
468 books — 216 voters
Sister Outsider by Audre LordeBlack Feminist Thought by Patricia Hill CollinsAin't I a Woman by bell hooksSister Citizen by Melissa V. Harris-PerryFeminist Theory by bell hooks
Black Feminist/Womanist Studies (nonfiction)
132 books — 111 voters

Dial A for Aunties by Jesse Q. SutantoArsenic and Adobo by Mia P. ManansalaDead Dead Girls by Nekesa AfiaThe Other Black Girl by Zakiya Dalila HarrisMy Sweet Girl by Amanda Jayatissa
2021 Books by Women of Color
164 books — 173 voters