2026 Reading Challenge

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Jennifer (19 Lists)



The Silver Kiss by Annette Curtis KlauseThe Enchanted Forest Chronicles by Patricia C. Wrede
Books You Wish More People Knew About
17,385 books — 10,360 voters
The Book Thief by Markus ZusakThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankNight by Elie WieselNumber the Stars by Lois LowrySchindler’s List by Thomas Keneally
Well-Written Holocaust Books
891 books — 2,886 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeFrankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft ShelleyWuthering Heights by Emily BrontëThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldRebecca by Daphne du Maurier
Catching up on Classics (and lots more!) Group Reads
434 books — 173 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldNight by Elie WieselA Christmas Carol by Charles DickensThe Color Purple by Alice Walker
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
31,547 books — 120,179 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakWuthering Heights by Emily BrontëThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldThe Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
Best Books Ever
76,220 books — 283,473 voters
Me by Katharine Hepburn
Old Hollywood Women
287 books — 39 voters

In the Heart of the Sea by Nathaniel PhilbrickFive Days at Memorial by Sheri Fink
Non-fiction Disaster Books
321 books — 327 voters
Five Days at Memorial by Sheri FinkThe Library Book by Susan Orlean
Disasters, Tragedies, and Accidents
201 books — 77 voters

Going Clear by Lawrence WrightThe Devil in the White City by Erik LarsonFive Days at Memorial by Sheri Fink
Well-Thought, Well-Researched, Infinitely Readable Nonfiction
422 books — 169 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldThe Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath
Cult Classics
1,567 books — 2,120 voters

The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret AtwoodTwelfth Night by William ShakespeareThe Bell Jar by Sylvia PlathThe Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson BurnettWuthering Heights by Emily Brontë
Books Every Human Being Should Read
2,992 books — 2,014 voters
The Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George SpeareThe Thirteenth Tale by Diane SetterfieldSarah, Plain and Tall by Patricia MacLachlanA Tale of Two Cities by Charles DickensThe Book Thief by Markus Zusak
Best Historical Fiction
7,406 books — 25,587 voters

The Return of the King by J.R.R. TolkienLes Misérables by Victor HugoDon Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes SaavedraMiddlemarch by George EliotThe Wise Man's Fear by Patrick Rothfuss
Long and (Hopefully) Satisfying
122 books — 13 voters
It's Not Easy Being Green and Other Things to Consider by Jim HensonA Christmas Carol / The Chimes / The Cricket on the Hearth by Charles DickensEighty Days by Matthew GoodmanCrazy Love by Francis ChanHope Was Here by Joan Bauer
Best Books that Inspire Hope
31 books — 10 voters

Misery by Stephen King
The Most Disturbing Books Ever Written
3,196 books — 11,301 voters
Of Mice and Men by John SteinbeckTwenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea by Jules VerneCatch-22 by Joseph HellerThe Merchant of Venice by William ShakespeareIvanhoe by Walter Scott
The Great Classics You Have Not Read Yet
745 books — 1,812 voters

Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules VerneThe Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton
1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die
1,323 books — 5,841 voters
The Raging Quiet by Sherryl JordanClaire of the Wild Rose Inn by Jennifer Armstrong
Old-School Teen Historical Romance
362 books — 161 voters

Anna and the Duke by Kathryn Smith
Avon True Romances
12 books — 28 voters