The Regeneration Trilogy by Pat BarkerThe Absolutist by John BoyneA Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway
WWI: The Great War (Historical Fiction)
586 books — 403 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
239 books — 82 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!
186 books — 154 voters
Things Fall Apart by Chinua AchebeBitter Fruit by Achmat DangorMine Boy by Peter  Abrahams
African Fiction
603 books — 432 voters

Mine Boy by Peter  AbrahamsBitter Fruit by Achmat Dangor
Best South African reads
314 books — 183 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
453 books — 345 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
704 books — 86 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!
1,232 books — 2,781 voters

Wife of the Gods by Kwei QuarteyOut by Natsuo KirinoThe Eye of Jade by Diane Wei Liang
The Non-Colonial Mystery Reader
36 books — 19 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
1,390 books — 1,660 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
3,458 books — 6,778 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
424 books — 223 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?
3,968 books — 10,843 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
1,136 books — 10,100 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
1,579 books — 18,687 voters