2026 Reading Challenge

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Melissa (14 Lists)



1984 by George Orwell
The Most Disturbing Books Ever Written
3,206 books — 11,305 voters
Before We Were Free by Julia Alvarez
Puro Dominicano
51 books — 29 voters

The Buddha in the Attic by Julie Otsuka
Japanese American Internment
134 books — 102 voters
Twilight by Stephenie Meyer
What Book Got You Hooked?
3,847 books — 10,519 voters

Black Skin, White Masks by Frantz FanonBlack Looks by bell hooks
Books White People Need to Read
1,308 books — 1,562 voters
Twenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair by Pablo NerudaChronicle of a Death Foretold by Gabriel García Márquez
Latin American Fiction
864 books — 1,158 voters

Please Look After Mom by Kyung-Sook ShinBlack Flower by Young-ha Kim
Korean Literature in Translation
29 books — 21 voters
Geisha, a Life by Mineko Iwasaki
Best Japanese Books
771 books — 3,248 voters

When My Name Was Keoko by Linda Sue Park
Eastern Asian Themed Books
95 books — 89 voters
The Stranger by Albert Camus
All about Camus
43 books — 78 voters

Nothing to Envy by Barbara DemickPlease Look After Mom by Kyung-Sook Shin
Understanding Korea and Korean culture
47 books — 43 voters
Please Look After Mom by Kyung-Sook ShinNothing to Envy by Barbara Demick
Korean literature in English (fiction and nonfiction)
294 books — 217 voters

Please Look After Mom by Kyung-Sook ShinWhen My Name Was Keoko by Linda Sue ParkThis Burns My Heart by Samuel Park
Fiction by Korean Authors and/or Containing Korean Characters
441 books — 441 voters
Nothing to Envy by Barbara Demick
Books on North Korea
137 books — 511 voters