2026 Reading Challenge

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Meg (42 Lists)



Songs for the Dead and the Living by Sara M. SalehMean Baby by Selma BlairReckless by Elsie SilverSisters by Daisy JohnsonSearch History by Amy Taylor
What Women Born in the 90s Have Read in 2024
2,383 books — 160 voters
Queen Kat, Carmel and St. Jude Get a Life by Maureen McCarthyDeadly, Unna? by Phillip GwynneJasper Jones by Craig SilveyLaurinda by Alice PungLooking for Alibrandi by Melina Marchetta
Best Australian Young Adult Books
241 books — 158 voters

Olga Dies Dreaming by Xóchitl GonzálezPure Colour by Sheila Heti
Best Books of 2022
1,547 books — 1,852 voters
I'm Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdyEverything You Ever Wanted by Luiza SaumaBunny by Mona AwadPure Colour by Sheila HetiJoan Is Okay by Weike Wang
What Women Born in the '90s Have Read in 2022
2,718 books — 460 voters

Joan Is Okay by Weike WangRomantic Comedy by Curtis Sittenfeld
Fiction: Quarantine, Social Distancing, COVID-19 as Plot Elements
87 books — 60 voters
Joan Is Okay by Weike WangThe New Me by Halle ButlerA Lonely Girl is a Dangerous Thing by Jessie TuBunny by Mona Awad
The Female Malaise: She's Sad, Mad, and Bad
261 books — 226 voters

Midnight Chicken by Ella Risbridger
Food-Related Non-Fiction
1,226 books — 1,635 voters
No One Is Talking About This by Patricia LockwoodTranscendent Kingdom by Yaa Gyasi
2021 Women's Prize for Fiction Longlist
16 books — 108 voters

Cherry Beach by Laura McPhee-BrowneKokomo by Victoria HannanThe Eye of the Sheep by Sofie LagunaBarracuda by Christos TsiolkasThe Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion
Books about Melbourne
140 books — 12 voters
The Switch by Beth O'LearyAll Our Shimmering Skies by Trent Dalton
Can't Wait Books of 2020
1,121 books — 2,485 voters

Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur GoldenA Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled HosseiniThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakWuthering Heights by Emily BrontëTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Around the World One Book from Each Country
1,068 books — 971 voters
Looking for Alibrandi by Melina MarchettaQueen Kat, Carmel and St. Jude Get a Life by Maureen McCarthyTomorrow, When the War Began by John MarsdenJasper Jones by Craig SilveyDeadly, Unna? by Phillip Gwynne
Favourite Aussie YA books
576 books — 963 voters

Gone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellLittle Women by Louisa May Alcott
Favorite Heroines
119 books — 6 voters
I Heart Forever by Lindsey KelkAlways and Forever, Lara Jean by Jenny HanThe Song Rising by Samantha Shannon
The "Can't Wait" Books of 2017
1,311 books — 3,824 voters

Never Let Me Go by Kazuo IshiguroHarry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. RowlingThe Luminaries by Eleanor CattonAll the Light We Cannot See by Anthony DoerrThe Book Thief by Markus Zusak
Best Books of the 21st Century
9,832 books — 21,956 voters
Jane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëLittle Women by Louisa May AlcottEmma by Jane AustenWuthering Heights by Emily BrontëThe Yellow Wall-Paper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman
Best Books of the 19th Century
1,704 books — 6,871 voters

Gone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellWuthering Heights by Emily BrontëThe Bronze Horseman by Paullina SimonsOutlander by Diana Gabaldon
Favorite Historical Romance Novels
3,403 books — 6,021 voters
The Good People by Hannah KentThe Muse by Jessie BurtonThe Fate of the Tearling by Erika JohansenThree Sisters, Three Queens by Philippa Gregory
Can't Wait Books of 2016
1,359 books — 6,389 voters

The Bronze Horseman by Paullina SimonsGirl with a Pearl Earring by Tracy ChevalierAll the Light We Cannot See by Anthony DoerrTrue History of the Kelly Gang by Peter Carey
Best Historical Fiction of the 21st Century
1,427 books — 2,346 voters
Cloudstreet by Tim WintonThe Harp In The South Novels by Ruth ParkLooking for Alibrandi by Melina MarchettaMy Brilliant Career by Miles FranklinTrue History of the Kelly Gang by Peter Carey
Australia In Words
289 books — 56 voters

Barracuda by Christos TsiolkasThe Dressmaker by Rosalie HamThe Slap by Christos TsiolkasThe Rosie Project by Graeme SimsionQueen Kat, Carmel and St. Jude Get a Life by Maureen McCarthy
Books About Melbourne and Victoria
324 books — 109 voters
Burial Rites by Hannah KentCloudstreet by Tim WintonJasper Jones by Craig SilveyThe Slap by Christos TsiolkasThe Narrow Road to the Deep North by Richard Flanagan
Best Modern Australian Literature
562 books — 669 voters

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingGirl with a Pearl Earring by Tracy ChevalierMemoirs of a Geisha by Arthur GoldenBridget Jones’s Diary by Helen FieldingThe Secret History by Donna Tartt
Best Books of the Decade: 1990s
3,129 books — 3,677 voters
All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony DoerrNever Let Me Go by Kazuo IshiguroNimona by N.D. StevensonThe Night Circus by Erin MorgensternMs. Marvel, Vol. 1 by G. Willow Wilson
What Women Born in the 90's Have Read in 2015
1,982 books — 480 voters

The Cabbage Patch War by Paul JenningsUnbelievable! by Paul JenningsBoy Overboard by Morris GleitzmanUnmentionable! by Paul JenningsThe Cabbage Patch Fib by Paul Jennings
Australian Children's Literature
416 books — 200 voters
Jasper Jones by Craig SilveyRazorhurst by Justine Larbalestier
Australasia in YA & Middle Grade Historical Fiction
166 books — 35 voters

The Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsWhen We Wake by Karen HealeyWhile We Run by Karen HealeyDivergent by Veronica Roth
Best Young Adult Dystopian Novels
598 books — 2,651 voters
The Notebook by Nicholas SparksP.S. I Love You by Cecelia AhernAnna and the French Kiss by Stephanie PerkinsThe Last Song by Nicholas SparksBridget Jones’s Diary by Helen Fielding
Best Ever Contemporary Romance Books
4,759 books — 8,162 voters

Go Set a Watchman by Harper LeeThe Buried Giant by Kazuo IshiguroA Spool of Blue Thread by Anne TylerViper Wine by Hermione Eyre
Anticipated 2015 Literary Fiction
195 books — 545 voters
P.S. I Still Love You by Jenny HanRed Queen by Victoria AveyardThe Heir by Kiera CassWinter by Marissa Meyer
Most Beautiful YA Covers of 2015
410 books — 1,584 voters


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