2026 Reading Challenge

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Rayroy (136 Lists)



Milk Blood Heat by Dantiel W. MonizThe Committed by Viet Thanh NguyenWhat's Mine and Yours by Naima CosterAbundance by Jakob GuanzonZorrie by Laird Hunt
The Millions' Most Anticipated: The Great First-Half 2021 Book Preview (January - March)
84 books — 116 voters
The Death of Vivek Oji by Akwaeke EmeziDeacon King Kong by James McBrideSuch a Fun Age by Kiley ReidThe Office of Historical Corrections by Danielle EvansLuster by Raven Leilani
Anticipated Literary Reads For Readers of Color 2020
198 books — 181 voters

Deacon King Kong by James McBrideNine Bar Blues by Sheree Renée ThomasBlack Bottom Saints by Alice RandallTelephone by Percival Everett
Forthcoming Books for 2020 by African-Americans
70 books — 321 voters
Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi CoatesThe Sellout by Paul BeattyPleasantville by Attica LockeOnly the Strong by Jabari AsimThe Turner House by Angela Flournoy
Anticipated Literary Reads For Readers of Color 2015
136 books — 169 voters

Underland by Robert MacfarlaneThe Uninhabitable Earth by David Wallace-Wells
Best Non-Fiction of 2019
333 books — 189 voters
Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi CoatesTenth of December by George SaundersThe Underground Railroad by Colson WhiteheadHalf of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieCitizen by Claudia Rankine
The Guardian 100 Best Books of the 21st Century
100 books — 53 voters

The Last Thing You Surrender by Leonard Pitts Jr.1919 by Eve L. EwingLot by Bryan WashingtonCygnet by Season ButlerThe Travelers by Regina Porter
Forthcoming Books for 2019 by African-Americans
60 books — 65 voters
Black Leopard, Red Wolf by Marlon JamesTerritory of Light by Yūko Tsushima
Anticipated 2019 Literary Fiction
221 books — 332 voters

The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee by David TreuerDeep Creek by Pam HoustonLives Laid Away by Stephen Mack Jones
Lit Hub's Most Anticipated 2019
32 books — 10 voters
Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieAn Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States by Roxanne Dunbar-OrtizDawn by Octavia E. ButlerHalf of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieWhite Rage by Carol Anderson
Black Lives Matter VT Book Swap
70 books — 10 voters

Heaven, My Home by Attica LockeThe Nickel Boys by Colson WhiteheadRed at the Bone by Jacqueline WoodsonHow to Be an Antiracist by Ibram X. KendiSpeaking of Summer by Kalisha Buckhanon
The Millions' Most Anticipated: The Great Second-Half 2019 Book Preview (July - September)
82 books — 40 voters
Patsy by Nicole Y. Dennis-BennThe Travelers by Regina Porter
The Millions' Most Anticipated: The Great First-Half 2019 Book Preview (April - June)
44 books — 50 voters

The Star Side of Bird Hill by Naomi JacksonHalsey Street by Naima CosterBlack Leopard, Red Wolf by Marlon JamesLight Action in the Caribbean by Barry LopezSister Outsider by Audre Lorde
Read Caribbean
401 books — 90 voters
The Shock Doctrine by Naomi KleinOut of the Wreckage by George MonbiotEvil Paradises by Mike DavisNew Dark Age by James Bridle
Problems of Late Capitalism
176 books — 28 voters

Halsey Street by Naima CosterFreshwater by Akwaeke EmeziThe Turner House by Angela FlournoyWhat We Lose by Zinzi ClemmonsSing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn Ward
Well-Read Black Girl Recommendations
100 books — 13 voters
Lot by Bryan WashingtonThe Last Thing You Surrender by Leonard Pitts Jr.Black Leopard, Red Wolf by Marlon JamesPatsy by Nicole Y. Dennis-BennLost Children Archive by Valeria Luiselli
Anticipated Literary Reads For Readers of Color 2019
314 books — 246 voters

Black Leopard, Red Wolf by Marlon JamesLost Children Archive by Valeria LuiselliThe Other Americans by Laila LalamiWhat Doesn't Kill You Makes You Blacker by Damon YoungLot by Bryan Washington
The Millions' Most Anticipated: The Great First-Half 2019 Book Preview (January - March)
84 books — 43 voters
Weapons of Math Destruction by Cathy O'NeilWorld Without Mind by Franklin FoerAutomating Inequality by Virginia EubanksYou Are Not a Gadget by Jaron LanierDataclysm by Christian Rudder
Scary Tech?: Big Data, Surveillance, Information Overload, Tech Addiction, Propaganda, Dark Money...
189 books — 74 voters

An American Marriage by Tayari JonesThe Incendiaries by R.O. KwonThere There by Tommy OrangeFreshwater by Akwaeke EmeziHappiness by Aminatta Forna
Anticipated Literary Reads For Readers of Color 2018
258 books — 283 voters
There There by Tommy OrangeThe House of Broken Angels by Luis Alberto UrreaCensus by Jesse BallThe Mars Room by Rachel KushnerSpeak No Evil by Uzodinma Iweala
2019 Tournament of Books Shortlist
18 books — 130 voters

Damascus by Joshua MohrSome Things That Meant the World to Me by Joshua MohrThe Drop Edge of Yonder by Rudolph WurlitzerTermite Parade by Joshua MohrThe People Who Watched Her Pass By by Scott Bradfield
Two Dollar Radio
67 books — 44 voters
Bluebird, Bluebird by Attica LockeSing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn WardA Kind of Freedom by Margaret Wilkerson SextonThe Changeling by Victor LaValleWhat We Lose by Zinzi Clemmons
Whoever Wants Honey Must Brave the Bees: Forthcoming Books for 2017 by Authors of African Descent
77 books — 55 voters

Infinite Jest by David Foster WallaceGravity’s Rainbow by Thomas PynchonBeloved by Toni MorrisonThe Remains of the Day by Kazuo IshiguroThe French Lieutenant’s Woman by John Fowles
(Not) Modern Library's 100 Best Novels of the 20th Century
100 books — 159 voters
Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter by Tom FranklinThe Cutting Season by Attica Locke
Deep South Magazine 2012 Fall/Winter Reading List
21 books — 28 voters

Where the Dead Sit Talking by Brandon HobsonThe Friend by Sigrid NunezThe Great Believers by Rebecca MakkaiMy Year of Rest and Relaxation by Ottessa MoshfeghThere There by Tommy Orange
Kirkus Reviews Best Ficton of 2018
102 books — 18 voters
Where the Dead Sit Talking by Brandon HobsonFlorida by Lauren Groff
2018 Releases to Get Excited About
70 books — 47 voters

Gutshot by Amelia GrayThe Sympathizer by Viet Thanh NguyenA Little Life by Hanya YanagiharaA Manual for Cleaning Women by Lucia BerlinThe Star Side of Bird Hill by Naomi Jackson
Entropy Magazine's Best Fiction of 2015
48 books — 5 voters
The Turner House by Angela FlournoyThe Mothers by Brit BennettSing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn WardThe Sellout by Paul BeattyDisgruntled by Asali Solomon
Contemporary Books by African-Americans Authors
58 books — 11 voters


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