2026 Reading Challenge

Listopia > Book Lists Liked by Ben (12 Lists)



Giovanni’s Room by James BaldwinGo Tell It on the Mountain by James BaldwinTales of the City by Armistead MaupinMaurice by E.M. ForsterDeath in Venice by Thomas Mann
Gay Novels From Before 1990
212 books — 17 voters
HomoAmerican - The Secret Society by Michael K. DaneYou Can't Buy Love Like That by Carol E. AndersonRunning with Scissors by Augusten BurroughsFun Home by Alison BechdelBoy Erased by Garrard Conley
Best Gay Memoirs
203 books — 93 voters

The Grapes of Wrath by John SteinbeckAngela’s Ashes by Frank McCourtThe Good Earth by Pearl S. BuckTobacco Road by Erskine CaldwellOf Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
The Hardscrabble Life
408 books — 118 voters
Night by Elie WieselAngela’s Ashes by Frank McCourtA Walk in the Woods by Bill BrysonRunning with Scissors by Augusten BurroughsMe Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris
Memoirs by Men
1,703 books — 670 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Outsiders by S.E. HintonThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerLittle Women by Louisa May AlcottThe Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
Best Coming of Age Stories
1,300 books — 1,131 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark HaddonThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerThe Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark TwainThe Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd
Juvenile Narrators in Books for Grown-Ups
214 books — 116 voters

The Song of Achilles by Madeline MillerPeter Darling by Austin ChantAsh by Malinda LoThe Sleeper and the Spindle by Neil GaimanKissing the Witch by Emma Donoghue
LGBT Retellings of classic Fiction/Fairy Tale/Myth
244 books — 190 voters
The Thirteenth Tale by Diane SetterfieldThe World of Karov by Elyse SalpeterTwelfth Night or, What You Will by William ShakespeareI Know This Much Is True by Wally LambFangirl by Rainbow Rowell
Best Books About Twins
454 books — 363 voters

The Broposal by Sonora ReyesNobody in Particular by Sophie GonzalesRunnin' No More by G.T. DípèWhen the Tides Held the Moon by Venessa Vida KelleyTarnished by Erica Rose Eberhart
2025 LGBTQIA+ Books
498 books — 175 voters
The Wager by David GrannAll the Memories That Remain by E.M. LiddickThe Possibility of Life by Jaime GreenHags by Victoria SmithMy Father's Brain by Sandeep Jauhar
Nonfiction Published in Year: 2023
1,340 books — 143 voters

A Great and Terrible Beauty by Libba BrayClockwork Angel by Cassandra ClareThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakWildwood Dancing by Juliet MarillierThe Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
YA Historical Fantasy
315 books — 424 voters
A Run at Love by Toni ShilohI Am the Dark That Answers When You Call by Jamison SheaA Love Song for Ricki Wilde by Tia WilliamsStreetlight People by Charlene ThomasConvergence Problems by Wole Talabi
2024 Books by Black Authors
265 books — 76 voters


« previous 1