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Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Tanaz (20 Lists)



Thunderstruck by Lissa Layland
2026 Debuts
346 books — 322 voters
The Dark Beneath the Ice by Amelinda Bérubé
Young Adult Horror: Ghosts
179 books — 191 voters

The Dark Beneath the Ice by Amelinda Bérubé
Young Adult Ghost Stories
233 books — 338 voters
The Dark Beneath the Ice by Amelinda Bérubé
YA Gothic
196 books — 361 voters

The Land of Yesterday by K.A. Reynolds
You Must Read YA / MG Books
231 books — 99 voters
The Land of Yesterday by K.A. Reynolds
Great Middle Grade Reads
776 books — 608 voters

Where the Watermelons Grow by Cindy BaldwinThe Turnaway Girls by Hayley Chewins
Middle Grade Novels of 2018
579 books — 705 voters
Soulmated by Shaila Patel
Diversity Bingo 2017
731 books — 396 voters

What Lies Between Us by Nayomi MunaweeraThis Is Where It Ends by Marieke Nijkamp
Anticipated Literary Reads For Readers of Color 2016
185 books — 159 voters
The Love Interest by Cale Dietrich27 Hours by Tristina WrightIt's Not Like It's a Secret by Misa SugiuraThe Gallery of Unfinished Girls by Lauren KarczBeing Fishkill by Ruth Lehrer
2017 YA Books with LGBT Themes
282 books — 906 voters

If Birds Fly Back by Carlie SorosiakThe Sandcastle Empire by Kayla OlsonBeing Fishkill by Ruth LehrerBetween Two Skies by Joanne O'Sullivan
Most Anticipated 2017 YA Reads
209 books — 474 voters
The Astonishing Color of After by Emily X.R. PanAmerican Panda by Gloria ChaoLove, Hate & Other Filters by Samira AhmedFrom Twinkle, with Love by Sandhya Menon
2018 YA/MG Books With POC Leads
251 books — 292 voters

Love, Hate & Other Filters by Samira AhmedYou'll Miss Me When I'm Gone by Rachel Lynn SolomonChaotic Good by Whitney GardnerReign of the Fallen by Sarah Glenn MarshYour Destination Is on the Left by Lauren Spieller
YA Novels of 2018
1,020 books — 5,001 voters
The Castaways by Jessika FleckNow Is Everything by Amy GilesCaraval by Stephanie GarberGilded Cage by Vic JamesBlood Rose Rebellion by Rosalyn Eves
YA Debuts 2017
214 books — 1,420 voters

My Name Is Red by Orhan PamukThe Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniA Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled HosseiniThe Arabian Nights by AnonymousThe Attack by Yasmina Khadra
Best Middle East Fiction
441 books — 487 voters
It's Not Like It's a Secret by Misa SugiuraThe Gallery of Unfinished Girls by Lauren KarczThe Thing with Feathers by McCall HoyleAfter the Fall by Kate Hart
YA Novels of 2017
1,127 books — 6,590 voters

Dead by Mina KhanThe Palace of Illusions by Chitra Banerjee DivakaruniPersepolis by Marjane SatrapiThe Namesake by Jhumpa LahiriInterpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri
Immigrant Experience Literature
1,068 books — 1,773 voters
1984 by George OrwellThe Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsAnimal Farm by George OrwellThe Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. TolkienThe Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien
Best Science Fiction & Fantasy Books
8,727 books — 25,604 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeAnimal Farm by George OrwellMemoirs of a Geisha by Arthur GoldenAlice’s Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis CarrollThe Fault in Our Stars by John Green
Best Books Ever
78,329 books — 291,992 voters
The Complete Persepolis by Marjane SatrapiThe Namesake by Jhumpa LahiriAlif the Unseen by G. Willow Wilson
Flavorwire's 50 Excellent Novels by Female Writers Under 50 That Everyone Should Read
50 books — 107 voters