2026 Reading Challenge

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Wendy (39 Lists)



Me Talk Pretty One Day by David SedarisLess by Andrew Sean Greer
Best Lighthearted Literature
618 books — 477 voters
Smoke Gets in Your Eyes & Other Lessons from the Crematory by Caitlin Doughty
You Read a Book about What?
4,049 books — 2,110 voters

Red Leaf, Yellow Leaf by Lois EhlertStuck by Oliver JeffersHouse Held Up by Trees by Ted KooserRedwoods by Jason ChinMama Miti by Donna Jo Napoli
Picture Books About Trees
189 books — 56 voters
The Curious Garden by Peter BrownThe Gardener by Sarah StewartGrandpa Green by Lane SmithAnd Then It's Spring by Julie FoglianoThe Night Gardener by Terry Fan
Best Picture Books About Gardens
386 books — 159 voters

Barnyard Song by Rhonda Gowler Greene
Picture Books About Sickness
21 books — 10 voters
The Day You Begin by Jacqueline WoodsonSquare by Mac BarnettA Stone for Sascha by Aaron Becker
2019 Mock Caldecott
84 books — 149 voters

Finn's Feather by Rachel NobleCry, Heart, But Never Break by Glenn Ringtved
Picture Books about Death and Loss
130 books — 53 voters
Boats for Papa by Jessixa Bagley
Picture Books to Help Children with Loss and Separation
41 books — 41 voters

Forever, or a Long, Long Time by Caela Carter
Middle Grade Foster Care
24 books — 10 voters
Bad Guy by Hannah Barnaby
Picture the Books 2017
37 books — 27 voters

Peace Like a River by Leif Enger
Bystanders
28 books — 20 voters
The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest HemingwayLord of the Flies by William Golding
World's Greatest Novellas
714 books — 1,442 voters

The Hidden Life of Trees by Peter Wohlleben
Books About Trees
78 books — 27 voters
Pool by JiHyeon Lee
Wordless Picture Books
419 books — 381 voters

Groggle's Monster Valentine by Diana MurrayI Need My Monster by Amanda NollThe Monstore by Tara LazarBig Sister, Little Monster by Andria Warmflash Rosenbaum
Picture Books with Monsters
228 books — 72 voters
Quackers by Liz WongLucy's Lovey by Betsy DevanyThe Green Umbrella by Jackie Azúa KramerGroggle's Monster Valentine by Diana MurrayElla and Penguin Stick Together by Megan Maynor
Picture Books About Friendship
223 books — 67 voters

The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer
Books about Book Clubs
36 books — 41 voters
On Writing by Stephen KingBird by Bird by Anne LamottOn Writing Well by William ZinsserReading Like a Writer by Francine ProseSteering the Craft by Ursula K. Le Guin
Best Books on Writing
798 books — 1,327 voters

The Artful Edit by Susan Bell
Best Books on Revising & Editing Your Book
14 books — 17 voters
There Is a Tribe of Kids by Lane SmithYaks Yak by Linda Sue Park
2017 Mock Caldecott
99 books — 220 voters

A Pirate's Guide to First Grade by James Preller
Picture Books About Pirates
229 books — 71 voters
Jackrabbit McCabe and the Electric Telegraph by Lucy Margaret RozierJohn Henry by Julius LesterThunder Rose by Jerdine Nolen
Best Tall Tales for Children
12 books — 6 voters

Josephine by Patricia Hruby PowellAlice Waters and the Trip to Delicious by Jacqueline Briggs Martin
Picture Book Biographies Worth Reading
51 books — 8 voters
A Nation's Hope by Matt de la Peña
Children's Picture Non Fiction/Biographies
259 books — 39 voters

The William Hoy Story by Nancy ChurninSwan by Laurel SnyderThe Boy Who Harnessed the Wind by William KamkwambaMartin's Big Words by Doreen Rappaport
Best Children's (Picture) Book Biographies
33 books — 21 voters
Dario and the Whale by Cheryl Lawton MaloneA Morning with Grandpa by Sylvia LiuCity Shapes by Diana Murray
2016 Picture Books With POC Leads
137 books — 48 voters

The Color Purple by Alice WalkerWaiting by Ha JinThe Round House by Louise ErdrichInside Out & Back Again by Thanhhà Lại
National Book Award Winners
241 books — 204 voters
The Boy Next Door by Katie Van Ark
Books Where Best Friends Fall in Love
212 books — 467 voters

Bluebird by Bob StaakeGood Night, Gorilla by Peggy RathmannPool by JiHyeon LeeThe Ladybug Race by Amy Nielander
Best Wordless Picture Books
141 books — 62 voters
The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodThe Color Purple by Alice WalkerThe Feminine Mystique by Betty FriedanI Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya AngelouThe Stepford Wives by Ira Levin
Best Feminist Books
2,517 books — 3,522 voters


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