2026 Reading Challenge

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Selena (76 Lists)



The Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood
Books within Books
78 books — 70 voters
Angela’s Ashes by Frank McCourt
Pulitzer Winners: Biographies & Autobiographies
121 books — 203 voters

Angela’s Ashes by Frank McCourtIreland by Frank DelaneyThe Copper Beech by Maeve Binchy
Best Irish Books
686 books — 603 voters
The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakEast of Eden by John SteinbeckThe Historian by Elizabeth KostovaWicked by Gregory Maguire
Metafiction
442 books — 578 voters

A Walk to Remember by Nicholas Sparks
Best Young Adult Realistic Novels
2,663 books — 12,164 voters
The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienThe Holy Bible by AnonymousOne Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García MárquezWuthering Heights by Emily BrontëLife of Pi by Yann Martel
The Most Begun "Read but Unfinished" (Started) book ever
2,606 books — 13,136 voters

The White Princess by Philippa GregoryThe Storyteller by Jodi PicoultDuchess of Drury Lane by Freda Lightfoot
Historical Fiction 2013
395 books — 2,108 voters
Netherwood by Jane Sanderson
Downton Abbey-esque Books
602 books — 999 voters

Truly, Madly, Deeply by Faraaz KaziThe Girl Who Played with Fire by Stieg LarssonWuthering Heights by Emily BrontëThe Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest by Stieg Larsson
Books I Have Every Intention Of Reading This Year
7,785 books — 2,667 voters
A Game of Thrones by George R.R. MartinWicked by Gregory Maguire
Favourite Fictional Cities
216 books — 132 voters

Revolution from Within by Gloria SteinemA Jar of Dreams by Yoshiko UchidaOrange Is the New Black by Piper KermanDesert Exile by Yoshiko UchidaThe Invisible Thread by Yoshiko Uchida
Smith College Books
111 books — 8 voters
Miles to Go by Miley CyrusGodless by Ann CoulterSlander by Ann CoulterGoing Rogue by Sarah PalinTen Stupid Things Women Do to Mess Up Their Lives by Laura Schlessinger
Books I Have No Intention of Reading
1,637 books — 5,993 voters

Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice SendakGoodnight Moon by Margaret Wise BrownThe Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales by Jon ScieszkaMadeline by Ludwig BemelmansMake Way for Ducklings by Robert McCloskey
Best children's books EVER
2,092 books — 2,091 voters
Twilight by Stephenie Meyer
NA/YA books that I find annoying/disappointing
138 books — 43 voters

The Da Vinci Code by Dan BrownElla Enchanted by Gail Carson LevineMatilda by Roald Dahl
The Book Was Better Than the Movie
1,561 books — 18,687 voters
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingThe Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsLes Misérables by Victor HugoThe Giver by Lois LowryWicked by Gregory Maguire
Books With Unforgettable Characters
9,440 books — 8,420 voters

Fahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankBridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson
Best of Banned and Challenged Books
214 books — 277 voters
The Giver by Lois LowryThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankThe Wave by Todd Strasser
"Deep" Books
127 books — 25 voters

The Complete Works by William ShakespeareThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankHarry Potter Series Box Set by J.K. RowlingUtopia by Thomas More
The Most Influential Books
1,479 books — 5,285 voters
Gone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellThe Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa GregoryThe Red Tent by Anita DiamantThe Historian by Elizabeth Kostova
Best Historical Fiction
7,406 books — 25,585 voters

Circle of Friends by Maeve BinchyIreland by Frank Delaney
Best Fiction Set in Ireland
815 books — 547 voters
A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness
Books That Are Becoming Movies & TV Shows
285 books — 550 voters

The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey NiffeneggerThe Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsThe Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk KiddThe Lovely Bones by Alice SeboldMy Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult
Best for Book Clubs
14,624 books — 18,465 voters
A Feast for Crows by George R.R. MartinA Clash of Kings by George R.R. MartinA Dance with Dragons by George R.R. MartinA Storm of Swords by George R.R. MartinA Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin
Slytherin Books
13 books — 5 voters

Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson
Fictional Books About Important Issues
78 books — 52 voters
Snow Falling on Cedars by David GutersonDesert Exile by Yoshiko UchidaFarewell to Manzanar by Jeanne Wakatsuki HoustonThe Invisible Thread by Yoshiko UchidaNisei Daughter by Monica Itoi Sone
Japanese American Internment
134 books — 102 voters

The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold
Best First Novels - Bram Stoker Award Winners
38 books — 31 voters
My Sister's Keeper by Jodi PicoultThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankA Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith
Books that stay in your mind
206 books — 74 voters

Not Without My Daughter by Betty MahmoodyThe Red Tent by Anita Diamant
Around the World One Book from Each Country
1,068 books — 971 voters
Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur GoldenEast of Eden by John Steinbeck
Transcultural Fiction
421 books — 209 voters


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