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
Moby-Dick or, The Whale by Herman MelvilleInvisible Man by Ralph EllisonOf Mice and Men by John SteinbeckOthello by William ShakespeareNative Son by Richard Wright
Best Male Character
3,165 books — 2,983 voters

Purple Hibiscus by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieKaffir Boy by Mark Mathabane
Africa (fiction and nonfiction)
1,764 books — 1,645 voters
Snakes and Ladders by Gita Mehta
India
1,024 books — 865 voters

Summerhill by A.S. Neill
Books for Teachers/Educators
784 books — 643 voters
West with the Night by Beryl Markham
Top Feminist Books
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
Jezebel's Books All Women Should Read
772 books — 1,399 voters
The Group by Mary McCarthy
Retro Reads
162 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
Best Historical Travel Journals
335 books — 239 voters

Mountains Beyond Mountains by Tracy Kidder
Best Inspirational Books
662 books — 843 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
459 books — 186 voters
Small Island by Andrea Levy
Orange Prize for Fiction Winners
30 books — 130 voters

Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. ButlerWild Seed by Octavia E. Butler
Best African American Authors
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
9,446 books — 8,499 voters
Inside the Kingdom by Carmen Bin Ladin
Memoirs by Women
3,048 books — 3,062 voters

The Audacity of Hope by Barack ObamaBowling Alone by Robert D. PutnamObama's Challenge by Robert Kuttner
Best Books to Become an Informed Voter
940 books — 1,096 voters
Sounder by William H. Armstrong
The Most Deserving Newbery
106 books — 2,990 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
13,956 books — 11,483 voters
Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García Márquez
The Book Was Better Than the Movie
1,561 books — 18,686 voters

Best Books Ever
76,692 books — 285,197 voters