2026 Reading Challenge

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The Joy of Cooking by Irma S. RombauerMastering the Art of French Cooking by Julia ChildBetter Homes and Gardens New Cook Book by Better Homes and GardensHow to Cook Everything by Mark BittmanThe New Best Recipe by Cook's Illustrated
Best Cookbooks
1,439 books — 1,106 voters
Silent Spring by Rachel CarsonCradle to Cradle by William McDonoughThe Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael PollanThe Urban Homestead by Kelly CoyneThe Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein
Being "Green"
390 books — 238 voters

How to Survive the End of the World as We Know It by James Wesley, RawlesPest Control for Organic Gardening by Amber RichardsWhen All Hell Breaks Loose by Cody LundinStalking the Wild Asparagus by Euell GibbonsBack to Basics by Abigail R. Gehring
Surviving the Apocalypse
147 books — 29 voters
Opening Up by Tristan TaorminoThe Smart Girl's Guide to Polyamory by Dedeker WinstonEight Things I Wish I'd Known About Polyamory by Cunning MinxStepping Off the Relationship Escalator by Amy GahranLove's Not Colorblind by Kevin A. Patterson
Non-Fiction Books about Plural Marriage and Open Relationships
38 books — 9 voters

Birdology by Sy MontgomeryThat Quail, Robert by Margaret A. StangerAlex and Me by Irene M. PepperbergRavenmaster by Christopher SkaifeH is for Hawk by Helen Macdonald
Natural Writing About Birds
143 books — 13 voters
Wonderful Life by Stephen Jay GouldWhen Life Nearly Died by Michael J. BentonYour Inner Fish by Neil ShubinOxygen by Nick LaneLife on a Young Planet by Andrew H. Knoll
The 10 Books You Absolutely Must Read to Understand the History of Earth
29 books — 24 voters

Sapiens by Yuval Noah HarariHomo Deus by Yuval Noah HarariA Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill BrysonThinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel KahnemanQuiet by Susan Cain
Best of 21st Century Non-fiction
1,207 books — 952 voters
Stumbling Thru by A. Digger StolzThe Disallowed by Owen JonesA Walk in the Woods by Bill BrysonThe Complete Walker IV by Colin FletcherOn Celtic Tides by Chris Duff
Backpacking & Paddling Books
108 books — 79 voters

Cult Girls by Natalie GrandMaus I by Art SpiegelmanAmerican Born Chinese by Gene Luen YangThe Complete Maus by Art SpiegelmanThe Complete Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi
Educational Graphic Novels
119 books — 64 voters
Fun Home by Alison BechdelPersepolis by Marjane SatrapiMaus I by Art SpiegelmanBlankets by Craig ThompsonPersepolis 2 by Marjane Satrapi
Graphic Novel Memoirs
152 books — 42 voters

The Smart Stepmom by Ron L. DealStepmonster by Wednesday MartinThe 312 Best Things About Being a Stepmom by Cynthia L. CopelandThe Single Girl's Guide to Marrying a Man, His Kids, and His ... by Sally BjornsenThe Package Deal by Izzy Rose
Step-parenting
150 books — 16 voters
Kitchen Confidential by Anthony BourdainThe Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael PollanAnimal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara KingsolverFast Food Nation by Eric SchlosserIn Defense of Food by Michael Pollan
Food-Related Non-Fiction
1,226 books — 1,635 voters


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