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Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Ari (20 Lists)



The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois by Honorée Fanonne JeffersLibertie by Kaitlyn GreenidgeIsland Queen by Vanessa RileyThe Great Mrs. Elias by Barbara Chase-Riboudeveryman by M. Shelly Conner
2021 Books by Black authors
144 books — 149 voters
The Living Is Easy by Dorothy WestSag Harbor by Colson WhiteheadThe Wide Circumference of Love by Marita GoldenSo Much Blue by Percival EverettThe Emperor of Ocean Park by Stephen L. Carter
Fiction Books Featuring the African-American Middle and Upper Class
37 books — 8 voters

The Black Calhouns by Gail Lumet Buckley
Anticipated Literary Reads For Readers of Color 2016
178 books — 156 voters
Our Kind of People by Lawrence Otis GrahamFirst Class by Alison    StewartNegroland by Margo Jefferson
Non-Fiction Books on the African-American Middle, Upper, and Elite Class
97 books — 29 voters

32 Candles by Ernessa T. CarterThe Accidental Diva by Tia Williams
Best Black/African American Chicklit
432 books — 403 voters
Does My Head Look Big In This? by Randa Abdel-Fattah
Best Contemporary Fiction Books with Islamic Themes
78 books — 115 voters

Before You Suffocate Your Own Fool Self by Danielle  Evans32 Candles by Ernessa T. CarterA Wish After Midnight by Zetta ElliottThe Long Song by Andrea LevyThe Girl Who Fell from the Sky by Heidi W. Durrow
2010's Best African American Literature
21 books — 143 voters
Dark Goddess by Sarwat ChaddaThe Latte Rebellion by Sarah Jamila StevensonAkata Witch by Nnedi OkoraforChain Reaction by Simone ElkelesOrchards by Holly Thompson
YA Novels of 2011
1,117 books — 6,649 voters

Sister Mischief by Laura GoodeThe Great Wall of Lucy Wu by Wendy Wan-Long Shang
2011 Debut Authors (Young Adult and Middle Grade Lit.)
262 books — 2,071 voters
The Kayla Chronicles by Sherri WinstonAlanna by Tamora PierceThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankThe Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks by E. LockhartThe True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle by Avi
Best Feminist Young Adult Books
1,321 books — 1,341 voters

Bleeding Violet by Dia Reeves
The Tenners! Debut YA & MG novels of 2010
88 books — 1,012 voters
Whale Talk by Chris Crutcher
YA Sport Novels
270 books — 366 voters

Alanna by Tamora PierceBloody Jack by L.A. MeyerPirates! by Celia Rees
Best Kick-Ass Female Characters From YA and Children's Fantasy and Science Fiction
3,074 books — 8,676 voters
Saving Maddie by Varian Johnson
2010 YA novels (part 1)
123 books — 225 voters

A Spy in the House by Y.S. LeeEighth-Grade Superzero by Olugbemisola Rhuday-Perkovich
2010 Debut Authors (Young Adult & Middle Grade Literature)
289 books — 1,987 voters
Strange Justice by Jane Mayer
REALLY Underrated Books (Fewer than 1,000 Ratings)
3,182 books — 765 voters

The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie
National Book Award Winners / Young People's Literature category
20 books — 29 voters
Assassin by Grace Cavendish
YA Elizabeth I Historical Fiction
49 books — 57 voters

Orphea Proud by Sharon Dennis Wyeth
Lambda Literary Award / Childrens/Young Adult category winners and nominees
103 books — 70 voters
Whale Talk by Chris Crutcher
Best Books Ever
76,138 books — 283,096 voters



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