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The Sound and the Fury by William FaulknerA Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee WilliamsLight in August by William FaulknerAs I Lay Dying by William FaulknerCat on a Hot Tin Roof by Tennessee Williams
Mississippi Writers - Best 100 books by
306 books — 115 voters
The Makioka Sisters by Jun'ichirō Tanizaki
UNESCO Collection of Representative Works: Novels
224 books — 46 voters

The Farming of Bones by Edwidge Danticat
Caribbean/West Indian Diaspora Literature - Women (fiction)
205 books — 152 voters
A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'EngleA Wind in the Door by Madeleine L'EngleA Swiftly Tilting Planet by Madeleine L'Engle
Speculative Fiction Classics (pre-1980) by Female Authors
169 books — 93 voters

Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale HurstonThe Heart Is a Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullersPride and Prejudice by Jane AustenThe Remains of the Day by Kazuo IshiguroMiddlemarch by George Eliot
Interesting, Well Written Books that are not by Dead/Old White Men
1,193 books — 339 voters
Ru by Kim Thúy
Books by Vietnamese/Vietnamese-Diaspora Writers
144 books — 70 voters

The God of Small Things by Arundhati RoyUnaccustomed Earth by Jhumpa LahiriThe Lowland by Jhumpa Lahiri
South Asian Fiction by Women
182 books — 162 voters
Swann's Way by Marcel ProustThe Remains of the Day by Kazuo IshiguroWithin A Budding Grove by Marcel ProustJames Joyce by Richard EllmannUlysses by James Joyce
What we've read so far in...2015
9,698 books — 2,051 voters

The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende
South, Central and Latin American Women Authors
204 books — 92 voters
A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'EngleTo Say Nothing of the Dog by Connie WillisAmong Others by Jo WaltonFarthing by Jo Walton
Science Fiction Books by Female Authors
1,699 books — 1,538 voters

Gate of the Sun by Elias KhouryPalestinian Walks by Raja ShehadehIt's Easier to Reach Heaven than the End of the Street by Emma WilliamsDancing Arabs by Sayed KashuaThe Lemon Tree by Sandy Tolan
Palestinian Books
195 books — 45 voters
Rebecca by Daphne du MaurierThe House of Mirth by Edith WhartonMy Antonia by Willa Cather
Favorite Virago Modern Classics
272 books — 203 voters

Wake by Anna Hope
2015 Walter Scott Prize longlist
15 books — 21 voters
Arrows of Rain by Okey NdibeShe Weeps Each Time You're Born by Quan BarryBlue Lorries by Radwa AshourThe Porcelain Thief by Huan HsuThe Light of the World by Elizabeth Alexander
Anticipated Literary Reads For Readers of Color 2015
136 books — 169 voters

Like Trees, Walking by Ravi Howard
Hidden Gems: Virtually Unknown African-American Historical Fiction & Classics
69 books — 23 voters
The Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel BarberyOld Filth by Jane GardamThe Man in the Wooden Hat by Jane Gardam
Europa Edition Books
126 books — 140 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeePride and Prejudice by Jane AustenJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëThe Poisonwood Bible by Barbara KingsolverMansfield Park by Jane Austen
Best Books by Female Authors
1,358 books — 459 voters
The Housekeeper and the Professor by Yōko Ogawa
Literature by Japanese Women
155 books — 143 voters

All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony DoerrHollow City by Ransom RiggsAn Unnecessary Woman by Rabih Alameddine
Amazon's 2014 Best Books of the Year: The Top 100 in Print Format
99 books — 232 voters
The Sense of an Ending by Julian BarnesBring Up the Bodies by Hilary MantelLife After Life by Kate AtkinsonState of Wonder by Ann PatchettThe Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet by David Mitchell
Best Books of the Decade: 2010s
7,692 books — 13,775 voters

Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom RiggsState of Wonder by Ann PatchettThe Paris Wife by Paula McLainRules of Civility by Amor TowlesThe Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes
Best Books of 2011
2,654 books — 6,713 voters
Moby-Dick or, The Whale by Herman Melville
Books With Fish on the Cover
123 books — 68 voters

The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco
Notable Novels by Italian Authors
354 books — 232 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeePride and Prejudice by Jane AustenJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëA Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty SmithThe Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan
Best Woman-Authored Books
7,973 books — 4,999 voters

Doctor Zhivago by Boris PasternakThe Collected Poems of W.B. Yeats by W.B. YeatsThe Magic Mountain by Thomas MannPavilion of Women by Pearl S. BuckBuddenbrooks by Thomas Mann
The Nobel Prize in Literature ŷ Group Shelf
353 books — 106 voters
Wolf Hall by Hilary MantelThe Name of the Rose by Umberto EcoKatherine by Anya SetonAn Instance of the Fingerpost by Iain PearsBring Up the Bodies by Hilary Mantel
Medieval and Renaissance historical fiction
464 books — 379 voters

Wild Swans by Jung ChangRed Azalea by Anchee MinMarie Antoinette by Stefan Zweig
Female Biographies
1,247 books — 409 voters
Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale HurstonThe Warmth of Other Suns by Isabel WilkersonCane River by Lalita TademyThe Farming of Bones by Edwidge DanticatBeloved by Toni Morrison
100 Books by Black Women Everyone Should Read
103 books — 56 voters