2026 Reading Challenge

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Irina (23 Lists)



The Greek Way by Edith Hamilton
Jackie Onassis favorite books
1 book — 1 voter
The Days of Abandonment by Elena FerranteThe Story of a New Name by Elena Ferrante
Italy
978 books — 496 voters

Wondrous Beauty by Carol Berkin
Biographies of Significant Historical Women
542 books — 175 voters
Masks by Fumiko EnchiGeisha, a Life by Mineko Iwasaki
Literature by Japanese Women
158 books — 152 voters

Plum Bun by Jessie Redmon FausetQuicksand by Nella LarsenTheir Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale HurstonPassing by Nella LarsenThere Is Confusion by Jessie Redmon Fauset
Women of Harlem Renaissance
17 books — 6 voters
The Distant Land of My Father by Bo Caldwell
Books set in SHANGHAI
57 books — 49 voters

The Edible Woman by Margaret Atwood
Best Feminist Fiction
1,504 books — 2,674 voters
Washington Square by Henry JamesA Season of Splendor by Greg KingThe Gilded Age by Mark TwainThe Age of Innocence by Edith WhartonThe Buccaneers by Edith Wharton
Gilded Age New York (fiction and nonfiction)
120 books — 39 voters

Quicksand by Nella LarsenPassing by Nella Larsen
Women on the "1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die" List
287 books — 165 voters
Sister Carrie by Theodore DreiserAn American Tragedy by Theodore DreiserMcTeague by Frank Norris
Naturalism and Realism
164 books — 23 voters

Sister Carrie by Theodore DreiserThe Talented Mr. Ripley by Patricia HighsmithBel Ami by Guy de MaupassantRoom at the Top by John BraineThe True Deceiver by Tove Jansson
Rags to Riches Stories
47 books — 34 voters
The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton
Best New York Novels
147 books — 129 voters

The House of Mirth by Edith WhartonWashington Square by Henry JamesHere Is New York by E.B. WhiteSister Carrie by Theodore DreiserThe Goldfinch by Donna Tartt
I Love New York City
609 books — 355 voters
The Good Earth by Pearl S. BuckTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeGone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellMrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf
100 Great 20th Century Works of Fiction by WOMEN
99 books — 16 voters

Georgiana by Amanda ForemanAristocrats by Stella TillyardEngland's Mistress by Kate Williams
Best Biographies of Georgian Women (nonfiction)
8 books — 2 voters
The Age of Innocence by Edith WhartonThe Glitter and the Gold by Consuelo Vanderbilt BalsanThe Vanderbilts by Jerry E. PattersonTo Marry an English Lord by Gail MacCollThe Buccaneers by Edith Wharton
Gilded Age Literature
151 books — 77 voters

The Painted Veil by W. Somerset MaughamThe Distant Land of My Father by Bo CaldwellThe Painter From Shanghai by Jennifer Cody EpsteinAll the Flowers in Shanghai by Duncan JepsonNight in Shanghai by Nicole Mones
Western settlement in South Asia
15 books — 4 voters
The Red and the Black by StendhalBel Ami by Guy de MaupassantVanity Fair by William Makepeace ThackerayThe House of Mirth by Edith WhartonThe Post-Office Girl by Stefan Zweig
Social Climbers
32 books — 8 voters

The Post-Office Girl by Stefan Zweig
New York Review Books - Classics
531 books — 890 voters
Geisha, a Life by Mineko IwasakiThe Remarkable Rise of Eliza Jumel by Margaret A. OppenheimerThe Honest Courtesan by Margaret F. RosenthalGaby Deslys by James GardinerFanny Burney by Claire Harman
Fascinating women's biographies
47 books — 8 voters

La suma de los días by Isabel AllendeOut of Africa by Isak DinesenBeautiful Ruins by Jess WalterEat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert
Expatriats
123 books — 58 voters
Gone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellI Capture the Castle by Dodie SmithThe Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton
The Best of the Best Romance Novels of the Twentieth Century
641 books — 2,231 voters

Free Food for Millionaires by Min Jin LeeThe Emperor's Children by Claire MessudWicked Pleasures by Penny Vincenzi
Fiction about New York
89 books — 68 voters