2026 Reading Challenge

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Wendy (22 Lists)



The Help by Kathryn StockettThe Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz ZafónSnow Crash by Neal StephensonSong of Solomon by Toni MorrisonThe Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson
Seasonal Reading Challenge Recommended Books
6,367 books — 4,657 voters
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonThe Name of the Rose by Umberto EcoThe Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz ZafónThe Woman in White by Wilkie CollinsPresumed Innocent by Scott Turow
Best Crime & Mystery Books
7,316 books — 15,564 voters

Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
31,546 books — 120,162 voters
Cat’s Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.Breakfast of Champions by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.The House of the Scorpion by Nancy FarmerPygmy by Chuck Palahniuk
Trippy Books
843 books — 897 voters

The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonThe Graveyard Book by Neil GaimanThe Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniA Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled HosseiniShōgun by James Clavell
Couldn't Put The Book Down
16,832 books — 16,629 voters
In the Time of the Butterflies by Julia AlvarezThe Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot DíazLove in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García Márquez
Latin American Fiction
864 books — 1,157 voters

Make Way for Ducklings by Robert McCloskey
Waterfowl
318 books — 49 voters
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingEnder’s Game by Orson Scott CardTales of a Fourth Grade Nothing by Judy BlumeSuperfudge by Judy BlumeFudge-a-Mania by Judy Blume
Best Books for Reluctant Readers
2,593 books — 2,609 voters

Dragonflight by Anne McCaffreyThe White Dragon by Anne McCaffreyDragonquest by Anne McCaffreyMoreta by Anne McCaffreyDragondrums by Anne McCaffrey
Dragons
1,785 books — 2,541 voters
The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz ZafónThe Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann ShafferPeople of the Book by Geraldine Brooks
Stories For Book Lovers
8,343 books — 8,386 voters

The Way Things Ought to Be by Rush Limbaugh
Books I Have No Intention of Reading
1,637 books — 5,993 voters
The House of the Scorpion by Nancy FarmerInto the Forest by Jean Hegland
Dystopia!
1,219 books — 2,753 voters

Boy Meets Boy by David Levithan
Best YA Fiction with GLBTQQI themes / characters
1,959 books — 5,984 voters
Catch-22 by Joseph HellerDivine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood by Rebecca WellsTwo for the Dough by Janet EvanovichOne for the Money by Janet EvanovichThe No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith
Books that Make you Laugh
3,505 books — 5,033 voters

The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot DíazThe Enchantress of Florence by Salman Rushdie
Modern-Day Fairy Tales
258 books — 307 voters
Pippi Longstocking by Astrid Lindgren
Best Young Adult Books
13,096 books — 80,174 voters

Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson
Best Science Fiction & Fantasy Books
8,326 books — 24,670 voters
A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
Best Books of the Decade: 2000s
7,188 books — 28,376 voters

Roots by Alex HaleyThe Red Tent by Anita DiamantThe Clan of the Cave Bear by Jean M. AuelGirl with a Pearl Earring by Tracy Chevalier
Best Historical Fiction
7,406 books — 25,587 voters
The Broken Window by Jeffery Deaver
Best Books of 2008
1,632 books — 6,781 voters

The Tin Roof Blowdown by James Lee BurkeRed Sox Nation by Peter GolenbockAtlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand
Best Books Ever
76,198 books — 283,381 voters
The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros
The Worst Books of All Time
8,105 books — 19,874 voters