The Rap Year Book by Shea Serrano
The Definitive List of Hip-Hop Books
146 books — 45 voters
So Long a Letter by Mariama Bâ
Best by African Authors
410 books — 224 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
3,243 books — 3,356 voters
The House on Mango Street by Sandra CisnerosThe Buddha in the Attic by Julie Otsuka
Immigrant Experience Literature
1,068 books — 1,757 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
354 books — 144 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
778 books — 3,254 voters