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The House on Mango Street by Sandra CisnerosBorderlands/La Frontera by Gloria E. AnzaldúaThe House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende
Chicano Chicana Chicanx
161 books — 101 voters
Borderlands/La Frontera by Gloria E. AnzaldúaBeloved by Toni MorrisonI Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya AngelouTheir Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston
Best Feminist Books
2,480 books — 3,457 voters

Ain't I a Woman by bell hooks
Books White People Need to Read
1,302 books — 1,549 voters
Story of the Eye by Georges Bataille
The Most Disturbing Books Ever Written
3,167 books — 11,103 voters

A Small Place by Jamaica Kincaid
Colonial and Post-colonial Literature
165 books — 68 voters
The Lovely Bones by Alice SeboldHarry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. Rowling
The Book Was Better Than the Movie
1,558 books — 18,701 voters

The House of the Spirits by Isabel AllendeAn Education by Lynn Barber
Books with a Cello!
11 books — 10 voters
Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf
The Most Begun "Read but Unfinished" (Started) book ever
2,575 books — 13,084 voters

1984 by George OrwellAnimal Farm by George Orwell
Books That Changed My World
3,253 books — 3,190 voters
Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.The Bad Beginning by Lemony Snicket
Best Dark Humor
724 books — 1,649 voters

The Lovely Bones by Alice SeboldMockingjay by Suzanne CollinsThe Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson
Books I Have Every Intention Of Reading This Year
7,775 books — 2,655 voters
Twilight by Stephenie Meyer
I read the first one and didn't feel compelled to finish the trilogy/series
875 books — 2,058 voters

Night by Elie Wiesel
I'm glad someone made me read this book
10,529 books — 10,134 voters
Animal Farm by George Orwell
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
31,187 books — 117,942 voters

The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
What To Read After Harry Potter
2,136 books — 6,302 voters
Team of Rivals by Doris Kearns GoodwinAbraham Lincoln by Seth Grahame-Smith
Best Books About Abraham Lincoln
108 books — 114 voters

In Death's Keep by J.A. Beix
Best Unknown Books
2,326 books — 1,852 voters
1984 by George Orwell
Most Depressing Book of All Time
1,238 books — 3,853 voters

The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende
Favorite Magical Realism Novels
1,295 books — 4,444 voters
Coraline by Neil GaimanDifferent Seasons by Stephen KingExtremely Loud & Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer
The MOVIE was BETTER than the BOOK
1,132 books — 10,110 voters

The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
Best Banned, Censored, and Challenged Books
920 books — 2,381 voters
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. RowlingNight by Elie WieselI Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
Books that Made You Cry!
3,350 books — 7,766 voters

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. RowlingAnimal Farm by George Orwell
Best Books Ever
74,888 books — 277,698 voters
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingHoles by Louis Sachar
Best Young Adult Books
13,027 books — 80,077 voters

Two Beautiful Butterflies by Gloria MoodyThe Death of Spring by Silvio J. Caputo Jr.Those A-ha Moments by Lynnette GoldyThe Adventures of Periwinkle the Crab by L. G. GodfreyA Guide to Historical Markers for the City and County of Pueb... by George R. Williams
Books By or Regarding Puebloans
8 books — 3 voters
The Bad Beginning by Lemony SnicketSlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston
Unique Narrators
403 books — 346 voters

Pollyanna by Eleanor H. Porter
Favorite books from my childhood
4,378 books — 7,397 voters