2026 Reading Challenge

Listopia > Book Lists Liked by Ashley (12 Lists)



Running with Scissors by Augusten BurroughsInto the Wild by Jon KrakauerLeaving Isn't the Hardest Thing by Lauren HoughGirl, Interrupted by Susanna KaysenProzac Nation by Elizabeth Wurtzel
Unsettling Memoirs & Biographies
532 books — 378 voters
Deliverance by James DickeyTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeWhere the Red Fern Grows by Wilson RawlsThe Foxfire Book by Eliot WiggintonOld Yeller by Fred Gipson
Hillbilly Heaven
175 books — 50 voters

The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankCatch-22 by Joseph HellerThe Chosen by Chaim PotokNight by Elie WieselWhere the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak
The Best of Jewish Authors
735 books — 195 voters
Things Fall Apart by Chinua AchebeThe Poisonwood Bible by Barbara KingsolverHalf of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieHeart of Darkness by Joseph ConradCry, the Beloved Country by Alan Paton
Africa (fiction and nonfiction)
1,758 books — 1,637 voters

The Book Whisperer by Donalyn MillerThe First Days of School by Harry K. WongPedagogy of the Oppressed by Paulo FreireSavage Inequalities by Jonathan KozolEducating Esmé by Esmé Raji Codell
Books for Teachers/Educators
784 books — 643 voters
Connect for Classroom Success by R. Janet WalravenTeacher Man by Frank McCourtThe Freedom Writers Diary by Erin Gruwell'Tis by Frank McCourtClose Encounters of the Third-Grade Kind by Phillip Done
Teacher Memoirs
48 books — 37 voters

Desert Solitaire by Edward AbbeyAbbey's Road by Edward AbbeyThe Fool's Progress by Edward AbbeyDown the River by Edward AbbeyOne Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez
My Short List of Exceptional Books
42 books — 2 voters
Long Walk to Freedom by Nelson MandelaCry, the Beloved Country by Alan PatonDisgrace by J.M. CoetzeeMy Traitor's Heart by Rian MalanBorn a Crime by Trevor Noah
Best South African reads
313 books — 172 voters

Cry, the Beloved Country by Alan PatonA Dry White Season by André BrinkThe Covenant by James A. MichenerDisgrace by J.M. CoetzeeKing Solomon's Mines by H. Rider Haggard
Best Books Set in South Africa
276 books — 27 voters
A Room of One’s Own by Virginia WoolfThe Purity Myth by Jessica ValentiFeminism Is for Everybody by bell hooksYes Means Yes! by Jaclyn FriedmanThe Vagina Monologues by V (formerly Eve Ensler)
The Ms. Blog's Best Feminist Non-Fiction Reads: Reader's Choice
588 books — 442 voters


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