2026 Reading Challenge

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Emily (25 Lists)



The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan KunderaAnna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
Greatest Eastern European Classics
440 books — 258 voters
Empire Falls by Richard Russo
Books Set in Maine
688 books — 224 voters

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca SklootBonk by Mary RoachSpook by Mary RoachGulp by Mary Roach
You Read a Book about What?
4,047 books — 2,108 voters
Galileo's Daughter by Dava SobelStiff by Mary RoachThe Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca SklootBonk by Mary RoachAssassination Vacation by Sarah Vowell
Best Non-Fiction (no biographies)
6,228 books — 8,061 voters

A Storm of Swords by George R.R. MartinA Game of Thrones by George R.R. MartinA Clash of Kings by George R.R. MartinNight Watch by Terry Pratchett
Best Fantasy World
1,647 books — 1,991 voters
Frankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft ShelleyDr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis StevensonThe Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar WildeTwenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea by Jules VerneJourney to the Center of the Earth by Jules Verne
Penny Dreadful Reading List
25 books — 3 voters

An Unquiet Mind by Kay Redfield JamisonOne Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken KeseyThe Yellow Wallpaper and Other Stories by Charlotte Perkins Gilman
Books Every Psychology and/or Counseling Doctoral Student Should Read
1,350 books — 1,472 voters
Outlander by Diana GabaldonNight Watch by Terry PratchettDragonfly in Amber by Diana GabaldonVoyager by Diana GabaldonThe Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
Best Time Travel Fiction
1,961 books — 5,248 voters

The Woman Who Rides Like a Man by Tamora PierceAbhorsen by Garth NixMagic Bites by Ilona Andrews
Best "Strong Female" Fantasy Novels
4,462 books — 18,222 voters
Flotsam by David WiesnerThe Arrival by Shaun TanThe Snowman by Raymond BriggsWave by Suzy Lee
Wordless Picture Books
420 books — 382 voters

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca SklootThrough the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There by Lewis Carroll
Radiolab Suggested Readings
180 books — 240 voters
Bloody Jack by L.A. MeyerThe Golden Compass by Philip PullmanThe Dark Is Rising by Susan CooperThe Wake of the Lorelei Lee by L.A. MeyerRapture of the Deep by L.A. Meyer
best adventure books
222 books — 95 voters

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca SklootThinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel KahnemanScience Ink by Carl ZimmerWagner Without Fear by William BergerThe Rest Is Noise by Alex Ross
Radiolab Bookshelf
85 books — 17 voters
Bloody Jack by L.A. MeyerThe Golden Compass by Philip PullmanThe Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsAlanna by Tamora PierceSabriel by Garth Nix
Best Kick-Ass Female Characters From YA and Children's Fantasy and Science Fiction
3,073 books — 8,677 voters

Good Omens by Terry PratchettThe Wee Free Men by Terry PratchettA Hat Full of Sky by Terry PratchettWintersmith by Terry PratchettNation by Terry Pratchett
Best Audiobooks Ever
1,970 books — 2,837 voters
Good Omens by Terry PratchettAmerican Gods by Neil GaimanMoon Called by Patricia BriggsMagic Bites by Ilona Andrews
The Best Urban Fantasy
4,405 books — 12,551 voters

Gone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellThe Pillars of the Earth by Ken FollettThe Red Tent by Anita Diamant
Best Historical Fiction
7,413 books — 25,596 voters
The Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsAlanna by Tamora PierceThe Golden Compass by Philip PullmanSabriel by Garth Nix
Strong Heroine Series
1,638 books — 2,091 voters

The Color of Magic by Terry PratchettThe Mysterious Benedict Society by Trenton Lee StewartThe Song of the Lioness Quartet by Tamora PierceThe Ultimate Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsOutlander by Diana Gabaldon
Series Reading List
1,432 books — 2,977 voters
His Dark Materials by Philip PullmanSabriel by Garth NixThe Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienA Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin
Best Fantasy Series, Trilogies, and Duologies
2,081 books — 11,676 voters

American Gods by Neil GaimanEnder’s Game by Orson Scott CardCoraline by Neil GaimanDune by Frank HerbertThe Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien
My Essential Speculative Fiction Library
49 books — 41 voters
American Gods by Neil GaimanWuthering Heights by Emily BrontëRebecca by Daphne du Maurier
Quality Dark Fiction
2,511 books — 3,228 voters

The Giver by Lois LowryThe Golden Compass by Philip PullmanTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeIsland of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O'DellBridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson
Best Young Adult Books
13,095 books — 80,187 voters
Anna Karenina by Leo TolstoyThe Poisonwood Bible by Barbara KingsolverDon Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes SaavedraWives and Daughters by Elizabeth Gaskell
Big Fat Books Worth the Effort
1,874 books — 6,995 voters

Persuasion by Jane AustenEmma by Jane AustenWives and Daughters by Elizabeth GaskellReading Lolita in Tehran by Azar NafisiWhite Oleander by Janet Fitch
Women
354 books — 99 voters