The Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsPride and Prejudice by Jane AustenTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeHarry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. RowlingThe Book Thief by Markus Zusak
Best Books Ever
80,125 books — 298,532 voters
Black Cake by Charmaine WilkersonTake My Hand by Dolen Perkins-ValdezWash Day Diaries by Jamila RowserHalf a Lion by Palle E.K. OswaldI'm So Not Over You by Kosoko Jackson
Books by Black Authors 2022
164 books — 55 voters

When It All Syncs Up by Maya AmeyawFelix Ever After by Kacen CallenderWings of Ebony by J. ElleConcrete Rose by Angie ThomasAmerican Street by Ibi Zoboi
Contemporary Books with Black Leads
138 books — 31 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
743 books — 477 voters

Kindred by Octavia E. ButlerTheir Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale HurstonThe Color Purple by Alice WalkerBeloved by Toni MorrisonThe House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros
Best Multi-Ethnic American Literature
300 books — 145 voters
The Collected Poems by Langston HughesThe Complete Collected Poems by Maya AngelouThe Poetry of Pablo Neruda by Pablo NerudaSelected Poems by Gwendolyn BrooksThe Collected Poems of Audre Lorde by Audre Lorde
Favorite Poets of Color
600 books — 200 voters

The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman AlexieThe Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven by Sherman AlexieLove Medicine by Louise ErdrichCeremony by Leslie Marmon SilkoReservation Blues by Sherman Alexie
Native American Fiction
847 books — 649 voters
Sexuality Beyond Consent by Avgi SaketopoulouAll Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria RemarqueEvil Men by James DawesSherry and the Butterfly Lady by Celeste BoudreauxA Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway
Trauma Narratives/Trauma Theory
37 books — 9 voters