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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
Awakened by Love by Azin SametipourWritten in the Stars by Aisha SaeedBrown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline WoodsonHow I Became a Ghost by Tim TingleLove, InshAllah by Nura Maznavi
#WNDBChat on Religious Minorities!
30 books — 6 voters

The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman AlexieLove Medicine by Louise ErdrichThe Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven by Sherman AlexieThe Round House by Louise ErdrichGreen Grass, Running Water by Thomas King
Best Native American/First Nations Fiction
577 books — 352 voters
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark HaddonWonder by R.J. PalacioOut of My Mind by Sharon M. DraperHating Jesse Harmon by Robin MimnaPuddle Jumping by Amber L. Johnson
Disability-positive stories
496 books — 323 voters

The Bell Jar by Sylvia PlathThe Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen ChboskyThirteen Reasons Why by Jay AsherGirl, Interrupted by Susanna KaysenThe Yellow Wall-Paper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman
Depression and Mental Illness
545 books — 477 voters
Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire SáenzThe Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen ChboskySimon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky AlbertalliCarry On by Rainbow RowellWill Grayson, Will Grayson by John Green
Best YA Fiction with GLBTQQI themes / characters
1,958 books — 5,981 voters

Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire SáenzThe Song of Achilles by Madeline MillerThe Color Purple by Alice WalkerThe Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar WildeCall Me By Your Name by André Aciman
Best LGBTQIA literature
1,723 books — 2,105 voters
Kira-Kira by Cynthia KadohataAmerican Born Chinese by Gene Luen YangGirl in Translation by Jean KwokEleanor & Park by Rainbow RowellBorn Confused by Tanuja Desai Hidier
Best Asian-American Teen Fiction
276 books — 338 voters

A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled HosseiniThe Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniRooftops of Tehran by Mahbod SerajiGirls of Riyadh by Rajaa AlsaneaThe Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamid
Fiction About Life In The Middle East
75 books — 57 voters
The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankThe Glass Castle by Jeannette WallsI Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya AngelouEat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth GilbertPersepolis by Marjane Satrapi
Memoirs by Women
2,943 books — 2,991 voters

The Color Purple by Alice WalkerI Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya AngelouBeloved by Toni MorrisonInvisible Man by Ralph EllisonThe Autobiography of Malcolm X by Malcolm X
Black History Month
551 books — 491 voters
To All the Boys I've Loved Before by Jenny HanEleanor & Park by Rainbow RowellHarley in the Sky by Akemi Dawn BowmanP.S. I Still Love You by Jenny HanCinder by Marissa Meyer
Mixed-Race MG, YA
369 books — 154 voters


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