Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Rakeesha (19 Lists)



Beezus and Ramona by Beverly ClearyBecause of Winn-Dixie by Kate DiCamillo
Poignant Elementary Reads
180 books — 6 voters
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonAmerican Psycho by Bret Easton EllisFlowers in the Attic by V.C. Andrews
The Most Disturbing Books Ever Written
3,214 books — 11,349 voters

Beloved by Toni MorrisonThe Color Purple by Alice WalkerAmericanah by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieWhite Teeth by Zadie SmithWaiting to Exhale by Terry McMillan
Contemporary Black Women's Literature
570 books — 233 voters
Life of Pi by Yann MartelThe Color Purple by Alice WalkerThe White Tiger by Aravind AdigaThe God of Small Things by Arundhati RoyThe House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros
Best Multicultural General Fiction
588 books — 376 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankThe Giving Tree by Shel SilversteinMemoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
31,813 books — 120,948 voters
The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerGone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,899 books — 49,788 voters

A People’s History of the United States by Howard ZinnNickel and Dimed by Barbara EhrenreichSilent Spring by Rachel CarsonLies My Teacher Told Me by James W. Loewen
Best Progressive Reads
1,057 books — 710 voters
The Coldest Winter Ever by Sister SouljahPush by SapphireTrue to the Game by Teri WoodsI Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya AngelouA Hustler's Wife by Nikki Turner
Good Urban Literature
165 books — 293 voters

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya AngelouBlack Boy by Richard WrightNarrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass by Frederick DouglassDreams from My Father by Barack ObamaHaving Our Say by Sarah L. Delany
African American Lives
461 books — 208 voters
The Color Purple by Alice WalkerTheir Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale HurstonKindred by Octavia E. ButlerBeloved by Toni MorrisonRoots by Alex Haley
Best Black Historical Fiction
331 books — 306 voters

The Coldest Winter Ever by Sister SouljahFlyy Girl by Omar TyreeThe Cartel by Ashley AntoinetteThe Cartel 2 by Ashley AntoinetteThe Cartel 3 by Ashley Antoinette
The Hottest Urban Fiction
416 books — 471 voters
The Color Purple by Alice WalkerTheir Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale HurstonBeloved by Toni MorrisonNative Son by Richard WrightSong of Solomon by Toni Morrison
Best African American Books
1,043 books — 1,139 voters

The Color Purple by Alice WalkerMaurice by E.M. ForsterAnd the Band Played On by Randy ShiltsDeath in Venice by Thomas MannZami by Audre Lorde
Best LGBTQIA literature
1,775 books — 2,172 voters
Maurice by E.M. ForsterBrokeback Mountain by Annie ProulxGiovanni’s Room by James BaldwinThe Hours by Michael CunninghamDeath in Venice by Thomas Mann
Best Gay Fiction
2,665 books — 3,872 voters

Abide With Me by E. Lynn HarrisNot a Day Goes By by E. Lynn HarrisAnd This Too Shall Pass by E. Lynn HarrisAny Way the Wind Blows by E. Lynn HarrisJust As I Am by E. Lynn Harris
Favorite Gay Couples
3,734 books — 4,179 voters
Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn
Best Mysteries from the 2010s
606 books — 555 voters

The Walter Mosley Omnibus by Walter MosleyBlack Betty by Walter MosleyAlways Outnumbered, Always Outgunned by Walter MosleyLittle Scarlet by Walter MosleyThe Man in My Basement by Walter Mosley
Best Cozy Mystery Series
2,560 books — 2,683 voters
One for the Money by Janet EvanovichDeath Comes to Pemberley by P.D. JamesThe Last Days of Ptolemy Grey by Walter MosleyDevil in a Blue Dress by Walter MosleyThe Man in My Basement by Walter Mosley
Best Crime & Mystery Books
7,318 books — 15,681 voters

Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale HurstonBlack Boy by Richard WrightCold Sassy Tree by Olive Ann BurnsTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeInvisible Man by Ralph Ellison
Best Books Ever
76,724 books — 285,394 voters