Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Paulette (17 Lists)



The Ensemble by Aja Gabel
Performing Arts Fiction
185 books — 38 voters
Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi
2022: What Women Born in the 1980's are reading in 2022
1,240 books — 78 voters

Things Fall Apart by Chinua AchebeHalf of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichiePurple Hibiscus by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieAmericanah by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieThe Thing Around Your Neck by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Africa (fiction and nonfiction)
1,765 books — 1,647 voters
Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson
Books by Black Authors
912 books — 367 voters

The Fishermen by Chigozie Obioma
African Fiction
600 books — 428 voters
Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieHow the García Girls Lost Their Accents by Julia Alvarez
Best Multicultural General Fiction
588 books — 376 voters

The Twelve Tribes of Hattie by Ayana MathisBreath, Eyes, Memory by Edwidge DanticatNigger by Dick GregoryHalf of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieWhite Teeth by Zadie Smith
Best African American Books
1,043 books — 1,139 voters
Salvage the Bones by Jesmyn WardGraceLand by Chris AbaniLove by Toni Morrison
Award-winning Black Fiction
51 books — 68 voters

The Thing Around Your Neck by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieNW by Zadie SmithGhana Must Go by Taiye SelasiBefore You Suffocate Your Own Fool Self by Danielle Evans
Contemporary Black Women's Literature
570 books — 233 voters
Salvage the Bones by Jesmyn Ward
Buzzfeed's 53 Books You Won't Be Able To Put Down
54 books — 47 voters

Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieAmericanah by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieWe Need New Names by NoViolet Bulawayo
50 Books By African Women That Everyone Should Read
53 books — 135 voters
Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi
Anticipated Literary Reads For Readers of Color 2016
178 books — 156 voters

The God of Small Things by Arundhati RoyHalf of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieAmericanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Women Around the World
1,160 books — 431 voters
Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieGhana Must Go by Taiye SelasiWe Need New Names by NoViolet Bulawayo
Anticipated Literary Reads for Readers of Color 2013
198 books — 545 voters

Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale HurstonAmericanah by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieThe God of Small Things by Arundhati RoyBeloved by Toni MorrisonHalf of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Interesting, Well Written Books that are not by Dead/Old White Men
1,195 books — 340 voters
We Need New Names by NoViolet Bulawayo
#blkwomansyllabus
32 books — 4 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
31,683 books — 120,550 voters