Escapist Reads

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Alexandra (10 Lists)



And the Mountains Echoed by Khaled HosseiniAmericanah by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieGhana Must Go by Taiye Selasi
Anticipated Literary Reads for Readers of Color 2013
199 books — 549 voters
Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert
The Worst Books of All Time
8,120 books — 19,895 voters

The Thing Around Your Neck by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Immigrant Experience Literature
1,068 books — 1,773 voters
Purple Hibiscus by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieThings Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe
Best Black Historical Fiction
340 books — 343 voters

Roots by Alex HaleyA Respectable Trade by Philippa GregoryThe Long Song by Andrea LevyThe Longest Memory by Fred D'Aguiar
Books about American slavery
417 books — 421 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeA Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled HosseiniThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankThe Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
32,552 books — 123,941 voters

The Long Song by Andrea Levy
Black British Literature (fiction)
125 books — 84 voters
The Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeOf Mice and Men by John SteinbeckA Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled HosseiniThe Color Purple by Alice Walker
Books That Made You Cry
1,607 books — 3,291 voters

A Man of the People by Chinua Achebe
Africa (fiction and nonfiction)
1,843 books — 1,727 voters
The Help by Kathryn Stockett
Beautiful Books for Summer 2009
85 books — 76 voters