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Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Catherine (21 Lists)



The Short and Tragic Life of Robert Peace by Jeff Hobbs
Powell's Best Nonfiction of 2014
10 books — 2 voters
Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates11/9 by Casey LawrenceIn the Country We Love by Diane Guerrero
Books for Post-Election Understanding
201 books — 146 voters

The Lost Boy by Dave PelzerA Child Called "It" by Dave PelzerA Man Named Dave by Dave Pelzer
True Story Child Abuse Books
145 books — 352 voters
A Child Called "It" by Dave PelzerLord of the Flies by William GoldingUglies by Scott Westerfeld
Books that leave you disturbed
562 books — 517 voters

Redefining Realness by Janet Mock
Best Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Non-Fiction
839 books — 494 voters
Just Mercy by Bryan StevensonTwelve Years a Slave by Solomon NorthupThe Short and Tragic Life of Robert Peace by Jeff HobbsThe Other Wes Moore by Wes MooreMonster by Walter Dean Myers
#BlackLivesMatter Reading List
632 books — 294 voters

Tangerine by Edward Bloor
Soccer Books! (for Middle Grade!)
179 books — 25 voters
Redeployment by Phil KlayThe Yellow Birds by Kevin Powers
Iraq/Afghanistan War Fiction
55 books — 117 voters

A Child Called "It" by Dave PelzerA Piece of Cake by Cupcake BrownThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankA Stolen Life by Jaycee DugardFinding Me by Michelle Knight
Best Strange and Twisted Memoirs
772 books — 1,165 voters
Just Mercy by Bryan StevensonBetween the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi CoatesDreams from My Father by Barack ObamaI Am Malala by Malala Yousafzai
Book Riot's 100 Must-Read Memoirs
100 books — 58 voters

Moby-Dick or, The Whale by Herman MelvilleThe Holy Bible by AnonymousWar and Peace by Leo TolstoyA Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
The Most Begun "Read but Unfinished" (Started) book ever
2,713 books — 13,283 voters
The Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyAnimal Farm by George OrwellLord of the Flies by William GoldingUglies by Scott Westerfeld
Best Dystopian and Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
4,073 books — 26,862 voters

Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred D. TaylorNative Son by Richard WrightSister Citizen by Melissa V. Harris-Perry
Best African American Books
1,075 books — 1,394 voters
A Child Called "It" by Dave Pelzer
Best Teen Books About Real Problems
3,034 books — 12,505 voters

The Giver by Lois LowrySpeak by Laurie Halse AndersonThe Fault in Our Stars by John GreenThirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher
Best Young Adult Books
13,332 books — 80,591 voters
Hamilton by Lin-Manuel Miranda
2016: What People Born in the 1980s Have Read in 2016
2,177 books — 410 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankCharlotte’s Web by E.B. WhiteThe Color Purple by Alice Walker
100 Books to Read in a Lifetime: Readers' Picks
16,065 books — 18,836 voters
Native Son by Richard WrightTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeInvisible Man by Ralph EllisonLetter from the Birmingham Jail by Martin Luther King Jr.The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
32,837 books — 124,674 voters

A Child Called "It" by Dave PelzerNight by Elie WieselThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankPush by SapphireNative Son by Richard Wright
The Most Disturbing Books Ever Written
3,300 books — 11,667 voters