2026 Reading Challenge

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Maria (Ri) (12 Lists)



Good to Great by Jim CollinsNickel and Dimed by Barbara EhrenreichEats, Shoots & Leaves by Lynne TrussYour Money or Your Life by Joe Dominguez
Best Non-Fiction (no biographies)
6,228 books — 8,060 voters
N.P by Banana Yoshimoto
Best Japanese Books
771 books — 3,249 voters

Autobiography of a Face by Lucy GrealyTruth & Beauty by Ann PatchettMidwives by Chris BohjalianStiff by Mary RoachThe Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon
Medicine and Literature
1,845 books — 2,005 voters
Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine PatersonA Long Way Gone by Ishmael BeahSarah's Key by Tatiana de RosnayTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
Books That Changed My World
3,277 books — 3,185 voters

Dear Exile by Hilary Liftin
Best Peace Corps Books
71 books — 90 voters
Cookoff by Amy SutherlandFeeding a Yen by Calvin TrillinHorsemen of the Esophagus by Jason FagoneWaiter Rant by Steve DublanicaComfort Me with Apples by Ruth Reichl
Food-Related Non-Fiction
1,227 books — 1,636 voters

A Long Way Gone by Ishmael BeahSnow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa SeeNotes from a Small Island by Bill BrysonThe Geography of Bliss by Eric WeinerThe Lost Continent by Bill Bryson
Best Traveling Vicariously
2,122 books — 1,849 voters
Baghdad without a Map and Other Misadventures in Arabia by Tony HorwitzThe Lost Continent by Bill BrysonGetting Stoned with Savages by J. Maarten Troost
Favorite Travel Books
2,022 books — 3,942 voters

This Pen for Hire by Laura LevineCooking Up Murder by Miranda BlissDeath by Darjeeling by Laura ChildsCatering to Nobody by Diane Mott DavidsonCandy Apple Dead by Sammi Carter
Cozy Mystery Series - First Book of a Series
1,156 books — 2,469 voters
A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle
What To Read Next
20,293 books — 24,177 voters

The Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniThe Cat in the Hat by Dr. SeussThe Color Purple by Alice WalkerThe Red Tent by Anita DiamantThe Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
31,564 books — 120,206 voters
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest by Stieg LarssonSecrets of Eden by Chris BohjalianMy Fair Lazy by Jen LancasterOrange Is the New Black by Piper Kerman
Can't Wait Books of 2010
1,233 books — 10,131 voters