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Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Sohum (13 Lists)



The Essential Dykes To Watch Out For by Alison Bechdel
Graphic Novels Featuring LGBTIQ+ Themes
1,057 books — 1,040 voters
Slouching Towards Bethlehem by Joan Didion
Best Book of Essays
404 books — 184 voters

Fun Home by Alison Bechdel
100 Best Lesbian Fiction & Memoir Books Of All Time
905 books — 1,195 voters
Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Interesting, Well Written Books that are not by Dead/Old White Men
1,194 books — 344 voters

The Complete Persepolis by Marjane SatrapiGhost World by Daniel Clowes
Flavorwire's Disturbingly Brilliant Graphic Novels
69 books — 54 voters
Persepolis by Marjane SatrapiFun Home by Alison BechdelGhost World by Daniel ClowesThe Complete Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi
Required Reading Graphic Novels
1,175 books — 2,017 voters

Why Are All The Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria? by Beverly Daniel Tatum
Books White People Need to Read
1,404 books — 1,683 voters
The Complete Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi
500 Essential Graphic Novels
940 books — 867 voters

Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Anticipated Literary Reads For Readers Of Color 2014
148 books — 202 voters
City of Glass by Paul AusterOn Moral Fiction by John GardnerThe Life and Complete Work of Francisco Goya by Pierre GassierThe Chess Garden by Brooks HansenSons and Lovers by D.H. Lawrence
Books Daria Read
70 books — 65 voters

A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled HosseiniExtremely Loud & Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran FoerThe Complete Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi
Best Books of the 21st Century
9,833 books — 22,373 voters
The Joy Luck Club by Amy TanFlowers for Algernon by Daniel KeyesA Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'EngleThe Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,878 books — 49,825 voters

The Complete Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi
History through graphic novels
620 books — 498 voters