2026 Reading Challenge

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Carly (15 Lists)



The Ethical Slut by Dossie EastonGuide to Getting It On! by Paul JoannidesMating in Captivity by Esther PerelThe New Bottoming Book by Dossie EastonA Hand in the Bush by Deborah Addington
Best Nonfiction Sex Books Ever!
185 books — 155 voters
Adulting by Kelly Williams Brown
how to be an adult or something
51 books — 49 voters

Labyrinth by Kate MosseUlysses by James JoyceIt by Stephen King
Abandoned Books
1,473 books — 1,465 voters
The Last Lecture by Randy PauschThe Stand by Stephen KingAnimal Farm by George OrwellAlice’s Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis Carroll
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
31,546 books — 120,135 voters

Pet Sematary by Stephen KingAlice’s Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis CarrollThe Cat in the Hat by Dr. SeussThe Fur Person by May SartonCatwings by Ursula K. Le Guin
Great Cat Books
1,578 books — 950 voters
The Asylum for Wayward Victorian Girls by Emilie AutumnI Never Promised You a Rose Garden by Hannah GreenGirl, Interrupted by Susanna KaysenThe Hours by Michael CunninghamMacbeth by William Shakespeare
Women and Mental Illness (fiction and nonfiction)
1,154 books — 2,271 voters

The Asylum for Wayward Victorian Girls by Emilie AutumnThe Mayor of Castro Street by Randy ShiltsPersepolis by Marjane SatrapiMaus I by Art SpiegelmanThe Complete Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi
Best Memoir / Biography / Autobiography
5,820 books — 6,348 voters
The Wee Free Men by Terry PratchettLabyrinth by Kate Mosse
Best "Strong Female" Fantasy Novels
4,457 books — 18,210 voters

Animal Farm by George Orwell1984 by George OrwellBrave New World by Aldous HuxleyThe Silmarillion by J.R.R. TolkienNecronomicon by H.P. Lovecraft
Books that Changed My World View
467 books — 411 voters
Worst Cover Art
438 books — 254 voters

Animal Farm by George OrwellWatership Down by Richard AdamsCharlotte’s Web by E.B. WhiteThe Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. LewisRedwall by Brian Jacques
Best Talking-Animal Books
707 books — 683 voters
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies by Seth Grahame-SmithCoraline by Neil GaimanI Am Legend and Other Stories by Richard MathesonLolita by Vladimir NabokovWatchmen by Alan Moore
Best Book Cover Art
12,384 books — 7,092 voters

Charlotte’s Web by E.B. WhiteThe Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson BurnettThe Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. LewisWhere the Wild Things Are by Maurice SendakCharlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl
Favorite books from my childhood
4,421 books — 7,428 voters
Watership Down by Richard AdamsAlice’s Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis CarrollThe Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar WildeBrave New World by Aldous Huxley
Best Books Ever
76,191 books — 283,323 voters

Watership Down by Richard AdamsDragonflight by Anne McCaffreyRedwall by Brian JacquesBridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson
Best Young Adult Books
13,096 books — 80,173 voters