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Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Makamu (29 Lists)



The Conductors by Nicole GloverThe Undertakers by Nicole Glover
2021 Adult Science Fiction and Fantasy by African-Americans
13 books — 6 voters
Hamlet by William ShakespeareMacbeth by William ShakespeareRomeo and Juliet by William ShakespeareThe Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar WildeWaiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett
Best Play Ever
520 books — 457 voters

1984 by George OrwellLady Chatterley's Lover by D.H. Lawrence
David Bowie's Top 100 Must Read Books
100 books — 312 voters
Infomocracy by Malka Ann OlderThe Windup Girl by Paolo BacigalupiToo Like the Lightning by Ada PalmerState Tectonics by Malka Ann OlderNull States by Malka Ann Older
Non US-Centric Science Fiction
83 books — 31 voters

Every Heart a Doorway by Seanan McGuire
Aro and Ace Spectrum Characters in SFF
133 books — 108 voters
White Teeth by Zadie SmithBrick Lane by Monica AliThe Buddha of Suburbia by Hanif KureishiThe Black Atlantic by Paul Gilroy
Postcolonial Britain
78 books — 28 voters

White Teeth by Zadie SmithOn Beauty by Zadie Smith
Black British Literature (fiction)
124 books — 83 voters
Kindred by Octavia E. Butler
Books about American slavery
412 books — 412 voters

The Ethical Slut by Dossie Easton
Best Nonfiction Sex Books Ever!
186 books — 154 voters
Hidden Figures by Margot Lee Shetterly
Biographies About Women in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics
88 books — 63 voters

Will in the World by Stephen Greenblatt
Great Literary Biographies
81 books — 22 voters
Lakota America by Pekka HämäläinenWayward Lives, Beautiful Experiments by Saidiya Hartman
Times Critics’ Top Books of 2019
30 books — 7 voters

The Professor and the Madman by Simon WinchesterThe Swerve by Stephen Greenblatt
Microhistory: Social Histories of Just One Thing
1,839 books — 2,237 voters
The Martian by Andy WeirLeviathan Wakes by James S.A. CoreyAncillary Justice by Ann LeckieThe Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet by Becky ChambersEmbassytown by China Miéville
Science Fiction - 2010-2019
549 books — 781 voters

Love Medicine by Louise ErdrichCeremony by Leslie Marmon SilkoTracks by Louise ErdrichThe Grass Dancer by Mona Susan PowerSolar Storms by Linda Hogan
Native American Fiction
840 books — 642 voters
Wicca by Scott CunninghamThe Spiral Dance by StarhawkDrawing Down the Moon by Margot AdlerThe Triumph of the Moon by Ronald HuttonLiving Wicca by Scott Cunningham
The Best Pagan Books
599 books — 326 voters

The Name of the Rose by Umberto EcoThe Pillars of the Earth by Ken FollettShōgun by James Clavell
Best Historical Fiction Books that Are Actually Historical Fiction
2,621 books — 2,982 voters
The Alienist by Caleb Carr
100 Mysteries and Thrillers to Read in a Lifetime: Readers' Picks
2,430 books — 5,052 voters

The Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott LynchThe Name of the Wind by Patrick RothfussThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienRed Seas Under Red Skies by Scott LynchAmerican Gods by Neil Gaiman
Thieves
663 books — 1,264 voters
Neuromancer by William GibsonSnow Crash by Neal StephensonThe Diamond Age by Neal Stephenson
Best of Cyberpunk
381 books — 1,195 voters

Death's Heretic by James L. SutterQueen of Thorns by Dave GrossCity of the Fallen Sky by Tim PrattNightglass by Liane MercielThe Redemption Engine by James L. Sutter
pathfinder novels
35 books — 19 voters
The German Genius by Peter WatsonThe Sleepwalkers by Christopher ClarkGerman Philosophy 1760-1860 by Terry P. PinkardThe Reformation by Diarmaid MacCullochIron Kingdom by Christopher Clark
German History
596 books — 155 voters

Devil in a Blue Dress by Walter Mosley
african american mysteries
173 books — 68 voters
All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque
A Heady Brew - Weimar Germany (1918-1933)
125 books — 33 voters

Ceremony by Leslie Marmon SilkoThe Grass Dancer by Mona Susan PowerThe Sacred Hoop by Paula Gunn Allen
Native American Female Authors
195 books — 61 voters
Winter Tide by Ruthanna Emrys
Counter-Lovecraft
186 books — 134 voters

Atonement by Ian McEwanThe Color Purple by Alice WalkerThe English Patient by Michael OndaatjeTheir Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston
Best 1930s Historical Fiction
131 books — 225 voters
Kindred by Octavia E. ButlerBeloved by Toni MorrisonThe Hundred Thousand Kingdoms by N.K. JemisinThe Fifth Season by N.K. JemisinMidnight’s Children by Salman Rushdie
Speculative Fiction by Authors of Color
736 books — 479 voters

Kindred by Octavia E. ButlerParable of the Sower by Octavia E. ButlerThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood
Best Science Fiction With a Female Protagonist
1,425 books — 3,006 voters