Wings of Ebony by J. ElleCounting Down with You by Tashie BhuiyanThe Gilded Ones by Namina FornaThe Forest of Stolen Girls by June HurThe Ones We're Meant to Find by Joan He
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299 books — 230 voters
The Gilded Ones by Namina FornaThe Kindest Lie by Nancy    JohnsonWings of Ebony by J. ElleConcrete Rose by Angie ThomasAce of Spades by Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé
2021 Books by Black authors
144 books — 149 voters

The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodThe Bell Jar by Sylvia PlathJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëA Room of One’s Own by Virginia WoolfThe Second Sex by Simone de Beauvoir
Best Feminist Books
2,865 books — 4,164 voters
A Story of Yesterday by Sergio CoboToken Huntress by Kia Carrington-RussellThe Shaft by Scott B DelaneyThe Tiger's Eye by Scott B DelaneyThe Law of Attraction by N.M. Silber
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4,175 books — 4,056 voters

An Accidental Philanthropist by Winsome Dunn McIntoshThe Cosmic Experience of One by Jasun EtherSapiens by Yuval Noah HarariA Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill BrysonFreakonomics by Steven D. Levitt
Best 21st Century Non-Fiction
2,166 books — 1,831 voters

Stoner by John  WilliamsChess Story by Stefan ZweigThe Summer Book by Tove JanssonThe Invention of Morel by Adolfo Bioy CasaresA Month in the Country by J.L. Carr
New York Review Books - Classics
632 books — 904 voters