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Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Timothy (23 Lists)



Make Your Bed by William H. McRavenThe Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors by James D. Hornfischer
Navy Blue
2 books — 1 voter
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee by Dee BrownThe New Jim Crow by Michelle AlexanderThe Souls of Black Folk by W.E.B. Du Bois
Books White People Need to Read
1,448 books — 1,813 voters

Infidel by Ayaan Hirsi AliNothing to Envy by Barbara DemickA Long Way Gone by Ishmael BeahThe Boy Who Harnessed the Wind by William Kamkwamba
Powerful International Non-Fiction
295 books — 318 voters
In the Land of Invisible Women by Qanta A. AhmedThe Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin HamidDesert Flower by Waris DirieThe Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
Muslim fiction/non fiction
200 books — 122 voters

Detroit Noir by E.J. OlsenDetroit by Charlie LeDuffThe Slave Across the Street by Theresa L. FloresThe Ruins Of Detroit by Yves Marchand
Detroit (fiction and nonfiction)
170 books — 75 voters
The Dew Breaker by Edwidge DanticatHow the García Girls Lost Their Accents by Julia AlvarezThe Farming of Bones by Edwidge DanticatIn the Time of the Butterflies by Julia AlvarezWide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys
Caribbean/West Indian Diaspora Literature - Women (fiction)
212 books — 157 voters

Infidel by Ayaan Hirsi AliThe Hidden Cost of Being African American by Thomas M. ShapiroThe Sisterhood of Blackberry Corner by Andrea Smith
Jezebel's Books All Women Should Read
784 books — 1,401 voters
The Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniA Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled HosseiniMemoirs of a Geisha by Arthur GoldenThings Fall Apart by Chinua AchebeMidnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John Berendt
Around the World in 100 Books
1,325 books — 719 voters

The Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniA Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled HosseiniThe Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin HamidThe Places in Between by Rory Stewart
Books Set in the -stan Countries
335 books — 175 voters
Burnt Shadows by Kamila ShamsieFear of Beauty by Susan Froetschel
Afghan-fiction
46 books — 53 voters

1984 by George OrwellAnimal Farm by George OrwellThe Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniNight by Elie WieselBrave New World by Aldous Huxley
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
32,838 books — 124,645 voters
Purple Hibiscus by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieHalf of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieThings Fall Apart by Chinua AchebeSo Long a Letter by Mariama BâA Man of the People by Chinua Achebe
African Fiction
605 books — 434 voters

Breath, Eyes, Memory by Edwidge DanticatCry, the Beloved Country by Alan PatonCane River by Lalita Tademy
Oprah's Book Club Picks
132 books — 2,206 voters
The Sisterhood of Blackberry Corner by Andrea SmithThe Disgruntled Wives Club by Portia A. CosbyBaby Brother's Blues by Pearl CleageI Wish I Had a Red Dress by Pearl CleageWhat Looks Like Crazy on an Ordinary Day by Pearl Cleage
Best Black/African American Chicklit
434 books — 404 voters

The Color Purple by Alice WalkerThe Autobiography of Malcolm X by Malcolm XInvisible Man by Ralph EllisonThe Help by Kathryn StockettTheir Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston
Black History Month
564 books — 502 voters
Cry, the Beloved Country by Alan PatonThings Fall Apart by Chinua AchebeBig Breasts & Wide Hips by Mo YanRitual by Malidoma Patrice SoméMonique and the Mango Rains by Kris Holloway
Foreign Lands
2,379 books — 2,269 voters

God's Bits of Wood by Ousmane SembèneThings Fall Apart by Chinua AchebeHalf of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieA Long Way Gone by Ishmael BeahInfidel by Ayaan Hirsi Ali
Africa (fiction and nonfiction)
1,891 books — 1,773 voters
Rich Dad Poor Dad by Robert T. KiyosakiThe Millionaire Next Door by Thomas J. StanleyThe Tipping Point by Malcolm GladwellFreakonomics by Steven D. Levitt
Books That Will Make You Rich
80 books — 76 voters

Ansel Adams by Ansel AdamsAnonymous by Robert Flynn JohnsonNatural Fashion by Hans W. SilvesterThe Portfolios of Ansel Adams by Ansel AdamsAnsel Adams by Ansel Adams
Exceptional Photography Books*
568 books — 197 voters
Brother, I'm Dying by Edwidge DanticatThe Prisoner's Wife by Asha BandeleThe Color of Water by James McBrideThe Pursuit of Happyness by Chris GardnerThe House at Sugar Beach by Helene Cooper
African American Memoirs
468 books — 216 voters

We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed With Ou... by Philip GourevitchAfrica's World War by Gérard Prunier
Books on Rwanda genocide
93 books — 103 voters
The Holy Bible by Anonymous
Best Page-Turners with Redeeming Social Value
8,097 books — 5,942 voters

Godless by Ann CoulterMiles to Go by Miley CyrusHow to Talk to a Liberal (If You Must) by Ann CoulterIf Democrats Had Any Brains, They'd Be Republicans by Ann CoulterThe Host by Stephenie Meyer
Books I Have No Intention of Reading
1,640 books — 5,990 voters