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Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by LaShanda Chamberlain (34 Lists)



Lovely One by Ketanji Brown JacksonConfronting the Presidents by Bill O'ReillySupercommunicators by Charles Duhigg
Best Books of 2024
887 books — 950 voters
Lovely One by Ketanji Brown Jackson
Best books of September, 2024
114 books — 23 voters

Enough by Cassidy HutchinsonSpare by Prince HarryPoverty, by America by Matthew DesmondKing by Jonathan Eig
Best Books of 2023
1,247 books — 1,871 voters
The Autobiography of Malcolm X by Malcolm XThe Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca SklootThe Story of My Life by Helen KellerEducated by Tara WestoverDreams from My Father by Barack Obama
Best Memoir / Biography / Autobiography
6,580 books — 7,846 voters

The Help by Kathryn Stockett
Best Books of 2009
1,771 books — 6,926 voters
Lean In by Sheryl Sandberg
Higher Education Books Recommended from #heweb
33 books — 29 voters

Paying the Price by Sara Goldrick-RabAfter the Ivory Tower Falls by Will BunchAcademically Adrift by Richard ArumHigher Education? by Andrew HackerThe Privileged Poor by Anthony Abraham Jack
Controversies in Higher Education
208 books — 45 voters
The Tyranny of the Meritocracy by Lani GuinierPaying the Price by Sara Goldrick-RabBeer and Circus by Murray A. SperberLower Ed by Tressie McMillan CottomWhistling Vivaldi by Claude M. Steele
Books for Higher Education Professionals
111 books — 64 voters

The Story of My Life by Helen KellerEducated by Tara WestoverBecoming by Michelle Obama
Memoirs by Women
3,381 books — 3,610 voters
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
Best Biographies
1,754 books — 3,012 voters

The Help by Kathryn StockettThe Color Purple by Alice Walker
2014: What Women Born In The 1970s Read in 2014
4,495 books — 1,047 voters
The Color Purple by Alice WalkerSmall Great Things by Jodi PicoultJust Mercy by Bryan StevensonLean In by Sheryl SandbergThe Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
2016: What Women Born In The 1970s Read in 2016
6,038 books — 684 voters

Small Great Things by Jodi Picoult
Best Twists
8,702 books — 9,837 voters
Small Great Things by Jodi PicoultThe Color Purple by Alice WalkerOh, the Places You’ll Go! by Dr. Seuss
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
32,838 books — 124,632 voters

Uphill by Jemele HillThe Color Purple by Alice WalkerThe Help by Kathryn StockettEducated by Tara WestoverLittle House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder
Best Woman-Authored Books
8,920 books — 6,577 voters
Black Privilege by Charlamagne Tha GodThe Presidency in Black and White by April Ryan
HBO's Real Time with Bill Maher: Featured Books and Authors - 2018-2019
97 books — 17 voters

Quiet Strength by Tony Dungy
Best Nonfiction that Grabs You
154 books — 57 voters
Gathering Blossoms Under Fire by Alice WalkerCaste by Isabel Wilkerson
Feminist interest 2020
229 books — 61 voters

The 1619 Project by Nikole Hannah-JonesThe New Jim Crow by Michelle AlexanderThe Fire Next Time by James BaldwinEmotional Justice by Esther A. ArmahBetween the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates
#BlackLivesMatter Reading List
632 books — 294 voters
Hood Feminism by Mikki KendallThe Help by Kathryn StockettThe Fire Next Time by James BaldwinBecoming by Michelle ObamaThe Souls of Black Folk by W.E.B. Du Bois
Best Popular Racism Books on Goodreads
168 books — 5 voters

The Color Purple by Alice WalkerThe Cat in the Hat by Dr. Seuss
Most Rated Books by Year of the 20th Century
100 books — 725 voters
Hood Feminism by Mikki KendallDo Better by Rachel RickettsThe Help by Kathryn Stockett
Best Feminist Books
2,941 books — 4,264 voters

Hood Feminism by Mikki KendallCaste by Isabel WilkersonA Promised Land by Barack ObamaGreenlights by Matthew McConaugheyToo Much and Never Enough by Mary L. Trump
Best Books of the Decade: 2020's
3,028 books — 5,542 voters
Educated by Tara Westover
People Who Have Left Cults or Religious Fundamentalism (Memoirs & Biographies)
164 books — 199 voters

The Coldest Winter Ever by Sister Souljah
The Hottest Urban Fiction
418 books — 472 voters
The 1619 Project by Nikole Hannah-JonesHood Feminism by Mikki KendallThe New Jim Crow by Michelle AlexanderJust Mercy by Bryan StevensonThe Fire Next Time by James Baldwin
Books White People Need to Read
1,447 books — 1,813 voters

72 Hour Hold by Bebe Moore CampbellThe Coldest Winter Ever by Sister SouljahTryin' to Sleep in the Bed You Made by Virginia DeBerryBig Girls Don't Cry by Connie BriscoeInvisible Life by E. Lynn Harris
Best Black/African American Chicklit
434 books — 404 voters
Becoming by Michelle ObamaA Promised Land by Barack ObamaThe 1619 Project by Nikole Hannah-JonesThe Help by Kathryn Stockett
Best African American Books
1,063 books — 1,161 voters

The Color Purple by Alice WalkerThe Help by Kathryn StockettWhere the Heart Is by Billie Letts
Best Women's Fiction Novels
2,161 books — 1,804 voters
Becoming by Michelle ObamaHood Feminism by Mikki KendallThe Help by Kathryn StockettThe Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca SklootIn the Shadow of Statues by Mitch Landrieu
Best Books of the 21st Century
9,838 books — 22,451 voters


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