2026 Reading Challenge

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Lucy Georges (35 Lists)



The Children of Dynmouth by William TrevorThe Child in Time by Ian McEwanPure by Andrew MillerLife After Life by Kate Atkinson
Costa/Whitbread Novel Award Winners
94 books — 89 voters
The Shining Girls by Lauren BeukesThe Wicked Girls by Alex MarwoodThe Woman in Cabin 10 by Ruth Ware
Female Psychological Thrillers/Suspense Written by Women
1,358 books — 3,344 voters

A Man Called Ove by Fredrik BackmanPippi Longstocking by Astrid LindgrenThe Brothers Lionheart by Astrid Lindgren
Swedish books worth reading
198 books — 46 voters
Zero K by Don DeLilloThe Vegetarian by Han KangAtonement by Ian McEwanA Tale for the Time Being by Ruth OzekiThe Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood
Best Literary Fiction of 21st Century
643 books — 278 voters

Speak by Louisa HallThe Sunshine Cruise Company by John NivenThis Is Your Life, Harriet Chance! by Jonathan Evison
Goodreads Picks For Tournament of Books 2016
283 books — 1,364 voters
Burial Rites by Hannah KentMaddAddam by Margaret Atwood
Baileys Women's Prize longlist 2014
20 books — 57 voters

Stoner by John WilliamsThe Prime of Miss Jean Brodie by Muriel SparkThe Housekeeper and the Professor by Yōko OgawaThe End of Mr. Y by Scarlett Thomas
Favorite Novels About Professors or Academics
498 books — 606 voters
Bellman & Black by Diane SetterfieldThe Bellwether Revivals by Benjamin WoodRebecca by Daphne du MaurierWe Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson
Modern Gothic
712 books — 1,359 voters

Little Hands Clapping by Dan RhodesObservatory Mansions by Edward Carey
Best Quirky Dark Novels
131 books — 174 voters
11/22/63 by Stephen KingThe Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienJonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke
Best Literary Fiction, 700+ pages
106 books — 99 voters

The Book of Dave by Will SelfRiddley Walker by Russell Hoban
Books Bordering on Unintelligible
12 books — 14 voters
Life After Life by Kate AtkinsonNight Film by Marisha PesslThe Golem and the Jinni by Helene Wecker
Flavorwire's 20 Highbrow Books to Read on the Beach This Summer (2013)
15 books — 31 voters

Where'd You Go, Bernadette by Maria SempleAtonement by Ian McEwanMay We Be Forgiven by A.M. HomesLife After Life by Kate AtkinsonWittgenstein’s Mistress by David Markson
Best Books For Mature Readers
337 books — 34 voters
11/22/63 by Stephen KingReplay by Ken GrimwoodTime and Again by Jack FinneyThe Shining Girls by Lauren Beukes
Best Time Travel Fiction
1,957 books — 5,244 voters

Life After Life by Kate AtkinsonThe Burgess Boys by Elizabeth StroutThe Interestings by Meg WolitzerThe Crane Wife by Patrick Ness
Generation X Best Fiction Published in 2013
48 books — 33 voters
Lionel Asbo by Martin AmisAncient Light by John BanvilleThe Chemistry of Tears by Peter CareyThe Age of Miracles by Karen Thompson WalkerThe Time Keeper by Mitch Albom
Generation X Best Fiction Published in 2012
34 books — 11 voters

11/22/63 by Stephen KingThe Paris Wife by Paula McLainHouse of Holes by Nicholson BakerThe Sense of an Ending by Julian BarnesTen Thousand Saints by Eleanor Henderson
Generation X Best Fiction Published in 2011
27 books — 5 voters
Life After Life by Kate AtkinsonThe Interestings by Meg WolitzerThe Shining Girls by Lauren Beukes
Interesting Books of 2013
308 books — 930 voters

We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley JacksonSouth of the Border, West of the Sun by Haruki MurakamiCosmopolis by Don DeLilloAmsterdam by Ian McEwan
Great Short Novels
115 books — 45 voters
Speedboat by Renata Adler
The Millions' Most Anticipated: The Great 2013 Book Preview
88 books — 753 voters

The Fault in Our Stars by John GreenMonsters of Men by Patrick Ness
Cry-Fest Books
17 books — 6 voters
The Eyre Affair by Jasper FfordeThe Knife of Never Letting Go by Patrick Ness
World Book Night 2013 (UK List)
20 books — 16 voters

The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodThe Phantom Tollbooth by Norton JusterThe Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
World Book Night List 2013 (US)
30 books — 19 voters
Atonement by Ian McEwanThe Handmaid's Tale by Margaret AtwoodThe Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki MurakamiThe Gathering by Anne EnrightPossession by A.S. Byatt
Vintage 21
21 books — 28 voters

A Trick I Learned from Dead Men by Kitty AldridgeAlif the Unseen by G. Willow WilsonFlight Behavior by Barbara KingsolverGone Girl by Gillian FlynnHow Should a Person Be? by Sheila Heti
2013 Women’s Prize for Fiction longlist
20 books — 29 voters
The Sound of Building Coffins by Louis MaistrosWittgenstein’s Mistress by David MarksonThe Night Circus by Erin MorgensternThe Master and Margarita by Mikhail BulgakovBlindness by José Saramago
My favorite books read in 2012
69 books — 47 voters

The Night Circus by Erin MorgensternGone Girl by Gillian FlynnThe Tiger's Wife by Téa ObrehtThe Fault in Our Stars by John GreenCutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese
2012: The Over 35s favourite books of 2012
787 books — 246 voters
1984 by George OrwellThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodThe Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar WildeThe Night Circus by Erin MorgensternCloud Atlas by David Mitchell
Book Riot Readers' Top 50 Novels
50 books — 26 voters


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