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



Reading the Bible Again for the First Time by Marcus J. BorgLong March of the Koalas by Fred ClarkRescuing the Bible from Fundamentalism by John Shelby Spong
If You Like Rob Bell
52 books — 12 voters
The Essential Dykes To Watch Out For by Alison BechdelFun Home by Alison Bechdel
Graphic Novels & Comics By LGBTQ+ Authors
151 books — 41 voters

Stone Butch Blues by Leslie FeinbergAnd the Band Played On by Randy ShiltsFun Home by Alison BechdelAm I Blue? by Marion Dane Bauer
Stonewall Book Award Winners
112 books — 34 voters
This Bridge Called My Back by Cherríe L. MoragaWomen, Race & Class by Angela Y. DavisThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodBacklash by Susan FaludiSister Outsider by Audre Lorde
Best Feminist Books
2,944 books — 4,273 voters

Fingersmith by Sarah WatersAnnie on My Mind by Nancy GardenFried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe by Fannie FlaggTipping the Velvet by Sarah WatersStone Butch Blues by Leslie Feinberg
Best Lesbian Fiction
2,160 books — 2,697 voters
And the Band Played On by Randy ShiltsWhipping Girl by Julia SeranoSister Outsider by Audre LordeStonewall by Martin DubermanThis Bridge Called My Back by Cherríe L. Moraga
Best Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Non-Fiction
839 books — 494 voters

Kissing the Witch by Emma Donoghue
Lesbian Fairy Tales
103 books — 63 voters
The Asylum for Wayward Victorian Girls by Emilie AutumnGirl, Interrupted by Susanna KaysenMarbles by Ellen Forney
Best bipolar/schizophrenia books
136 books — 159 voters

The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre DumasThe Scarlet Pimpernel by Emmuska OrczyFingersmith by Sarah WatersThe Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver
Best Historical Fiction Books that Are Actually Historical Fiction
2,694 books — 3,292 voters
Fun Home by Alison BechdelFingersmith by Sarah WatersAnnie on My Mind by Nancy GardenFried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe by Fannie FlaggStone Butch Blues by Leslie Feinberg
100 Best Lesbian Fiction & Memoir Books Of All Time
883 books — 1,218 voters

Girls to the Front by Sara Marcus33 Revolutions Per Minute by Dorian LynskeyBlues Legacies and Black Feminism by Angela Y. DavisLady Sings the Blues by Billie Holiday
Best Non Fiction About Music
1,503 books — 1,424 voters
Women, Race & Class by Angela Y. DavisThis Bridge Called My Back by Cherríe L. MoragaSister Outsider by Audre LordeKilling the Black Body by Dorothy RobertsBlues Legacies and Black Feminism by Angela Y. Davis
Black Feminist/Womanist Studies (nonfiction)
133 books — 112 voters

The Windup Girl by Paolo BacigalupiThe Years of Rice and Salt by Kim Stanley Robinson1Q84 by Haruki Murakami
Best Science Fiction of the 21st Century
1,200 books — 9,117 voters
The Once and Future King by T.H. WhiteLe Morte d'Arthur by Thomas MaloryI Am Morgan le Fay by Nancy SpringerI Am Mordred by Nancy SpringerThe Lost Years of Merlin by T.A. Barron
Best Arthurian Fiction
483 books — 1,451 voters

Kindred by Octavia E. ButlerWho Fears Death by Nnedi OkoraforBabel-17/Empire Star by Samuel R. DelanyThe Icarus Girl by Helen Oyeyemi
Speculative Fiction by Authors of Color
743 books — 477 voters
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldFingersmith by Sarah WatersThe Big Con by David W. MaurerThe Man Who Sold The Eiffel Tower by James JohnsonCharlatan by Pope Brock
Con Men, Gamblers and Hustlers
330 books — 167 voters

Fingersmith by Sarah WatersStone Butch Blues by Leslie FeinbergPatience and Sarah by Isabel Miller
Historical Lesbian Fiction
266 books — 266 voters
Special Topics in Calamity Physics by Marisha PesslWe Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley JacksonNoisy Outlaws, Unfriendly Blobs, and Some Other Things That A... by Eli Horowitz
Best Book Titles
12,312 books — 8,683 voters

The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley JacksonWe Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley JacksonThe Stepford Wives by Ira LevinThe Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux
Best Horror Novels
2,132 books — 5,527 voters
The Twentieth Wife by Indu Sundaresan
Best Historical Fiction
8,038 books — 26,712 voters

The Sandman, Vol. 1 by Neil GaimanJourney Into Mystery by Kieron Gillen by Kieron GillenSaga, Volume 1 by Brian K. VaughanThe Complete Persepolis by Marjane SatrapiFun Home by Alison Bechdel
Best Graphic Novels
3,502 books — 6,792 voters