Matilda by Roald DahlAdventures of Wallanders by Alex LetnerAA Liberators by Alex LetnerCoraline by Neil GaimanTimeaous Spark by E. K. Kidwell
Books to Expand Your Experience
76 books — 63 voters
The New Jim Crow by Michelle AlexanderBetween the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi CoatesThe Autobiography of Malcolm X by Malcolm XBury My Heart at Wounded Knee by Dee BrownThe Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
Books White People Need to Read
1,310 books — 1,561 voters

The Hate U Give by Angie ThomasWhen Dimple Met Rishi by Sandhya MenonShadowshaper by Daniel José OlderThe V Girl by Mya RobartsThe Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie
Diversity Bingo 2017
740 books — 397 voters

I, Claudius by Robert GravesThe Song of Achilles by Madeline MillerPompeii by Robert   HarrisThe Persian Boy by Mary RenaultThe King Must Die by Mary Renault
Best Novels Set in the Ancient World
510 books — 394 voters
Magenta by John Payton FodenThe Things They Carried by Tim O'BrienA Gracious Enemy & After the War Volume Two by Michael G. KramerMatterhorn by Karl MarlantesAn Army at Dawn by Rick Atkinson
History Books - Fact and Fiction
1,273 books — 382 voters

The Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer BradleyThe Red Tent by Anita DiamantThe Secret Magdalene by Ki LongfellowNefertiti by Michelle    MoranCleopatra's Daughter by Michelle    Moran
Awesome Women of the Ancient World
434 books — 950 voters
Night by Elie WieselHillbilly Elegy by J.D. VanceA Mother's Reckoning by Sue KleboldThe Prince of Tides by Pat ConroyThe Great Santini by Pat Conroy
Fresh Air 2016
131 books — 32 voters

The Girl on the Train by Paula HawkinsBetween the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi CoatesAmong the Wild Mulattos and Other Tales by Tom    WilliamsThe Arab of the Future by Riad SattoufAll the Bright Places by Jennifer Niven
NPR's Best of Books of 2015
129 books — 43 voters
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca SklootGuns, Germs, and Steel by Jared DiamondOne Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García MárquezMe Talk Pretty One Day by David SedarisThe Alienist by Caleb Carr
NPR
162 books — 150 voters


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