Imperial Woman by Pearl S. BuckVictoria The Queen by Julia BairdRebel Queen by Michelle    MoranNefertiti by Michelle    MoranCleopatra by Stacy Schiff
Female Rulers
227 books — 42 voters

Don't Fence Me In! An American Teenager in the Holocaust by Barry SpanjaardHana's Suitcase by Karen LevineNumber the Stars by Lois LowryNight by Elie WieselYellow Star by Jennifer Roy
Honoring Jews From All Over Europe
115 books — 87 voters
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Around the World One Book from Each Country
1,068 books — 971 voters

The Road of Lost Innocence by Somaly Mam
Cambodia and Vietnam
214 books — 161 voters
Rooftops of Tehran by Mahbod Seraji
Iran and Iraq, Ancient and Modern
481 books — 195 voters

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Best Middle East Nonfiction
534 books — 373 voters
A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
Afghanistan in Literature
220 books — 263 voters

Rooftops of Tehran by Mahbod SerajiA Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled HosseiniInterpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri
Best South Asian Fiction
734 books — 1,894 voters
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Foreign Lands
2,348 books — 2,192 voters