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Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Holly (23 Lists)



The Regeneration Trilogy by Pat BarkerThe Absolutist by John BoyneA Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway
WWI: The Great War (Historical Fiction)
581 books — 398 voters
Fun Home by Alison BechdelStone Butch Blues by Leslie FeinbergThe Persistent Desire by Joan NestleButch Is a Noun by S. Bear BergmanFemale Masculinity by J. Jack Halberstam
Butch Women and Female Masculinity
238 books — 81 voters

Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline WoodsonThe Three-Body Problem by Liu CixinThe Book of Strange New Things by Michel FaberFire Shut Up in My Bones by Charles M. BlowAn Untamed State by Roxane Gay
Personal Must Reads for 2015
14 books — 4 voters
Redefining Realness by Janet MockMurder at Cape Three Points by Kwei QuarteySlavery's Exiles by Sylviane A. DioufForeign Gods, Inc. by Okey NdibeFamily Life by Akhil Sharma
Anticipated Literary Reads For Readers Of Color 2014
146 books — 198 voters

Opening Up by Tristan TaorminoEcstasy is Necessary by Barbara CarrellasUltimate Guide to Kink by Tristan TaorminoThe Whole Lesbian Sex Book by Felice NewmanExhibitionism for the Shy by Carol Queen
Best Nonfiction Sex Books Ever!
185 books — 154 voters
Things Fall Apart by Chinua AchebeBitter Fruit by Achmat DangorMine Boy by Peter Abrahams
African Fiction
600 books — 428 voters

Mine Boy by Peter AbrahamsBitter Fruit by Achmat Dangor
Best South African reads
314 books — 182 voters
Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore by Robin SloanTales of the City by Armistead MaupinChina Boy by Gus LeeWoman of Ill Fame by Erika Mailman
San Francisco Bay Area Fiction
448 books — 339 voters

The Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel BarberyMap of Ireland by Stephanie GrantThe Woman Warrior by Maxine Hong KingstonGangster We Are All Looking for by Lê Thi Diem ThúyOranges Are Not the Only Fruit by Jeanette Winterson
Passing the Bechdel Test
703 books — 85 voters
Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. ButlerThe Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsShip Breaker by Paolo BacigalupiWorld Made by Hand by James Howard KunstlerV for Vendetta by Alan Moore
Dystopia!
1,223 books — 2,770 voters

Blanche on the Lam by Barbara NeelyWith Child by Laurie R. KingCase Histories by Kate AtkinsonField of Blood by Denise MinaGarnethill by Denise Mina
Crime fiction that passes the Bechdel Test
52 books — 14 voters
Wife of the Gods by Kwei QuarteyOut by Natsuo KirinoThe Eye of Jade by Diane Wei Liang
The Non-Colonial Mystery Reader
35 books — 18 voters

Blues City by Ishmael ReedWhere I Was From by Joan DidionAmerican Babylon by Robert O. SelfAmericans and the California Dream, 1850-1915 by Kevin StarrLocal Girl Makes History by Dana Frank
California Newbie
51 books — 26 voters
Memoir of a Race Traitor by Mab SegrestBlack Looks by bell hooksA Different Mirror by Ronald TakakiHow the Irish Became White by Noel IgnatievRace Traitor by Noel Ignatiev
Books White People Need to Read
1,368 books — 1,614 voters

Fun Home by Alison BechdelThe Complete Persepolis by Marjane SatrapiPyongyang by Guy DelisleAmerican Born Chinese by Gene Luen YangPalestine by Joe Sacco
Best Graphic Novels
3,455 books — 6,776 voters
Fun Home by Alison BechdelStuck Rubber Baby by Howard CruseThe Essential Dykes To Watch Out For by Alison BechdelBoxers by Gene Luen YangSaints by Gene Luen Yang
Graphic Novels That Rocked My World
423 books — 222 voters

Map of Ireland by Stephanie Grant
Best Books of 2008
1,643 books — 6,772 voters
The Golden Compass by Philip PullmanThe Amber Spyglass by Philip PullmanGreenwitch by Susan Cooper
Best Kick-Ass Female Characters From YA and Children's Fantasy and Science Fiction
3,160 books — 8,738 voters

The Pushcart War by Jean MerrillD'Aulaires' Book of Greek Myths by Ingri d'AulaireJulie of the Wolves by Jean Craighead GeorgeIsland of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O'DellHenry Huggins by Beverly Cleary
What Book Got You Hooked?
3,919 books — 10,708 voters
Argo by Antonio J. MéndezHigh Fidelity by Nick HornbyThe Godfather by Mario PuzoWonder Boys by Michael Chabon
The MOVIE was BETTER than the BOOK
1,134 books — 10,099 voters

Cold Mountain by Charles FrazierRunning with Scissors by Augusten BurroughsThe Princess Bride by William GoldmanGone, Baby, Gone by Dennis LehaneDivine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood by Rebecca Wells
The Book Was Better Than the Movie
1,578 books — 18,686 voters