2026 Reading Challenge

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Pat Bennett (14 Lists)



The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodLittle Women by Louisa May AlcottThe Help by Kathryn StockettGone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
Best Woman-Authored Books
8,230 books — 5,215 voters
The Room on Rue Amelie by Kristin HarmelCarnegie's Maid by Marie BenedictThe Atomic City Girls by Janet BeardThe Tuscan Child by Rhys BowenThe Taster by V.S. Alexander
Historical Fiction 2018
420 books — 976 voters

The Scribe of Siena by Melodie WinawerThe Women in the Castle by Jessica ShattuckClose Enough to Touch by Colleen OakleyMy Life with Bob by Pamela PaulThe Breakdown by B.A. Paris
2017 Librarian Recommended Books
109 books — 195 voters
All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony DoerrThe Nightingale by Kristin HannahSomewhere in France by Jennifer RobsonThe Paris Wife by Paula McLainThe Collector of Dying Breaths by M.J. Rose
Historical Fiction - France
512 books — 324 voters

In Farleigh Field by Rhys BowenThe Stars are Fire by Anita ShreveThe Library of Light and Shadow by M.J. RoseThe Women in the Castle by Jessica ShattuckThe Wicked City by Beatriz Williams
Historical Fiction 2017
339 books — 852 voters
The Forgotten Room by Karen WhiteThe Secret Language of Stones by M.J. RoseMoonlight over Paris by Jennifer Robson
Historical Fiction 2016
340 books — 878 voters

Winter Garden by Kristin HannahThe Race for Paris by Meg Waite ClaytonSycamore Row by John GrishamThe Best of Me by Nicholas Sparks
What we've read so far in...2015
9,717 books — 2,065 voters
The Witch of Painted Sorrows by M.J. Rose
Most Anticipated Historical Mysteries for 2015
65 books — 395 voters

The Glass Painter's Daughter by Rachel HoreThe Orchid House by Lucinda Riley
Contemporary British Novels
505 books — 388 voters
The Witch of Painted Sorrows by M.J. RoseA Desperate Fortune by Susanna Kearsley
Historical Fiction 2015
399 books — 2,093 voters

The Invention of Wings by Sue Monk KiddWritten in My Own Heart's Blood by Diana Gabaldon
Historical Fiction 2014
388 books — 1,976 voters
The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingThe Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienThe Help by Kathryn StockettGone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
100 Books to Read in a Lifetime: Readers' Picks
15,305 books — 17,506 voters

Flight Behavior by Barbara Kingsolver
Best Books of 2012
3,521 books — 9,203 voters
The Hobbit by J.R.R. TolkienThe Return of the King by J.R.R. TolkienThe Horse and His Boy by C.S. Lewis
Favourite Fictional Cities
216 books — 132 voters