2026 Reading Challenge

Listopia > Book Lists Liked by Pia (12 Lists)



Journey to the West by Biao WangThe Story of the Stone, or The Dream of the Red Chamber, Vol. 1 by Cao XueqinThe Rape of Nanking by Iris ChangWild Swans by Jung ChangThe Story of the Stone, or The Dream of the Red Chamber, Vol. 2 by Cao Xueqin
Seeing China through Books
107 books — 34 voters
The Painted Veil by W. Somerset MaughamThe Good Earth by Pearl S. BuckWhite Shanghai by Elvira BaryakinaLost Horizon by James HiltonThe Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan
History through Novels: 1900s/2000s China
55 books — 41 voters

The Red Tent by Anita DiamantMy Name Is Red by Orhan PamukThe Dovekeepers by Alice HoffmanSamarkand by Amin MaaloufThe Arabian Nights by Anonymous
History through Novels: Pre-1900s Middle East
101 books — 58 voters
Forever Amber by Kathleen WinsorThe King's General by Daphne du MaurierYear of Wonders by Geraldine BrooksRestoration by Rose TremainFrenchman's Creek by Daphne du Maurier
Historical Fiction: England's Second Civil War and Restoration
110 books — 110 voters

The Song of Achilles by Madeline MillerGates of Fire by Steven PressfieldThe King Must Die by Mary RenaultFire from Heaven by Mary RenaultHeat of Paris by Peter Breyer
Historical Fiction: Ancient Greece
145 books — 221 voters
The Sunne in Splendour by Sharon Kay PenmanThe White Queen by Philippa GregoryThe Lady of the Rivers by Philippa GregoryThe Red Queen by Philippa GregoryHeat of Paris by Peter Breyer
Historical fiction: The Wars of the Roses
87 books — 183 voters

Master & Commander by Patrick O'BrianThe Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre DumasTaking Chances by Christina PaulMr. Midshipman Hornblower by C.S. ForesterWar and Peace by Leo Tolstoy
Napoleonic War fiction
172 books — 160 voters
A Tale of Two Cities by Charles DickensThe Scarlet Pimpernel by Emmuska OrczyA Place of Greater Safety by Hilary MantelMadame Tussaud by Michelle MoranMarie Antoinette by Antonia Fraser
The French Revolution
231 books — 293 voters

The Egyptian by Mika WaltariNefertiti by Michelle MoranRiver God by Wilbur SmithThe Heretic Queen by Michelle MoranThe Memoirs of Cleopatra by Margaret George
Best Egyptian Historical Fiction
194 books — 442 voters
I, Claudius by Robert GravesMistress of Rome by Kate QuinnCleopatra's Daughter by Michelle MoranThe First Man in Rome by Colleen McCulloughPompeii by Robert Harris
Best Historical Fiction About Ancient Rome
361 books — 598 voters

The Killer Angels by Michael ShaaraGone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellBattle Cry of Freedom by James M. McPhersonThe Civil War by Shelby FooteCold Mountain by Charles Frazier
Best American Civil War Books
1,007 books — 981 voters
The Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa GregoryThe Six Wives of Henry VIII by Alison WeirThe Boleyn Inheritance by Philippa GregoryWolf Hall by Hilary MantelThe Constant Princess by Philippa Gregory
Best Books About Tudor England
609 books — 1,629 voters


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