Madame Bovary by Gustave FlaubertMatilda by Roald DahlWalden or, Life in the Woods by Henry David ThoreauLove by StendhalThe Symposium by Plato
Books as Therapy
75 books — 2 voters

I Love Dick by Chris KrausVillette by Charlotte BrontëLove by StendhalZipper Mouth by Laurie WeeksA Lover's Discourse by Roland Barthes
theory of the crush
12 books — 5 voters
Journey to the West by Biao  WangThe Blindspots Between Us by Gleb TsipurskyAdapt and Plan for the New Abnormal of the COVID-19 Coronavir... by Gleb TsipurskyPro Truth by Gleb TsipurskyMythologies by Roland Barthes
For Culture Watchers
201 books — 99 voters

Trick Mirror by Jia TolentinoNobody's Perfect by Anthony LaneThe Decline and Fall of Practically Everybody by Will CuppyThe Tipping Point by Malcolm GladwellI Like to Watch by Emily Nussbaum
The New Yorker writers
23 books — 5 voters

Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean RhysIn the Time of the Butterflies by Julia AlvarezBreath, Eyes, Memory by Edwidge DanticatLove in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García MárquezWhite Teeth by Zadie Smith
Caribbean Literature
578 books — 261 voters

The Joy Luck Club by Amy TanThe Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniThe Namesake by Jhumpa LahiriThe House on Mango Street by Sandra CisnerosInterpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri
Immigrant Experience Literature
1,003 books — 1,437 voters
The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëThe Color Purple by Alice WalkerThe Bell Jar by Sylvia PlathThe Awakening by Kate Chopin
Best Feminist Fiction
1,501 books — 2,667 voters

Live from New York by Tom ShalesThe Revolution Was Televised by Alan SepinwallBreaking Bad by David  ThomsonGolden Girls Forever by Jim ColucciI Want My MTV by Craig Marks
Books about TV
291 books — 50 voters