Goodreads Choice Awards 2025

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Wilhelmina Jenkins (83 Lists)



Time of the Locust by Morowa YejideInto the Go-Slow by Bridgett M. Davis'Til the Well Runs Dry by Lauren Francis-SharmaThings I Should Have Told My Daughter by Pearl CleageAn Untamed State by Roxane Gay
Literary Fiction and Memoirs by African American Women - 2014
14 books — 7 voters
Time of the Locust by Morowa Yejide
Autism in Fiction
454 books — 506 voters

Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieAmericanah by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieWe Need New Names by NoViolet BulawayoThe Memory of Love by Aminatta FornaZahrah the Windseeker by Nnedi Okorafor
50 Books By African Women That Everyone Should Read
53 books — 135 voters
Time of the Locust by Morowa YejideInto the Go-Slow by Bridgett M. Davis
However Long the Night, the Dawn Will Break: Forthcoming Books for 2014 by Authors of African Descent
79 books — 65 voters

Time of the Locust by Morowa YejideInto the Go-Slow by Bridgett M. Davis
Anticipated Literary Reads For Readers Of Color 2014
145 books — 198 voters
Little Green by Walter MosleyThrough the Evil Days by Julia Spencer-FlemingHow the Light Gets In by Louise PennyLeaving Everything Most Loved by Jacqueline WinspearLife After Life by Kate Atkinson
most anticipated mysteries 2013
150 books — 545 voters

The Twelve Tribes of Hattie by Ayana MathisLittle Green by Walter MosleyAmericanah by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieSee Now Then by Jamaica KincaidSister Mine by Nalo Hopkinson
Anticipated Literary Reads for Readers of Color 2013
197 books — 544 voters
Scary, Scary Halloween by Eve BuntingLeaves by David Ezra SteinToo Many Pumpkins by Linda WhiteApples and Pumpkins by Anne RockwellPumpkin Soup by Helen Cooper
Picture Books About Fall
269 books — 91 voters

The Known World by Edward P. JonesKindred by Octavia E. ButlerThe Autobiography of Malcolm X by Malcolm XThe Warmth of Other Suns by Isabel WilkersonSula by Toni Morrison
Books That Every African American Should Read (Huffington Post List)
181 books — 210 voters
Fair and Tender Ladies by Lee SmithChemistry and Other Stories by Ron RashStorming Heaven by Denise GiardinaBlack Mountain Breakdown by Lee SmithOral History by Lee Smith
Appalachian Fiction
268 books — 323 voters

Freeman by Leonard Pitts Jr.
Best books of May, 2012
90 books — 228 voters
Love and Fatigue in America by Roger KingHow to Be Sick by Toni BernhardEncounters With the Invisible by Dorothy WallThe Chronic Illness Experience by Cheri RegisterRunning on Empty by Katrina Berne
Helpful books for myalgic encephalomyelitis
40 books — 20 voters

The Known World by Edward P. Jones
Best Black Historical Fiction
331 books — 306 voters
The Book of Negroes by Lawrence HillThree Day Road by Joseph BoydenBrown Girl in the Ring by Nalo HopkinsonThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood
Canada Reads: All Nominees and Winners
112 books — 63 voters

Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise BrownDoggies by Sandra BoyntonBarnyard Dance by Sandra BoyntonBrown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? by Bill Martin Jr.The Cat in the Hat by Dr. Seuss
Voices & Sounds - Best Read Alouds for Young Children
985 books — 887 voters
Erasure by Percival EverettMisery by Stephen KingThe Shining by Stephen King
fiction in which the writing of a book features prominently
99 books — 49 voters

Heart and Soul by Kadir Nelson
Newbery 2012
145 books — 654 voters
Freeman by Leonard Pitts Jr.Home by Toni MorrisonGathering of Waters by Bernice L. McFaddenForgotten Country by Catherine ChungAmerican Dervish by Ayad Akhtar
2012's Best Literary Fiction By People of Color
39 books — 117 voters

Diary of a Wimpy Kid by Jeff KinneyOne Crazy Summer by Rita Williams-GarciaZora and Me by Victoria BondWarriors Box Set by Erin HunterHeart and Soul by Kadir Nelson
Books for nine-year-olds
875 books — 447 voters
Wild Seed by Octavia E. ButlerKindred by Octavia E. ButlerFledgling by Octavia E. ButlerParable of the Talents by Octavia E. ButlerWho Fears Death by Nnedi Okorafor
Speculative Fiction by Authors of Color
730 books — 477 voters

The Known World by Edward P. Jones
Best African American Authors
189 books — 125 voters
One Crazy Summer by Rita Williams-GarciaThe Red Pyramid by Rick RiordanRoll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred D. TaylorNinth Ward by Jewell Parker RhodesZora and Me by Victoria Bond
Best chapter books featuring kids of color
100 books — 39 voters

Silver Sparrow by Tayari JonesPym by Mat JohnsonMy Soul to Take by Tananarive DueThe Taste of Salt by Martha SouthgateIf Sons, Then Heirs by Lorene Cary
2011's Best African American Literature
23 books — 73 voters
The Autobiography of Malcolm X by Malcolm XThe Souls of Black Folk by W.E.B. Du BoisThe Known World by Edward P. JonesNarrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass by Frederick DouglassWild Seed by Octavia E. Butler
African American Books That Changed Our Lives
125 books — 171 voters

Akata Witch by Nnedi OkoraforThe Throne of Fire by Rick RiordanThe Emerald Atlas by John StephensBig Nate on a Roll by Lincoln Peirce
Middle Grade Novels of 2011
132 books — 152 voters
The Autobiography of Malcolm X by Malcolm XWorking by Studs TerkelI Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya AngelouDreams from My Father by Barack ObamaGuns, Germs, and Steel by Jared Diamond
Time Magazine's All-TIME 100 Best Non-Fiction Books
100 books — 180 voters

All Aunt Hagar's Children by Edward P. JonesLost in the City by Edward P. JonesBefore You Suffocate Your Own Fool Self by Danielle EvansElbow Room by James Alan McPhersonA Taste of Honey by Jabari Asim
Best Short Stories
1,756 books — 1,044 voters
The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms by N.K. Jemisin
Best Fantasy Series, Trilogies, and Duologies
2,059 books — 11,659 voters


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