Book Lists Voted on by <a href="/user/show/17890950-litsplaining">Litsplaining</a> (72 Lists)

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Anansi Boys by Neil Gaiman

Science Fiction and Fantasy Must Reads

4,123 books — 5,519 voters

Midnight Folk by John Masefield

The Henna Artist by Alka Joshi

You're Not Listening by Kate Murphy

Born a Crime by Trevor Noah

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. Rowling

Best Books To Help Escape Covid-19

370 books — 41 voters

The Round House by Louise Erdrich

2012's Best Literary Fiction By People of Color

43 books — 121 voters

Kithra by Dani Worth

Romances with Tomboy/Women in Pants Heroines

369 books — 265 voters

Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi

LibraryReads June 2016

10 books — 22 voters

The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl by Issa Rae

Shadowshaper by Daniel José Older

A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara

Jam on the Vine by LaShonda Katrice Barnett

Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates

Anticipated Literary Reads For Readers of Color 2015

136 books — 169 voters

Breath, Eyes, Memory by Edwidge Danticat

Immigrant Experience Literature

1,056 books — 1,711 voters

The Tiger's Wife by Téa Obreht

In the Time of the Butterflies by Julia Alvarez

We Need New Names by NoViolet Bulawayo

The Dew Breaker by Edwidge Danticat

In the Shadow of the Banyan by Vaddey Ratner

50 Novels By Women Writers On Conflict, Displacement And Resilience

50 books — 59 voters

Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe

Purple Hibiscus by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

From Nigeria With Love: Books by Nigerian Authors

230 books — 155 voters

Harry Potter Series Box Set by J.K. Rowling

Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert

The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Díaz

White Teeth by Zadie Smith

Sarah's Key by Tatiana de Rosnay

Best Books of the Decade: 2000s

7,216 books — 28,372 voters

Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine

Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson

I'd Tell You I Love You, But Then I'd Have to Kill You by Ally Carter

Just Listen by Sarah Dessen

The Truth About Forever by Sarah Dessen

Best Female Heroine Books (or books centered around girls)

368 books — 209 voters

Catching Jordan by Miranda Kenneally

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

Playing With the Boys by Liz Tigelaar

Graceling by Kristin Cashore

Who doesn't love a tomboy?

426 books — 524 voters

Boy, Snow, Bird by Helen Oyeyemi

Foreign Gods, Inc. by Okey Ndibe

We Need New Names by NoViolet Bulawayo

Thirty Girls by Susan Minot

'Til the Well Runs Dry by Lauren Francis-Sharma

Anticipated Literary Reads For Readers Of Color 2014

148 books — 200 voters

The Autobiography of Malcolm X by Malcolm X

The Coldest Winter Ever by Sister Souljah

Flyy Girl by Omar Tyree

The Spook Who Sat by the Door by Sam Greenlee

God Don't Like Ugly by Mary Monroe

Good Urban Literature

165 books — 293 voters

Cress by Marissa Meyer

Best Books of 2014

3,570 books — 6,474 voters

The Giver by Lois Lowry

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling

Make Lemonade by Virginia Euwer Wolff

Life in the Fat Lane by Cherie Bennett

The Skin I'm In by Sharon G. Flake

Teen Novels of the '90s

172 books — 84 voters

Roots by Alex Haley

Possession by A.S. Byatt

Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe

Beneath a Marble Sky by John Shors

Orlando by Virginia Woolf

Best Historical Fiction

7,857 books — 26,145 voters

Boy, Snow, Bird by Helen Oyeyemi

Man Booker Prize Eligible 2014

168 books — 698 voters

Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert

Favorite Travel Books

2,047 books — 3,958 voters

Anna and the French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins

Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen

Best Traveling Vicariously

2,175 books — 1,902 voters

The Book Thief by Markus Zusak

The Diviners by Libba Bray

Belle and the Beau by Beverly Jenkins

Josephine and the Soldier by Beverly Jenkins

YA Historical Fantasy

323 books — 434 voters

The Giver by Lois Lowry

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot

Harry Potter Series Box Set by J.K. Rowling

The Autobiography of Malcolm X by Malcolm X

100 Books to Read in a Lifetime: Readers' Picks

15,877 books — 18,529 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery

The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde

The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton

Must Read Classics

1,876 books — 4,709 voters

The Book of Negroes by Lawrence Hill

Best Canadian Literature

2,340 books — 1,149 voters

The Book Thief by Markus Zusak

Just Listen by Sarah Dessen

Along for the Ride by Sarah Dessen

The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton

Best Stand-Alone Books

819 books — 855 voters

The Road by Cormac McCarthy

Books I Regret Reading

2,306 books — 3,225 voters

Belle and the Beau by Beverly Jenkins

Josephine and the Soldier by Beverly Jenkins

Gwyneth and the Thief by Margaret Moore

Avon True Romances

12 books — 28 voters

White Teeth by Zadie Smith

Breath, Eyes, Memory by Edwidge Danticat

Caribbean Literature

580 books — 264 voters

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling

Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine

A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle

1,500 books — 757 voters

32 Candles by Ernessa T. Carter

Black Girls Write!

248 books — 84 voters

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