The Color Purple 1982

Radcliffe Publishing Course

• Published 1998
• All-time list
• Ranked #5

Good Housekeeping

• Published 2018
• All-time list
• Ranked #11

National Book Award

• Published 2006
• All-time list
• Ranked #16

Oprah Daily

• Published 2021
• All-time list
• Ranked #22

Women's National Book Association

• Published 2017
• All-time list
• Ranked #70

The College Board, an American not-for-profit organization

• Published 2009
• All-time list
• Ranked #95

University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

• Published 2000
• All-time list
• Ranked #95

New York Public Library

• Published 2020
• All-time list
• Included, unranked

Flavorwire

• Published 2013
• Decade list · 1963-2013
• Ranked #13

The Times

• Published 2022
• Decade list · 1922-2022
• Ranked #25

Library Journal

• Published 1999
• Decade list · 1900-1999
• Ranked #6