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Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Branden (16 Lists)



The Duke of Deception by Geoffrey WolffReading My Father by Alexandra Styron
Father Memoirs
118 books — 68 voters
Black, Listed by Jeffrey BoakyeBack to Black by Kehinde Andrews'There Ain't no Black in the Union Jack' by Paul GilroyOne Blood by John M. PerkinsInsurgent Empire by Priyamvada Gopal
Race
86 books — 9 voters

An American Marriage by Tayari JonesBlack Leopard, Red Wolf by Marlon JamesCollected Novels & Poems by Albert MurrayMeanwhile, Back at the Ranch by A.J. VerdelleAmerican Histories by John Edgar Wideman
The Very Time I Thought I Was lost, My Dungeon Shook and My Chains Fell Off: Forthcoming Books for 2018 by Authors of African Descent
85 books — 58 voters
Grace by Daphne A. Brooks
33⅓
139 books — 67 voters

Birds of America by Lorrie MooreInterpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa LahiriJesus’ Son by Denis JohnsonDrown by Junot DíazPastoralia by George Saunders
Contemporary Short Story Collections
555 books — 339 voters
Dancing at Lughnasa by Brian FrielIn the Blood by Suzan-Lori Parks
Best Plays Since 1990
207 books — 152 voters

The Stories of John Cheever by John CheeverSong of Solomon by Toni MorrisonThe Collected Poems of Frank O'Hara by Frank O'Hara
Donald Barthelme's 81 Books Essential for a Literary Education
98 books — 70 voters
Beloved by Toni Morrison
(Not) Modern Library's 100 Best Novels of the 20th Century
104 books — 165 voters

My Father and Myself by J.R. Ackerley
New York Review Books - Classics
633 books — 907 voters
The Wild Iris by Louise Glück
Pulitzer Winners: Poetry
103 books — 53 voters

The Wild Iris by Louise Glück
Best Poetry Books
3,086 books — 2,620 voters
Kindred by Octavia E. Butler
Best Science Fiction & Fantasy Books
8,772 books — 25,809 voters

Grass by Sheri S. Tepper
Most Under-rated Science Fiction
2,164 books — 2,524 voters
A Good Man Is Hard to Find and Other Stories by Flannery O'ConnorCathedral by Raymond CarverInterpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa LahiriThe Stories of John Cheever by John CheeverPastoralia by George Saunders
Collections of Short Stories
2,938 books — 2,076 voters

The Complete Stories by Flannery O'ConnorThe Stories of John Cheever by John CheeverCathedral by Raymond CarverClose Range by Annie ProulxInterpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri
Best Fiction Short Stories
672 books — 390 voters
Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
32,843 books — 124,663 voters