Sister Outsider by Audre LordeA Thread of Grace by Mary Doria RussellMy Bondage and My Freedom by Frederick DouglassSilent Spring by Rachel CarsonFreedom Riders by Raymond Arsenault
40k English titles
40 books — 21 voters
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3,165 books — 2,927 voters

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1,012 books — 863 voters

Summerhill by A.S. Neill
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783 books — 642 voters
West with the Night by Beryl Markham
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173 books — 113 voters

The Women's Room by Marilyn FrenchThe Group by Mary McCarthyThe Woman Warrior by Maxine Hong KingstonTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank
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772 books — 1,400 voters
The Group by Mary McCarthy
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163 books — 133 voters

Nothing Like It in the World by Stephen E. Ambrose
Trains, Planes, and Automobiles
370 books — 84 voters
Women's Diaries of the Westward Journey by Lillian Schlissel
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335 books — 238 voters

Mountains Beyond Mountains by Tracy Kidder
Best Inspirational Books
654 books — 837 voters

The Rape of Nanking by Iris ChangThe Prince by Niccolò MachiavelliA Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill BrysonWild Swans by Jung ChangGuns, Germs, and Steel by Jared Diamond
Learn About History
461 books — 187 voters
Small Island by Andrea Levy
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30 books — 130 voters

Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. ButlerWild Seed by Octavia E. Butler
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189 books — 125 voters

The Color Purple by Alice WalkerAnna Karenina by Leo TolstoyLonesome Dove by Larry McMurtryMemoirs of a Geisha by Arthur GoldenEast of Eden by John Steinbeck
Books With Unforgettable Characters
9,439 books — 8,382 voters
Inside the Kingdom by Carmen Bin Ladin
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2,974 books — 3,004 voters

The Audacity of Hope by Barack ObamaBowling Alone by Robert D. PutnamObama's Challenge by Robert Kuttner
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934 books — 1,097 voters
Sounder by William H. Armstrong
The Most Deserving Newbery
110 books — 2,996 voters

Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García MárquezTar Baby by Toni MorrisonThe Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison
Read Them Twice...At Least
13,617 books — 11,183 voters
Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García Márquez
The Book Was Better Than the Movie
1,561 books — 18,694 voters

Best Books Ever
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