Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingMatilda by Roald DahlThe Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. LewisCharlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald DahlLittle House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder
Best Read-Aloud Chapter Books
1,174 books — 1,473 voters
A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'EngleThe Maze Runner by James DashnerHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling
YA Books that TEACH your kids something.
2,191 books — 2,582 voters

The Joy Luck Club by Amy TanShanghai Girls by Lisa SeeThe Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane by Lisa See
Best Novels That Take Place in China
414 books — 1,095 voters

The Joy Luck Club by Amy TanAmericanah by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieUnaccustomed Earth by Jhumpa LahiriHomegoing by Yaa GyasiAmerican Dirt by Jeanine Cummins
Immigrant Experience Literature
1,007 books — 1,453 voters
The Namesake by Jhumpa LahiriLife of Pi by Yann MartelUnaccustomed Earth by Jhumpa LahiriThe Twentieth Wife by Indu Sundaresan
Best South Asian Fiction
733 books — 1,892 voters

Like Water for Chocolate by Laura EsquivelEsperanza Rising by Pam Muñoz RyanSabrina & Corina by Kali Fajardo-Anstine
Hispanic Fiction
264 books — 94 voters

The Color Purple by Alice WalkerI Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya AngelouThings Fall Apart by Chinua AchebeTheir Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale HurstonPush by Sapphire
Books by Black Authors
909 books — 366 voters
Like Water for Chocolate by Laura EsquivelFried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe by Fannie FlaggThe Princess Bride by William GoldmanThe Joy Luck Club by Amy TanStardust by Neil Gaiman
What To Read Next
20,164 books — 24,051 voters

Gone Girl by Gillian FlynnThe Girl on the Train by Paula HawkinsA Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas1Q84 by Haruki Murakami
Best Books of the Decade: 2010s
7,644 books — 14,149 voters
The Princess Diaries by Meg CabotHow the Grinch Stole Christmas! by Dr. SeussThe Princess Bride by William GoldmanThe Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants by Ann BrasharesDear John by Nicholas Sparks
The MOVIE was BETTER than the BOOK
1,133 books — 10,104 voters

The Color Purple by Alice Walker
Best Multicultural General Fiction
588 books — 376 voters
The New Jim Crow by Michelle AlexanderBetween the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi CoatesThings Fall Apart by Chinua AchebeAmericanah by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieHomegoing by Yaa Gyasi
Books White People Need to Read
1,302 books — 1,568 voters

A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson BurnettThe Doll People by Ann M. MartinWinnie-the-Pooh by A.A. Milne
Doll Stories
459 books — 91 voters

The Witches by Roald Dahl
Best Girls Tween Fiction
387 books — 245 voters
Harry Potter Series Box Set by J.K. RowlingThe Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsThe Lightning Thief by Rick RiordanHoles by Louis SacharBridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson
Top 100 Middle School Must-Reads
2,266 books — 3,649 voters

The Color Purple by Alice WalkerThe Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller
Best Gay Fiction
2,648 books — 3,860 voters

Things Fall Apart by Chinua AchebeDon't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight by Alexandra FullerThe Stranger by Albert CamusAmericanah by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieThe Power of One by Bryce Courtenay
Africa (fiction and nonfiction)
1,754 books — 1,630 voters
Matilda by Roald DahlCharlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald DahlThe Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein
Favorite books from my childhood
4,415 books — 7,418 voters

The Return of the King by J.R.R. TolkienDisney's Mulan Classic Storybook by Lisa Ann Marsoli
Girls disguised as Boys
850 books — 959 voters
The Glass Castle by Jeannette WallsGirl, Interrupted by Susanna KaysenDon't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight by Alexandra FullerChinese Cinderella by Adeline Yen Mah
Memoirs by Women
2,978 books — 3,006 voters

The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver
Central Africa
113 books — 71 voters


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