2026 Reading Challenge

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The Name of the Rose by Umberto EcoThe Pillars of the Earth by Ken FollettWolf Hall by Hilary MantelThe Sunne in Splendour by Sharon Kay PenmanThe Last Kingdom by Bernard Cornwell
Medieval and Renaissance historical fiction
463 books — 420 voters
A Distant Mirror by Barbara W. TuchmanThe Time Traveller's Guide to Medieval England by Ian MortimerThe Plantagenets by Dan JonesEleanor of Aquitaine by Alison Weir1453 by Roger Crowley
Best Medieval History Books
814 books — 325 voters

A Morbid Taste for Bones by Ellis PetersMistress of the Art of Death by Ariana FranklinThe Name of the Rose by Umberto EcoThe Daughter of Time by Josephine TeyDissolution by C.J. Sansom
Favorite Medieval Mystery Writers
79 books — 143 voters
The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-ExupéryCrime and Punishment by Fyodor DostoevskyThe Stranger by Albert CamusThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankThe Trial by Franz Kafka
Favorite Translated Literature
1,029 books — 498 voters

Counted with the Stars by Connilyn CossetteIn the Field of Grace by Tessa AfsharA Light on the Hill by Connilyn CossetteThe Healer's Apprentice by Melanie DickersonThe Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien
Best Clean Summer Reads: Medieval Fantasy & Biblical Fiction
23 books — 10 voters
The Pillars of the Earth by Ken FollettThe Name of the Rose by Umberto EcoThe Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey ChaucerWorld Without End by Ken FollettBeowulf by Unknown
Best Middle Ages Books
1,221 books — 1,702 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee1984 by George OrwellThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldPride and Prejudice by Jane AustenAnimal Farm by George Orwell
The Five Books I Would Require If I Taught an English Literature Class
625 books — 2,752 voters
The Giver by Lois LowryHoles by Louis SacharA Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'EngleNumber the Stars by Lois LowryBridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson
The Most Deserving Newbery
116 books — 3,000 voters

The Book Thief by Markus ZusakThe Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz ZafónFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyThe Thirteenth Tale by Diane SetterfieldA Story of Yesterday by Sergio Cobo
Stories For Book Lovers
8,343 books — 8,386 voters
Mrs. Mike by Benedict FreedmanGreen Darkness by Anya SetonThe Winthrop Woman by Anya SetonThe Diary of Mattie Spenser by Sandra DallasDésirée by Annemarie Selinko
The Unknown, Hidden Gems of Historical Fiction
2,276 books — 1,255 voters

The Six Wives of Henry VIII by Alison WeirSix Wives by David StarkeyThe Children of Henry VIII by Alison WeirThe Wars of the Roses by Alison WeirThe Princes in the Tower by Alison Weir
Best Biographies of English Royalty
247 books — 67 voters
Theft of Swords by Michael J. SullivanThe Way of Kings by Brandon SandersonHeir of Novron by Michael J. SullivanRise of Empire by Michael J. SullivanMistborn by Brandon Sanderson
Epic Fantasy with little to no romance
122 books — 171 voters


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