2026 Reading Challenge

Listopia > Book Lists Liked by Mercy (10 Lists)



Immodest Acts by Judith C. BrownThe Nuns of Sant'Ambrogio by Hubert WolfKicking the Habit by Jeanne CordovaSisters of the Vast Black by Lina RatherLesbian Nuns by Nancy Manahan
Lesbian nuns in fiction and memoir
30 books — 14 voters
The Battle for Spain by Antony BeevorAt the Hands of Persons Unknown by Philip DrayEve's Herbs by John M. RiddleRace Against Time by Jerry MitchellFranchise by Marcia Chatelain
Revisionist History
133 books — 5 voters

Jesus and John Wayne by Kristin Kobes Du MezHell Is a World Without You by Jason KirkThe Making of Biblical Womanhood by Beth Allison BarrPure by Linda Kay KleinThe Evangelicals by Frances FitzGerald
Deconstructing Evangelical Christianity
71 books — 38 voters
Pleyn Delit by Sharon ButlerThe Medieval Kitchen by Odile RedonCookery and Dining in Imperial Rome by ApiciusThe Little House Cookbook by Barbara M. WalkerMrs Beeton's Book of Household Management by Isabella Beeton
Historical Cookery
317 books — 79 voters

The Botany of Desire by Michael PollanThe Hidden Life of Trees by Peter WohllebenBraiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall KimmererLab Girl by Hope JahrenThe Drunken Botanist by Amy Stewart
Nonfiction Books about Plants
416 books — 141 voters
Odd Girls and Twilight Lovers by Lillian FadermanBefriending China by Dee Charles KnightBoots of Leather, Slippers of Gold by Elizabeth Lapovsky KennedySurpassing the Love of Men by Lillian FadermanThe Disappearing L by Bonnie J. Morris
Lesbian Herstory
151 books — 62 voters

Wicca by Scott CunninghamDrawing Down the Moon by Margot AdlerThe Spiral Dance by StarhawkThe Triumph of the Moon by Ronald HuttonLiving Wicca by Scott Cunningham
Best Pagan Non Fiction Reads
256 books — 228 voters
Inseparable by Emma DonoghueImmodest Acts by Judith C. BrownCrossing Borders by Sahar AmerMedieval Single Women by Cordelia BeattieSinglewomen in the European Past, 1250-1800 by Judith M. Bennett
Lesbian Historic Motif Project
99 books — 3 voters

S/He by Minnie Bruce PrattThe Persistent Desire by Joan NestleOdd Girls and Twilight Lovers by Lillian FadermanBoots of Leather, Slippers of Gold by Elizabeth Lapovsky KennedyDirty River by Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samara...
Books On Femme Identities
43 books — 26 voters
Stone Butch Blues by Leslie FeinbergFun Home by Alison BechdelGirl Mans Up by M.E. GirardThe Well of Loneliness by Radclyffe HallThe Essential Dykes To Watch Out For by Alison Bechdel
Butch Women and Female Masculinity
238 books — 81 voters