Orange Is the New Black by Piper Kerman
Bust Magazine Reading List
54 books — 20 voters
The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le GuinSlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodBrave New World by Aldous HuxleyThe Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas by Ursula K. Le Guin
Left-wing Science Fiction and Fantasy
335 books — 253 voters

1984 by George Orwell
Best Left-Texts
667 books — 360 voters
The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
Socialist Classics
420 books — 326 voters

Animal Farm by George OrwellThe Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Most influential books under 100 pages
252 books — 924 voters
Freakonomics by Steven D. Levitt
Sociology Books
557 books — 416 voters

1984 by George OrwellThe Grapes of Wrath by John SteinbeckAnimal Farm by George OrwellBrave New World by Aldous HuxleyThings Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe
Literature of Social Change
434 books — 315 voters

The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodThe Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le GuinLilith's Brood by Octavia E. ButlerThe Year of the Flood by Margaret AtwoodOryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood
Feminist Science Fiction Books
239 books — 412 voters
The Golden Compass by Philip PullmanThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodA Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'EngleEsperanza Rising by Pam Muñoz RyanPersepolis by Marjane Satrapi
Best Feminist Young Adult Books
1,320 books — 1,341 voters

The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood
Best Feminist Books
2,541 books — 3,537 voters
The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood
Jezebel's Books All Women Should Read
772 books — 1,399 voters

A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'EngleWicked by Gregory Maguire
Best Heroine in a Fantasy Book
1,481 books — 1,786 voters
The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodA Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle
Best Science Fiction With a Female Protagonist
1,394 books — 2,823 voters

The Golden Compass by Philip PullmanSabriel by Garth Nix
Strong Heroine Series
1,638 books — 2,091 voters
The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodWoman on the Edge of Time by Marge PiercyThe Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin
Best Feminist Fiction
1,499 books — 2,673 voters

The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin
LGBTQ Science Fiction and Fantasy
2,060 books — 1,964 voters
Ash by Malinda Lo
LGBTQ for YA
1,241 books — 2,147 voters

The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin
Best Gay Fiction
2,664 books — 3,868 voters

The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le GuinLilith's Brood by Octavia E. ButlerWoman on the Edge of Time by Marge Piercy
Best Gender-Bending Books
610 books — 457 voters
Sister Outsider by Audre Lorde
Best LGBTQIA literature
1,773 books — 2,171 voters

The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankPersepolis by Marjane SatrapiAn Unquiet Mind by Kay Redfield JamisonThe Complete Persepolis by Marjane SatrapiOrange Is the New Black by Piper Kerman
Memoirs by Women
3,032 books — 3,039 voters


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