The Rap Year Book by Shea Serrano
The Definitive List of Hip-Hop Books
145 books — 43 voters
So Long a Letter by Mariama Bâ
Best by African Authors
407 books — 222 voters

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya AngelouWild Swans by Jung ChangThe Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath by Sylvia PlathI Am Malala by Malala YousafzaiAssata by Assata Shakur
Memoirs by Women
3,055 books — 3,083 voters
The House on Mango Street by Sandra CisnerosThe Buddha in the Attic by Julie Otsuka
Immigrant Experience Literature
1,012 books — 1,454 voters

Teaching My Mother How to Give Birth by Warsan ShireI Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
Poetry by Women of Color
352 books — 141 voters
Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler
Books with Black Female Authors
271 books — 61 voters

Kafka on the Shore by Haruki MurakamiThe Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki MurakamiNorwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami
Best Japanese Books
772 books — 3,250 voters