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



The Ensemble by Aja Gabel
Performing Arts Fiction
187 books — 40 voters
Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi
2022: What Women Born in the 1980's are reading in 2022
1,255 books — 137 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)
1,892 books — 1,775 voters
Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson
Books by Black Authors
918 books — 369 voters

The Fishermen by Chigozie Obioma
African Fiction
605 books — 434 voters
Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieHow the García Girls Lost Their Accents by Julia Alvarez
Best Multicultural General Fiction
592 books — 380 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
1,063 books — 1,161 voters
Salvage the Bones by Jesmyn WardGraceLand by Chris AbaniLove by Toni Morrison
Award-winning Black Fiction
53 books — 70 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
575 books — 243 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
184 books — 159 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
1,179 books — 438 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
202 books — 549 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 — 345 voters
We Need New Names by NoViolet Bulawayo
#blkwomansyllabus
35 books — 7 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
32,843 books — 124,663 voters