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Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Lynecia (39 Lists)



The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois by Honorée Fanonne JeffersLibertie by Kaitlyn GreenidgeCaul Baby by Morgan Jerkins
Forthcoming Books for 2021 by African-Americans
91 books — 82 voters
Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale HurstonA Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry
The ZORA Canon: The 100 greatest books ever written by African American women
101 books — 207 voters

An American Marriage by Tayari Jones
2019 Aspen Words Literary Prize
16 books — 4 voters
Real Life by Brandon Taylor
Forthcoming Books for 2020 by African-Americans
97 books — 344 voters

The Deep by Rivers Solomon
Forthcoming Books for 2019 by African-Americans
66 books — 71 voters
The Education of a British-Protected Child by Chinua Achebe
Penguin Modern Classics
405 books — 491 voters

Exit West by Mohsin HamidLittle Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng
Goodreads Picks for Tournament of Books 2018
174 books — 383 voters
An American Marriage by Tayari JonesFor Every One by Jason ReynoldsMem by Bethany C. MorrowCape Verdean Blues by Shauna BarbosaMeet Behind Mars by Renee Simms
The Very Time I Thought I Was lost, My Dungeon Shook and My Chains Fell Off: Forthcoming Books for 2018 by Authors of African Descent
80 books — 56 voters

Difficult Women by Roxane Gay
Whoever Wants Honey Must Brave the Bees: Forthcoming Books for 2017 by Authors of African Descent
80 books — 58 voters
The Nest by Cynthia D'Aprix SweeneyHomegoing by Yaa GyasiThe Queen of the Night by Alexander Chee
Anticipated 2016 Literary Fiction
333 books — 704 voters

The Book of Harlan by Bernice L. McFaddenThe Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead
If The Yam Used In Sacrifice Does Not Die Prematurely, It Will Eventually Germinate: Forthcoming Books for 2016 by Authors of African Descent
91 books — 47 voters
Morality for Beautiful Girls by Alexander McCall SmithThe No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency by Alexander McCall SmithBlue Shoes and Happiness by Alexander McCall Smith
Best Multicultural Mysteries
229 books — 128 voters

The New Jim Crow by Michelle AlexanderBeloved by Toni MorrisonThe Warmth of Other Suns by Isabel WilkersonThe Fire Next Time by James BaldwinBetween the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates
#CharlestonSyllabus
188 books — 83 voters
The Book of Harlan by Bernice L. McFaddenGod Help the Child by Toni MorrisonThe Turner House by Angela Flournoy
There Is Sweetness In Bitter-Leaf, At The End: Forthcoming Books for 2015 by Authors of African Descent
81 books — 48 voters

Native Son by Richard Wright
Books Read by Tupac Shakur
86 books — 76 voters
Winter by Marissa MeyerFairest by Marissa Meyer
The "Can't Wait" Books of 2015
2,168 books — 11,506 voters

Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieAmericanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
50 Books By African Women That Everyone Should Read
54 books — 136 voters
The Awakening by Kate ChopinStempenyu by Sholom AleichemParnassus on Wheels by Christopher MorleyThe Nose by Nikolai GogolFirst Love by Ivan Turgenev
Melville House Art of the Novella
60 books — 62 voters

Things Fall Apart by Chinua AchebeHalf of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
From Nigeria With Love: Books by Nigerian Authors
236 books — 156 voters
Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale HurstonBeloved by Toni MorrisonI Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya AngelouSong of Solomon by Toni MorrisonA Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry
Best African American Books
1,099 books — 1,366 voters

Powder Necklace by Nana Ekua Brew-HammondGhana Must Go by Taiye Selasi
Books Set in Ghana
141 books — 54 voters
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
Penguin English Library
137 books — 445 voters

Beloved by Toni MorrisonSugar by Bernice L. McFaddenThe Color Purple by Alice WalkerHalf of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Contemporary Black Women's Literature
581 books — 267 voters
The Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsCatching Fire by Suzanne CollinsMockingjay by Suzanne Collins
YA Dystopia Novels
2,038 books — 11,734 voters

The Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniEat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert
Books that Changed the Way You View Life
10,654 books — 6,348 voters
The Miracle at Speedy Motors by Alexander McCall SmithThe Good Husband of Zebra Drive by Alexander McCall SmithBossypants by Tina FeyThe Help by Kathryn StockettThe Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
What's the Book You Can't Wait to Read This Summer?
15,018 books — 15,702 voters

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. RowlingThe Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniThe Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk KiddThe Da Vinci Code by Dan BrownRunning with Scissors by Augusten Burroughs
Best Books of the Decade: 2000s
7,208 books — 28,384 voters
The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith
Africa (fiction and nonfiction)
1,916 books — 1,815 voters


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