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A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle
What Book Got You Hooked?
3,795 books — 10,240 voters
Caucasia by Danzy SennaThe House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende
Best Historical Fiction
7,261 books — 25,408 voters

Walking on Water by Derrick Jensen
Books for Teachers/Educators
780 books — 616 voters
So Far from God by Ana CastilloThe God of Small Things by Arundhati RoyThe Space Between Us by Thrity UmrigarHullabaloo in the Guava Orchard by Kiran DesaiThe House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende
Favorite World Fiction & Literature
733 books — 435 voters

The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan
Asian-American Books
545 books — 329 voters
A Language Older Than Words by Derrick JensenWalking on Water by Derrick JensenIshmael by Daniel QuinnThe Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le GuinWe Are Everywhere by Notes from Nowhere
Anarchist books
468 books — 370 voters

A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
Best Books of the Decade: 2000s
7,224 books — 28,363 voters
The Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le GuinTime Quartet by Madeleine L'EngleIshmael by Daniel QuinnThe Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
Best Books Ever
74,929 books — 277,861 voters

The God of Small Things by Arundhati RoyThe Space Between Us by Thrity UmrigarHullabaloo in the Guava Orchard by Kiran DesaiMadras on Rainy Days by Samina AliIn Times of Siege by Githa Hariharan
Best South Asian Fiction
730 books — 1,889 voters
Best Dystopian and Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
3,654 books — 25,870 voters

So Far from God by Ana CastilloA Door Into Ocean by Joan SlonczewskiWoman on the Edge of Time by Marge PiercyThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood
Best Feminist Fiction
1,495 books — 2,651 voters