Book Lists Voted on by <a href="/user/show/80801334-susan-mwaura">Susan Mwaura</a> (28 Lists)

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Susan Mwaura (28 Lists)

Redefining Realness by Janet Mock

Wild by Cheryl Strayed

Educated by Tara Westover

Dreams from My Father by Barack Obama

I Am Malala by Malala Yousafzai

Best Memoir / Biography / Autobiography

5,777 books — 6,292 voters

Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing by Matthew Perry

Redefining Realness by Janet Mock

Finding Me by Viola Davis

Celebrity Biography

944 books — 328 voters

Small Pleasures by Clare Chambers

It Ends with Us by Colleen Hoover

Things You Save in a Fire by Katherine Center

The Color Purple by Alice Walker

Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden

5 books — 2 voters

The Sun Does Shine by Anthony Ray Hinton

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou

Dreams from My Father by Barack Obama

Becoming by Michelle Obama

Wouldn't Take Nothing for My Journey Now by Maya Angelou

African American Lives

456 books — 204 voters

Forrest Gump by Winston Groom

Bridget Jones’s Diary by Helen Fielding

Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood by Rebecca Wells

Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery

Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret by Judy Blume

Books that Make you Laugh

3,489 books — 5,021 voters

A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara

The Book Thief by Markus Zusak

The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini

The Color Purple by Alice Walker

The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd

Books that Made You Cry!

3,356 books — 7,807 voters

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

Little Women by Louisa May Alcott

Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden

The Help by Kathryn Stockett

The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd

I Saw the Movie & Read the Book

1,927 books — 1,761 voters

The Dutch House by Ann Patchett

The Book Thief by Markus Zusak

The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini

The Help by Kathryn Stockett

Little Women by Louisa May Alcott

Books that Blew Me Away and that I Still Think About

14,323 books — 14,419 voters

Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens

Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng

The Henna Artist by Alka Joshi

From Scratch by Tembi Locke

His Only Wife by Peace Adzo Medie

Reese Witherspoon's Book Club x Hello Sunshine

109 books — 431 voters

The Color Purple by Alice Walker

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith

A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini

Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston

Beloved by Toni Morrison

Jezebel's Books All Women Should Read

773 books — 1,401 voters

The Vagina Monologues by V (formerly Eve Ensler)

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou

The Color Purple by Alice Walker

I Am Malala by Malala Yousafzai

Redefining Realness by Janet Mock

Women & Gender Studies

1,461 books — 546 voters

The Power of Positive Thinking by Norman Vincent Peale

The Secret by Rhonda Byrne

The Art of Happiness by Dalai Lama XIV

The Power of Habit by Charles Duhigg

You Are a Badass by Jen Sincero

Best Self Help Books

2,276 books — 2,321 voters

Tiny Beautiful Things by Cheryl Strayed

The Book Thief by Markus Zusak

The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini

The Help by Kathryn Stockett

Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden

Books That Exceeded Your Expectations

14,543 books — 16,118 voters

The Power of Intention by Wayne W. Dyer

What I Know for Sure by Oprah Winfrey

Vibrate Higher Daily by Lalah Delia

The Secret by Rhonda Byrne

A New Earth by Eckhart Tolle

Motivational and Self-Improvement Books

2,945 books — 2,956 voters

You Can Heal Your Life by Louise L. Hay

The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank

Night by Elie Wiesel

The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou

Books That Could Change Your Life

2,880 books — 1,548 voters

A New Earth by Eckhart Tolle

You Can Heal Your Life by Louise L. Hay

Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert

The Secret by Rhonda Byrne

A Return to Love by Marianne Williamson

Healing & Spirituality

937 books — 1,254 voters

What I Know for Sure by Oprah Winfrey

Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert

Tiny Beautiful Things by Cheryl Strayed

The Gifts of Imperfection by Brené Brown

Rising Strong by Brené Brown

Books to help Women Live Healthy and Happy

256 books — 164 voters

A New Earth by Eckhart Tolle

The Secret by Rhonda Byrne

Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert

The Power of Habit by Charles Duhigg

You Are a Badass by Jen Sincero

Best Self-Help, Spiritual, Motivational, Law of Attraction Books

1,968 books — 1,598 voters

A New Earth by Eckhart Tolle

The Art of Happiness by Dalai Lama XIV

The Secret by Rhonda Byrne

A Return to Love by Marianne Williamson

You Can Heal Your Life by Louise L. Hay

Best Spiritual Books

1,474 books — 1,322 voters

The Help by Kathryn Stockett

Little Women by Louisa May Alcott

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery

Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert

The Most Comforting Books (The Literary Version of Bread Pudding)

1,288 books — 927 voters

The Color Purple by Alice Walker

Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston

The Women of Brewster Place by Gloria Naylor

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou

Beloved by Toni Morrison

Black Girls Write!

246 books — 84 voters

The Color Purple by Alice Walker

Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston

Beloved by Toni Morrison

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou

The Help by Kathryn Stockett

Best African American Books

1,001 books — 1,136 voters

Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe

Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

The Secret Lives of Baba Segi's Wives by Lola Shoneyin

We Need New Names by NoViolet Bulawayo

African Fiction

600 books — 427 voters

Bridget Jones’s Diary by Helen Fielding

Lucy Sullivan Is Getting Married by Marian Keyes

Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood by Rebecca Wells

Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert

Anybody Out There? by Marian Keyes

Favorite Chick-Lit

2,390 books — 4,613 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank

The Help by Kathryn Stockett

The Color Purple by Alice Walker

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou

Best Woman-Authored Books

8,122 books — 5,146 voters

Night by Elie Wiesel

The Heart of a Woman by Maya Angelou

An American Marriage by Tayari Jones

Sula by Toni Morrison

Becoming by Michelle Obama

Oprah's Book Club Picks

123 books — 2,200 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

The Book Thief by Markus Zusak

The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini

Night by Elie Wiesel

Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once

31,312 books — 118,949 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

The Book Thief by Markus Zusak

The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky

The Help by Kathryn Stockett

A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini

Best Books Ever

75,373 books — 279,792 voters