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The New Jim Crow by Michelle AlexanderBetween the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi CoatesThe Autobiography of Malcolm X by Malcolm XBury My Heart at Wounded Knee by Dee BrownThe Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
Books White People Need to Read
1,304 books — 1,549 voters
Lean In by Sheryl SandbergNice Girls Don't Get the Corner Office by Lois P. FrankelThe Confidence Code by Katty KayHome Shopping Diva by Meg FlatherDrive by Daniel H. Pink
Books for Female Young Professionals
83 books — 80 voters

The Gifts of Imperfection by Brené BrownDaring Greatly by Brené BrownEat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth GilbertThe Jamange Line by The ConductorQuiet by Susan Cain
Books to help Women Live Healthy and Happy
256 books — 164 voters
Binti by Nnedi OkoraforBurning Girls by Veronica SchanoesThe Fifth Season by N.K. JemisinThrone of the Crescent Moon by Saladin AhmedIn The Forest Of Forgetting by Theodora Goss
Tempest Challenge
227 books — 18 voters

When Grandma Climbed the Magic Ladder by Priya NarayananNana Upstairs and Nana Downstairs by Tomie dePaolaCry, Heart, But Never Break by Glenn RingtvedDuck, Death and the Tulip by Wolf ErlbruchThe Purple Balloon by Chris Raschka
Best Books About Death & Dying For Kids
47 books — 28 voters
Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi AdeyemiLove, Hate & Other Filters by Samira AhmedAmerican Panda by Gloria ChaoThe Belles by Dhonielle ClaytonA Girl Like That by Tanaz Bhathena
2018 YA/MG Books With POC Leads
249 books — 292 voters

Kindred by Octavia E. ButlerMoon Called by Patricia BriggsAmerican Gods by Neil GaimanParable of the Sower by Octavia E. ButlerCinder by Marissa Meyer
Non-Caucasian Protagonists in Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror, and Paranormal Romance
2,480 books — 2,736 voters
The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodThe Bell Jar by Sylvia PlathJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëA Room of One’s Own by Virginia WoolfThe Second Sex by Simone de Beauvoir
Best Feminist Books
2,484 books — 3,477 voters

She’s Come Undone by Wally LambThe Poisonwood Bible by Barbara KingsolverNight by Elie WieselMiddlesex by Jeffrey EugenidesI Know This Much Is True by Wally Lamb
Oprah's Book Club Picks
121 books — 2,199 voters
The Help by Kathryn StockettThe Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk KiddFried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe by Fannie FlaggDivine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood by Rebecca WellsLittle Women by Louisa May Alcott
Best Adult Female Friendship Books
692 books — 1,175 voters

A Room of One’s Own by Virginia WoolfThe Purity Myth by Jessica ValentiFeminism Is for Everybody by Bell HooksYes Means Yes! by Jaclyn FriedmanThe Vagina Monologues by V (formerly Eve Ensler)
The Ms. Blog's Best Feminist Non-Fiction Reads: Reader's Choice
587 books — 442 voters
The Color Purple by Alice WalkerGiovanni’s Room by James BaldwinZami by Audre LordeAristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire SáenzSister Outsider by Audre Lorde
Books by LGBTQ People of Color
502 books — 141 voters


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