2026 Reading Challenge

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Cait (21 Lists)



Take Me by Michele BardsleyRefill by Cynthia SaxChangeling Encounter by Alice GainesChangeling Encounter by Marteeka KarlandChangeling Encounter by Kate Hill
Changeling Encounters
65 books — 3 voters
The Wizardry Compiled by Rick CookPhonogram, Vol. 2 by Kieron GillenA Fistful of Sky by Nina Kiriki HoffmanChild of Fire by Harry ConnollyPaper Mage by Leah R. Cutter
Most Interesting Magic System
2,646 books — 8,768 voters

Jhereg by Steven BrustGraceling by Kristin CashoreFifth Quarter by Tanya HuffChild of Fire by Harry Connolly
SF/F Assassins!
309 books — 805 voters
Strangers from the Sky by Margaret Wander BonannoUhura's Song by Janet KaganYesterday's Son by A.C. CrispinTime for Yesterday by A.C. CrispinThe Romulan Way by Diane Duane
Best Star Trek Books
396 books — 276 voters

Mirabile by Janet KaganDragonsbane by Barbara HamblyThose Who Hunt the Night by Barbara Hambly
Husbands and Wives
38 books — 23 voters
Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O'DellMy Side of the Mountain by Jean Craighead GeorgeDragonsong by Anne McCaffreyIncident at Hawk's Hill by Allan W. EckertWild Angel by Pat Murphy
YA Survival Stories
39 books — 52 voters

Jesus Hates Zombies featuring Lincoln Hates Werewolves in by Stephen Lindsay
The Monster Mash
180 books — 415 voters
Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day by Judith ViorstA Great Big Ugly Man Came Up and Tied His Horse to Me by Wallace TrippI Am America by Stephen ColbertJoe Celko's SQL for Smarties by Joe CelkoThe Dyke and the Dybbuk by Ellen Galford
Best Book Titles
11,482 books — 7,874 voters

Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice SendakGoodnight Moon by Margaret Wise BrownGreen Eggs and Ham by Dr. SeussWhere the Sidewalk Ends by Shel SilversteinAlexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day by Judith Viorst
Best Children's Books
5,307 books — 6,706 voters
The Cyberiad by Stanisław LemThe Coyote Kings of the Space-Age Bachelor Pad by Minister FaustThe Joy of Lex by Gyles BrandrethOrigami to Astonish and Amuse by Jeremy ShaferMath for Smarty Pants by Marilyn Burns
Best books for geeks
632 books — 280 voters

The Impoverished Students' Book of Cookery, Drinkery, & House... by Jay F. RosenbergThousand Recipe Chinese Cookbook by Gloria Bley MillerThe Joy of Cooking by Irma S. Rombauer
Best Cookbooks
1,439 books — 1,106 voters
The American Dream / Zoo Story by Edward AlbeeMacbeth by William ShakespeareLord of the Flies by William Golding
Read These In School - Liked Them Anyway
340 books — 470 voters

Great Expectations by Charles DickensThe Red Pony by John SteinbeckTess of the D’Urbervilles by Thomas HardyThe Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
Read These In School - Would Have Preferred A Root Canal
466 books — 1,589 voters
The Feminine Mystique by Betty FriedanThe Second Sex by Simone de Beauvoir
Best Feminist Books
2,519 books — 3,524 voters

Dealing with Dragons by Patricia C. Wrede
Best Kick-Ass Female Characters From YA and Children's Fantasy and Science Fiction
3,073 books — 8,676 voters
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead by Tom StoppardMacbeth by William Shakespeare
Best Plays Ever
853 books — 1,129 voters

Gifts of Blood by Susan PetreyVampires Anonymous by Jeffrey N. McMahanThe Gilda Stories by Jewelle Gomez
Unusual, Alternative Vampires
435 books — 580 voters
Rose Daughter by Robin McKinleySpindle's End by Robin McKinleyDeerskin by Robin McKinleyBeast by Donna Jo NapoliBeauty by Robin McKinley
The Best Fairytales and Retellings
2,797 books — 9,157 voters

Batman by Jeph LoebBatman by Paul PopeBatman/Huntress by Greg Rucka
Best Superhero Graphic Novels
632 books — 437 voters
Work of a Common Woman by Judy GrahnHowl and Other Poems by Allen GinsbergOld Possum's Book of Practical Cats by T.S. EliotThe Waste Land and Other Poems by T.S. EliotArchy and Mehitabel by Don Marquis
Best Poetry Books
2,982 books — 2,423 voters

Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O'DellPippi Longstocking by Astrid LindgrenBlack Beauty by Anna SewellThe Black Stallion by Walter FarleyBut We Are Not of Earth by Jean E. Karl
Best Young Adult Books
13,093 books — 80,178 voters