2026 Reading Challenge

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by David (13 Lists)



An American Marriage by Tayari Jones
Best Books of 2018
1,653 books — 2,958 voters
Exit West by Mohsin HamidSing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn WardThe Hate U Give by Angie ThomasKillers of the Flower Moon by David GrannThe Awkward Thoughts of W. Kamau Bell by W. Kamau Bell
Anticipated Literary Reads For Readers of Color 2017
220 books — 258 voters

I Almost Forgot About You by Terry McMillanThe Book of Harlan by Bernice L. McFaddenSwing Time by Zadie Smith
Anticipated Literary Reads For Readers of Color 2016
178 books — 156 voters
The Underground Railroad by Colson WhiteheadSteve Jobs by Walter IsaacsonDrift by Rachel MaddowThe Wright Brothers by David McCulloughBorn a Crime by Trevor Noah
Best Books of the Decade: 2010s
7,687 books — 14,185 voters

Building Atlanta by Herman J. RussellThe Everything Store by Brad StoneShoe Dog by Phil KnightTitan by Ron ChernowSam Walton, Made in America by Sam Walton
Best Business Biographies
71 books — 275 voters
The Lost Treasures of R&B by Nelson GeorgePleasantville by Attica Locke
2015's Best African American Literature
32 books — 17 voters

John Adams by David McCulloughThe Audacity of Hope by Barack ObamaFreakonomics by Steven D. LevittThe Help by Kathryn StockettThe Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd
Best Books of the Decade: 2000s
7,189 books — 28,376 voters
Parting the Waters by Taylor Branch
Books White People Need to Read
1,311 books — 1,565 voters

The Color Purple by Alice WalkerThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerThe Notebook by Nicholas Sparks
Best Books Ever
76,334 books — 283,975 voters
Silver Sparrow by Tayari Jones
2011's Best African American Literature
23 books — 73 voters

The Autobiography of Malcolm X by Malcolm XThe Souls of Black Folk by W.E.B. Du BoisRoots by Alex HaleyThe Mis-Education of the Negro by Carter G. WoodsonAssata by Assata Shakur
Best African American Books
1,043 books — 1,138 voters