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You can find many reading lists online. Here are some you might find useful, but feel free to search on your own as well!
Books by topic:
Goodreads Social Justice Books
Goodreads Books about the Immigrant Experience
An Anti-Racist Reading List by Ibram X. Kendi
20 Books for 2020: A Reading List on Race in America
28 Feminist books everyone should read
25 Essential books for every feminist
"Best of" lists:
NPR Recommendations (by year and by theme)
The Guardian "Best 100 Books of the 21st Century"
New York Times Ten Best Books of 2021
New York Times Ten Best Books of 2020
New York Times Ten Best Books of 2019
Kirkus Best Fiction by Category
Lithub's Best Nonfiction Books of the Decade
Time Magazine's Best Nonfiction Books of All Time
Book Riot's Best Poetry Books of All Time
40 Brilliant Plays to Watch, Hear, or Read (The Independent, UK)
Prize-Winning Books:
Pulitzer Prize Winning Novels from 1948-present
"Honoring excellence in journalism and the arts since 1917"
These are all fabulous reads!
The Alex Awards, administered by the Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA) and sponsored by the Margaret A. Edwards trust, honor the top 10 adult books published during the previous year with appeal to readers between the ages of 12 and 18.
Chosen by the American Library Association
National Book Award by category
Established in 1950, the National Book Award is an American literary prize administered by the National Book Foundation, a nonprofit organization.
Annual contemporary fiction award to writers from the British Commonwealth and Ireland.
Awards for best mysteries
The PEN Literary Awards are the most comprehensive in the United States. Each year, with the help of its partners and supporters, PEN confers more than $150,000 to writers in the fields of fiction, science writing, essays, sports writing, biography, children’s literature, translation, drama, or poetry
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