2026 Reading Challenge

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Kat Warren (12 Lists)



True Grit by Charles PortisShane by Jack SchaeferThe Sisters Brothers by Patrick deWittThe Son by Philipp MeyerMonte Walsh by Jack Schaefer
Best Westerns
1,381 books — 1,505 voters
Nickel and Dimed by Barbara EhrenreichThe Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca SklootGoing Clear by Lawrence WrightFive Days at Memorial by Sheri FinkThe Mother Tongue by Bill Bryson
Well-Thought, Well-Researched, Infinitely Readable Nonfiction
422 books — 169 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank1984 by George OrwellFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyIn Cold Blood by Truman Capote
100 Books to Read in a Lifetime: Readers' Picks
15,327 books — 17,563 voters
The Drowned Cities by Paolo BacigalupiBroken Harbour by Tana FrenchMudwoman by Joyce Carol Oates
Can't Wait Books of 2012
2,516 books — 15,081 voters

Wolf Hall by Hilary MantelFamily Album by Penelope LivelyAmerican Rust by Philipp MeyerThe Confessions of Edward Day by Valerie MartinLove and Summer by William Trevor
New York Times 100 Notable Books of 2009 (fiction and nonfiction)
100 books — 118 voters
Private Life by Jane SmileyParrot and Olivier in America by Peter CareyThe Hand That First Held Mine by Maggie O'Farrell
Eagerly Anticipated Books Remainder of 2009 and 2010
490 books — 1,415 voters

The Da Vinci Code by Dan BrownEat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth GilbertAngels & Demons by Dan BrownThe Notebook by Nicholas SparksMen Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus by John Gray
Popular Books that Annoy You
1,007 books — 2,011 voters
Jesus’ Son by Denis JohnsonBirds of America by Lorrie Moore
Best Reading for the Contemporary Writer
127 books — 226 voters

Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand
Most Boringest books ever
34 books — 18 voters
City of Shadows by Ariana FranklinThus Was Adonis Murdered by Sarah CaudwellThe Sibyl in Her Grave by Sarah CaudwellThe Shortest Way to Hades by Sarah CaudwellThe Sirens Sang of Murder by Sarah Caudwell
Best Literary Mysteries
2,553 books — 4,601 voters

Far North by Marcel TherouxThe Pesthouse by Jim CraceThe Road by Cormac McCarthy
Dystopia!
1,220 books — 2,749 voters
The Da Vinci Code by Dan BrownThe Lovely Bones by Alice SeboldAtlas Shrugged by Ayn RandThe Fountainhead by Ayn RandMemoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden
Books I Regret Reading
2,297 books — 3,225 voters