2026 Reading Challenge

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Debbi (29 Lists)



The Dearly Beloved by Cara Wall
Read with Jenna Book Club List
84 books — 46 voters
The Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine Arden
[ATY 2021] - Books By The Season
405 books — 71 voters

American Dirt by Jeanine Cummins
Best Books of 2020
1,564 books — 1,935 voters
Circe by Madeline Miller
Goodreads Picks for Tournament of Books 2019
92 books — 190 voters

Another One Bites the Crust by Ellie Alexander
Cozy Mysteries 2018 New Releases
230 books — 153 voters
Mink River by Brian Doyle
Heartwarmers
253 books — 233 voters

A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles
Goodreads Picks for Tournament of Books 2017
511 books — 1,999 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeOne Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken Kesey
Best Books Ever
76,192 books — 283,300 voters

On Writing by Stephen KingWest with the Night by Beryl MarkhamWild by Cheryl StrayedMy Life in France by Julia ChildTravels with Charley by John Steinbeck
Best Memoir / Biography / Autobiography
5,820 books — 6,349 voters
Narcissus and Goldmund by Hermann HesseWest with the Night by Beryl MarkhamOne Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken KeseyCharlotte’s Web by E.B. White
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,807 books — 49,785 voters

A Drink Before the War by Dennis LehaneStill Life by Louise PennyIn the Bleak Midwinter by Julia Spencer-Fleming
Best Detective/Mystery Series
2,206 books — 2,294 voters
The Round House by Louise ErdrichThe Snow Child by Eowyn IveyThe Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry by Rachel Joyce
2013 Tournament of Books Watch List
64 books — 379 voters

The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann ShafferThe Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk KiddBel Canto by Ann Patchett
Books That Exceeded Your Expectations
14,772 books — 16,471 voters
Geek Love by Katherine DunnSometimes a Great Notion by Ken KeseySnow Falling on Cedars by David GutersonThe Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman AlexieHotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie Ford
Pacific Northwest Books
913 books — 609 voters

The Book of Lost Things by John Connolly
Stories For Book Lovers
8,343 books — 8,384 voters
Siddhartha by Hermann HesseThe Stranger by Albert Camus1984 by George Orwell
Best Philosophical Literature
1,167 books — 2,725 voters

Temple of a Thousand Faces by John Shors
Historical Fiction 2013
395 books — 2,108 voters
How the Light Gets In by Louise Penny
most anticipated mysteries 2013
150 books — 545 voters

Into the Wilderness by Sara Donati
Best Historical Fiction
7,406 books — 25,587 voters
Bird by Bird by Anne LamottThe Creative Habit by Twyla TharpZen in the Art of Writing by Ray Bradbury
Being a Better Writer
111 books — 58 voters

And the Mountains Echoed by Khaled Hosseini
Anticipated Literary Reads for Readers of Color 2013
197 books — 544 voters
Freedom At Midnight by Dominique LapierreUnaccustomed Earth by Jhumpa LahiriThe Palace of Illusions by Chitra Banerjee DivakaruniThe Mistress of Spices by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
Best Indian Fiction Books
914 books — 2,422 voters

The Pillars of the Earth by Ken FollettEast of Eden by John SteinbeckThe Prince of Tides by Pat Conroy
Big Fat Books Worth the Effort
1,874 books — 6,997 voters
The Way We Eat by Peter SingerGarlic and Sapphires by Ruth ReichlComfort Me with Apples by Ruth ReichlThe Art of Eating by M.F.K. Fisher
Food-Related Non-Fiction
1,226 books — 1,635 voters

Chocolat by Joanne HarrisMy Life in France by Julia ChildGarlic and Sapphires by Ruth ReichlThe Last Chinese Chef by Nicole MonesThe Mistress of Spices by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
Nouvelle Cuisine
367 books — 249 voters
Chocolat by Joanne HarrisThe Joy Luck Club by Amy TanThe Mistress of Spices by Chitra Banerjee DivakaruniBabette's Feast and Other Anecdotes of Destiny by Isak DinesenCrescent by Diana Abu-Jaber
Food-Related Fiction
856 books — 602 voters

The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende
Latin American Fiction
864 books — 1,157 voters
Like Water for Chocolate by Laura EsquivelThe House of the Spirits by Isabel AllendeChocolat by Joanne HarrisEva Luna by Isabel Allende
Favorite Magical Realism Novels
1,304 books — 4,519 voters

The Sparrow by Mary Doria RussellMistress of the Art of Death by Ariana Franklin
Vicars, Priests, Abbots, Fathers, Abbesses, Pastors, Nuns
782 books — 287 voters