2026 Reading Challenge

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Phyllis (39 Lists)



The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins
Best Books of 2015
3,107 books — 5,120 voters
Hillbilly Elegy by J.D. VanceBorn a Crime by Trevor Noah
Best Books of 2016
1,832 books — 2,784 voters

Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman
Best Books of 2017
1,734 books — 3,083 voters
The Great Alone by Kristin HannahEducated by Tara WestoverWhere the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens
Best Books of 2018
1,652 books — 2,958 voters

Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman
Best Books 2019
1,141 books — 1,309 voters
The Sun Down Motel by Simone St. JamesTroubled Blood by Robert Galbraith
Best Books of 2020
1,564 books — 1,936 voters

Speak by Laurie Halse AndersonThe Thorn Birds by Colleen McCulloughThe Help by Kathryn StockettThe Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniWater for Elephants by Sara Gruen
Best for Book Clubs
14,652 books — 18,504 voters
Rebecca by Daphne du MaurierThe Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonStill Life by Louise PennyIn the Woods by Tana FrenchA Is for Alibi by Sue Grafton
100 Mysteries and Thrillers to Read in a Lifetime: Readers' Picks
2,209 books — 4,471 voters

Flight Behavior by Barbara Kingsolver
Best Books Set in Appalachia
794 books — 839 voters
Speak by Laurie Halse AndersonThe Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer
Books I Became So Obsessed With I Stopped Everything Else in My Life to Finish.
12,206 books — 9,963 voters

How the Light Gets In by Louise Penny
September 2013 Library Reads
10 books — 246 voters
How the Light Gets In by Louise Penny
most anticipated mysteries 2013
150 books — 545 voters

The Help by Kathryn StockettTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk KiddMiss Julia Speaks Her Mind by Ann B. RossThe Mermaid Chair by Sue Monk Kidd
Contemporary Southern Women Writers
216 books — 79 voters
Miss Julia Paints the Town by Ann B. RossThe Help by Kathryn StockettTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk KiddWhere the Heart Is by Billie Letts
Southern Chick Lit
275 books — 231 voters

Anne of Green Gables by L.M. MontgomeryEleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine by Gail HoneymanThe Rosie Project by Graeme SimsionThe Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
Born in the 1960s - What We've Read in 2017
729 books — 42 voters
The Glass Castle by Jeannette WallsWild by Cheryl StrayedKitchen Confidential by Anthony BourdainEducated by Tara Westover
Most Compelling Memoirs
281 books — 153 voters

Maisie Dobbs by Jacqueline WinspearWhere the Crawdads Sing by Delia OwensA Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled HosseiniRebecca by Daphne du Maurier
Best Historical Fiction
7,421 books — 25,603 voters
The Giver of Stars by Jojo MoyesThe Book Woman of Troublesome Creek by Kim Michele RichardsonRebecca by Daphne du MaurierEleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine by Gail HoneymanWhere the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens
2021: What Women Born In The 1970s Read In 2021
6,717 books — 695 voters

The Glass Castle by Jeannette WallsSpeak by Laurie Halse AndersonLife of Pi by Yann MartelRoom by Emma DonoghueRebecca by Daphne du Maurier
Books I Will Never Forget
10,703 books — 7,687 voters
Miss Julia Speaks Her Mind by Ann B. RossJayber Crow by Wendell BerryFlight Behavior by Barbara KingsolverThe Grapes of Wrath by John SteinbeckDaisy Fay and the Miracle Man by Fannie Flagg
Best Southern Literature
1,342 books — 2,574 voters

Lucky Man by Michael J. FoxThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankAngela’s Ashes by Frank McCourtThe Glass Castle by Jeannette WallsWild by Cheryl Strayed
Biography and Memoirs that are BETTER than Fiction
2,438 books — 2,958 voters
Rebecca by Daphne du MaurierWater for Elephants by Sara GruenIn the Woods by Tana FrenchThe Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins
Best Twists
8,355 books — 8,987 voters

Speak by Laurie Halse AndersonExtremely Loud & Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran FoerThe Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk KiddWater for Elephants by Sara GruenLife of Pi by Yann Martel
Smart Summer Reads
12,731 books — 10,666 voters
Where'd You Go, Bernadette by Maria Semple
Funniest Novels of All Time
1,418 books — 2,309 voters

Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie FordThe Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonRebecca by Daphne du MaurierThe Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark HaddonLife of Pi by Yann Martel
All-Time Awesome Books
11,930 books — 7,655 voters
Shakespeare's Landlord by Charlaine HarrisDeal Breaker by Harlan Coben
Cozy Mystery Series - First Book of a Series
1,156 books — 2,469 voters

The Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsDead Until Dark by Charlaine HarrisOne for the Money by Janet EvanovichLittle House in the Big Woods by Laura Ingalls Wilder
Best Series
3,365 books — 9,446 voters
The General's Daughter by Nelson DeMilleCompelling Evidence by Steve MartiniThe Judge by Steve MartiniThe Jury by Steve MartiniThe Attorney by Steve Martini
Legal Thrillers
288 books — 426 voters

The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion
Books that Make you Laugh
3,506 books — 5,054 voters
Bunnicula by Deborah HoweWild Fire by Nelson DeMilleThe Panther by Nelson DeMilleFearless Fourteen by Janet Evanovich
The Importance of NOT Being Earnest: Humorous Mystery Fiction
754 books — 475 voters


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