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Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Anu Khosla (20 Lists)



My Name Is Aram by William Saroyan
Bookoholics 2016 - Around the World Books List
14 books — 4 voters
The Savage Detectives by Roberto Bolaño
Book Riot's 100 Must-Read Latin American Books
105 books — 46 voters

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
Best Books of the Decade: 2010s
7,754 books — 14,423 voters
Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi CoatesThe Sympathizer by Viet Thanh NguyenA Manual for Cleaning Women by Lucia BerlinBeauty Is a Wound by Eka KurniawanThe Story of My Teeth by Valeria Luiselli
New York Times 100 Notable Books of 2015 (fiction and nonfiction)
100 books — 205 voters

No Longer Human by Osamu Dazai
Writers who committed suicide
538 books — 291 voters
Out by Natsuo KirinoA Wild Sheep Chase by Haruki MurakamiThe Tale of Genji by Murasaki Shikibu
Best Japanese Books
779 books — 3,260 voters

The Color Purple by Alice WalkerThe Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven by Sherman AlexieThe Complete Persepolis by Marjane SatrapiThis Is How You Lose Her by Junot DíazThe Death of Artemio Cruz by Carlos Fuentes
Best Fiction and Memoirs by Authors of Color
442 books — 238 voters
Every Day Is for the Thief by Teju Cole
Anticipated Literary Reads For Readers Of Color 2014
149 books — 201 voters

Orfeo by Richard Powers
The Economist - Books of the Year, 2014
53 books — 36 voters
Orfeo by Richard PowersEvery Day is for the Thief by Teju Cole
Man Booker Prize Eligible 2014
167 books — 699 voters

The Sisters Brothers by Patrick deWittThe Marriage Plot by Jeffrey EugenidesOpen City by Teju Cole
2012 Tournament of Books
16 books — 245 voters
The Good Lord Bird by James McBride
Anticipated Literary Reads for Readers of Color 2013
202 books — 549 voters

Born to Run by Christopher McDougallThe Sports Gene by David EpsteinThe Wave by Susan CaseyBallad of the Whiskey Robber by Julian Rubinstein
Top reads for sports fans
963 books — 807 voters
The Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael PollanThe Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca SklootThe Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down by Anne FadimanThere Are No Children Here by Alex Kotlowitz
Best Non-Fiction (no biographies)
6,331 books — 8,174 voters

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca SklootThe Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales by Oliver SacksThe Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down by Anne FadimanMountains Beyond Mountains by Tracy KidderAn Unquiet Mind by Kay Redfield Jamison
Medicine and Literature
2,012 books — 2,275 voters
Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur GoldenThe Giver by Lois LowryAnimal Farm by George OrwellOf Mice and Men by John SteinbeckWuthering Heights by Emily Brontë
Best Page-Turners with Redeeming Social Value
8,097 books — 5,941 voters

The Healing of America by T.R. ReidJust Food by James McWilliamsBanker to the Poor by Muhammad YunusMountains Beyond Mountains by Tracy KidderA Whole New Mind by Daniel H. Pink
Today's Revolution
88 books — 53 voters
The Healing of America by T.R. ReidA Whole New Mind by Daniel H. PinkA People’s History of the United States by Howard ZinnConfessions of an Economic Hit Man by John PerkinsJust Food by James McWilliams
Best Books to Become an Informed Voter
954 books — 1,120 voters