Foreign Gods, Inc. by Okey Ndibe
Books Set in Nigeria
198 books — 109 voters
The Kitchen House by Kathleen GrissomThe Mammy by Brendan O'CarrollMe Before You by Jojo MoyesBel Canto by Ann PatchettThe Liars' Club by Mary Karr
Binge Reads
216 books — 113 voters

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Books Set in Saudi Arabia
78 books — 25 voters
Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur GoldenBel Canto by Ann PatchettThe Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniA Northern Light by Jennifer DonnellyI Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith
Stories For Book Lovers
8,407 books — 8,485 voters

The Ruins of Us by Keija Parssinen
Fiction/memoirs set in Saudi Arabia
29 books — 30 voters
The Book Thief by Markus ZusakThe Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark HaddonRoom by Emma DonoghueThe Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan BradleyThe Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein
Unique Narrators
400 books — 347 voters

A Walk to Remember by Nicholas SparksWhere the Red Fern Grows by Wilson RawlsMe Before You by Jojo MoyesThe Notebook by Nicholas SparksThe Fault in Our Stars by John Green
Books that Made You Cry!
3,357 books — 7,968 voters
Me Before You by Jojo MoyesThe Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniThe Notebook by Nicholas Sparks
Causes of Ugly Crying
1,404 books — 3,956 voters

The Help by Kathryn StockettThe Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk KiddThe Known World by Edward P. JonesIncidents in the Life of a Slave Girl by Harriet Ann Jacobs
Best African American Books
1,043 books — 1,140 voters
A Walk to Remember by Nicholas SparksMe Before You by Jojo MoyesThe Notebook by Nicholas SparksWonder by R.J. Palacio
Books That Had Me Bawling My Eyes Out
858 books — 1,595 voters

The Trials of Maria Barbella by Idanna Pucci
Best True Crime
1,360 books — 1,937 voters
The Chosen by Chaim PotokBee Season by Myla Goldberg
The Jewish American Experience
78 books — 46 voters

Redeeming Love by Francine  Rivers
Christian Fiction that Doesn't Suck
225 books — 116 voters
These Is My Words by Nancy E. TurnerThe Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann ShafferElla Minnow Pea by Mark DunnThe Screwtape Letters by C.S. LewisLady Susan by Jane Austen
Epistolary Fiction
855 books — 849 voters

The Fruit of Her Hands by Michelle CameronMy Family for the War by Anne C. VoorhoeveThe Promise by Chaim PotokThe Gift of Asher Lev by Chaim PotokThe Chosen by Chaim Potok
Jewish Fiction
131 books — 115 voters
Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur GoldenMark of the Lion Trilogy by Francine  RiversMy Family for the War by Anne C. VoorhoeveThe Book Thief by Markus Zusak
Best Historical Fiction
7,478 books — 25,671 voters

My Family for the War by Anne C. Voorhoeve
YA Historical Fiction 2012
126 books — 725 voters
Address Unknown by Kathrine Kressmann TaylorThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakThe Hiding Place by Corrie ten BoomThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankI Am David by Anne Holm
Well-Written Holocaust Books
896 books — 2,891 voters

The Secret Lives of Baba Segi's Wives by Lola ShoneyinCry, the Beloved Country by Alan PatonInfidel by Ayaan Hirsi AliDon't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight by Alexandra Fuller
Africa (fiction and nonfiction)
1,775 books — 1,652 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeePride and Prejudice by Jane AustenWhere the Red Fern Grows by Wilson RawlsA Walk to Remember by Nicholas Sparks
Best Books Ever
76,886 books — 286,123 voters