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Noor by Nnedi OkoraforTo Paradise by Hanya YanagiharaHow High We Go in the Dark by Sequoia NagamatsuMemphis by Tara M. StringfellowAncestor Trouble by Maud Newton
The Audacious Book Club
50 books — 13 voters
Ecofeminist Philosophy by Karen J. WarrenNature Ethics by Marti KheelEcofeminism and the Sacred by Carol J. AdamsEcological Politics by Greta GaardFeminism and the Mastery of Nature by Val Plumwood
Ecofeminist nonfiction
35 books — 15 voters

L.A. Confidential by James EllroySix Four by Hideo YokoyamaThe Historian by Elizabeth KostovaThe Secret History by Donna TarttThe Man Who Loved Dogs by Leonardo Padura
Big Fat Crime Novels
21 books — 6 voters
Afropean by Johny PittsAsha & the Spirit Bird by Jasbinder BilanFlèche by Mary Jean ChanNudibranch by Irenosen OkojieQueenie by Candice Carty-Williams
Jhalak Prize 2020 Longlist
12 books — 3 voters

The Masters And The Slaves by Gilberto FreyreFreedoms Given, Freedoms Won by Kim D. ButlerChildren of God's Fire by Robert Edgar ConradEscravidão – Volume 1 by Laurentino GomesO Genocídio do Negro Brasileiro by Abdias do Nascimento
Slavery in Brazil - Escravidão no Brasil
48 books — 3 voters
Quarto de Despejo by Carolina Maria de JesusA Vida Invisível de Eurídice Gusmão by Martha BatalhaA Falência by Júlia Lopes de AlmeidaA cabeça do santo by Socorro AcioliÁgua Funda by Ruth Guimarães
Escritoras Brasileiras - Brazilian Women Writers
75 books — 17 voters

The Paper Menagerie and Other Stories by Ken Liu
Book Riot's 100 Must-Read Contemporary Short Story Collections
121 books — 73 voters
Into Thin Air by Jon KrakauerK2 by Ed ViestursFive Miles High by Charles S. Houston
Climbing and Mountaineering
215 books — 172 voters

The Secret Race by Tyler Hamilton
Top reads for sports fans
963 books — 807 voters
The Book Thief by Markus ZusakThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankThe Complete Maus by Art Spiegelman
Well-Written Holocaust Books
930 books — 3,011 voters

Orhan's Inheritance by Aline Ohanesian
Best Armenian Books
31 books — 19 voters
Innocent Until Interrogated by Gary L. Stuart
Best nonfiction books about Arizona
118 books — 17 voters

The Fortune Teller by Gwendolyn WomackPossession by A.S. ByattA Tale for the Time Being by Ruth OzekiThe Princess Bride by William GoldmanThe Diamond Age by Neal Stephenson
Book Inception
14 books — 3 voters
The Culture of Narcissism by Christopher LaschThe Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order by Samuel P. HuntingtonThe Revolt of the Elites and the Betrayal of Democracy by Christopher LaschWho Are We? by Samuel P. HuntingtonThe Abolition of Britain by Peter Hitchens
Books for the Trump Era
36 books — 16 voters

11/22/63 by Stephen King
Best of Stephen King
190 books — 3,892 voters
Stiff by Mary Roach
Thanatopsis: Death, Dying, and Mortality
593 books — 267 voters

The Walls Around Us by Nova Ren SumaA Darker Shade of Magic by V.E. Schwab
The "Can't Wait" Books of 2015
2,168 books — 11,505 voters
No One Belongs Here More Than You by Miranda July
Contemporary Short Story Collections
555 books — 339 voters

The Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes
Booker Prize Winners
62 books — 2,002 voters
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. LewisHarry Potter Series Box Set by J.K. RowlingLittle House in the Big Woods by Laura Ingalls WilderThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienAnne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery
Children's Books I'll Re-Read No Matter How Old I Am
2,551 books — 3,748 voters

The Complete Persepolis by Marjane SatrapiWatchmen by Alan Moore
Best Graphic Novels
3,502 books — 6,792 voters
Born to Run by Christopher McDougallWhat I Talk About When I Talk About Running by Haruki Murakami
Best Running (non-instructional) Books
236 books — 563 voters

Mere Christianity by C.S. Lewis
The Christian Intellect
1,417 books — 919 voters
The Lovely Bones by Alice SeboldThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
I Don't Understand All That Fuss
1,026 books — 2,643 voters

Shiver by Maggie StiefvaterLinger by Maggie StiefvaterProphecy of the Sisters by Michelle ZinkAlong for the Ride by Sarah DessenElsewhere by Gabrielle Zevin
Judge A Book By Its Cover!
15,993 books — 17,971 voters
No One Belongs Here More Than You by Miranda JulyNine Stories by J.D. Salinger
Collections of Short Stories
2,938 books — 2,074 voters