Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Monique (21 Lists)



The Gospel According to Cane by Courttia NewlandA Deeper Love Inside by Sister SouljahChildren of the Jacaranda Tree by Sahar Delijani
Anticipated Literary Reads for Readers of Color 2013
198 books — 545 voters
The Warmth of Other Suns by Isabel WilkersonThe Bluest Eye by Toni MorrisonComing of Age in Mississippi by Anne MoodyA Lesson Before Dying by Ernest J. GainesBeloved by Toni Morrison
Books That Every African American Should Read (Huffington Post List)
181 books — 210 voters

The Road by Cormac McCarthy
The Long and Winding Road
115 books — 44 voters
The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner by Stephenie MeyerMidnight Sun [2008 Draft] by Stephenie MeyerMarked by P.C. CastCinder by Marissa Meyer
Books I Have No Intention of Reading (Fiction)
620 books — 708 voters

Silver Sparrow by Tayari JonesZone One by Colson Whitehead
2011's Best African American Literature
23 books — 73 voters
The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre DumasThe Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey NiffeneggerEast of Eden by John Steinbeck
Big Fat Books Worth the Effort
1,874 books — 6,997 voters

Wicked by Gregory MaguireThe Golden Compass by Philip PullmanTwilight by Stephenie Meyer
I read the first one and didn't feel compelled to finish the trilogy/series
884 books — 2,055 voters
Beloved by Toni MorrisonComing of Age in Mississippi by Anne Moody
African American Books That Changed Our Lives
125 books — 170 voters

The Coldest Winter Ever by Sister SouljahThe Bluest Eye by Toni MorrisonBeloved by Toni Morrison
Black Caucus of the ALA Award Winners - Fiction
125 books — 124 voters
The Autobiography of Malcolm X by Malcolm XBeloved by Toni Morrison
African American Cultural Studies
182 books — 60 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankLord of the Flies by William GoldingThe Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniLittle Women by Louisa May Alcott
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
31,696 books — 120,659 voters
The Bluest Eye by Toni MorrisonA Lesson Before Dying by Ernest J. GainesBeloved by Toni MorrisonKindred by Octavia E. ButlerThe Coldest Winter Ever by Sister Souljah
Best African American Books
1,043 books — 1,139 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Road by Cormac McCarthyBeloved by Toni MorrisonThe Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot DíazThe Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton
Pulitzer Winners: Fiction & Novels
99 books — 951 voters
The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey NiffeneggerThe Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton
Best Love Stories
5,179 books — 9,640 voters

Godless by Ann CoulterThe Secret by Rhonda ByrneEat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth GilbertThe Book of Mormon by Joseph Smith Jr.The Tales of Beedle the Bard by J.K. Rowling
Books I Have No Intention of Reading
1,638 books — 5,990 voters
Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret by Judy BlumeThe Boxcar Children by Gertrude Chandler WarnerWhere the Sidewalk Ends by Shel SilversteinCharlotte’s Web by E.B. WhiteRamona the Pest by Beverly Cleary
What Book Got You Hooked?
3,848 books — 10,539 voters

Wicked by Gregory MaguireBreaking Dawn by Stephenie MeyerThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
Disappointing Books
2,732 books — 4,602 voters
The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey NiffeneggerThe Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark HaddonThe Road by Cormac McCarthyFreakonomics by Steven D. LevittThe Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Díaz
Best Books of the Decade: 2000s
7,187 books — 28,368 voters

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. RowlingBridget Jones’s Diary by Helen Fielding
The Book Was Better Than the Movie
1,561 books — 18,687 voters