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Running with Scissors by Augusten BurroughsInto the Wild by Jon KrakauerLeaving Isn't the Hardest Thing by Lauren HoughGirl, Interrupted by Susanna KaysenProzac Nation by Elizabeth Wurtzel
Unsettling Memoirs & Biographies
542 books — 399 voters
Deliverance by James DickeyTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeWhere the Red Fern Grows by Wilson RawlsThe Foxfire Book by Eliot WiggintonOld Yeller by Fred Gipson
Hillbilly Heaven
175 books — 50 voters

The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankCatch-22 by Joseph HellerThe Chosen by Chaim PotokNight by Elie WieselWhere the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak
The Best of Jewish Authors
733 books — 196 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)
1,843 books — 1,727 voters

The Book Whisperer by Donalyn MillerThe First Days of School by Harry K. WongPedagogy of the Oppressed by Paulo FreireSavage Inequalities by Jonathan KozolEducating Esmé by Esmé Raji Codell
Books for Teachers/Educators
791 books — 637 voters
Teacher Man by Frank McCourtThe Freedom Writers Diary by Erin Gruwell'Tis by Frank McCourtClose Encounters of the Third-Grade Kind by Phillip DoneTo Sir, With Love by E.R. Braithwaite
Teacher Memoirs
49 books — 22 voters

Desert Solitaire by Edward AbbeyAbbey's Road by Edward AbbeyThe Fool's Progress by Edward AbbeyDown the River by Edward AbbeyOne Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez
My Short List of Exceptional Books
42 books — 2 voters
Long Walk to Freedom by Nelson MandelaCry, the Beloved Country by Alan PatonDisgrace by J.M. CoetzeeBorn a Crime by Trevor NoahMy Traitor's Heart by Rian Malan
Best South African reads
314 books — 183 voters

Liv's Secrets by Janet LevineCry, the Beloved Country by Alan PatonA Dry White Season by André BrinkThe Covenant by James A. MichenerDisgrace by J.M. Coetzee
Best Books Set in South Africa
279 books — 38 voters
A Room of One’s Own by Virginia WoolfThe Purity Myth by Jessica ValentiFeminism Is for Everybody by bell hooksYes Means Yes! by Jaclyn FriedmanThe Vagina Monologues by V (formerly Eve Ensler)
The Ms. Blog's Best Feminist Non-Fiction Reads: Reader's Choice
589 books — 442 voters


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