2026 Reading Challenge

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Emily (16 Lists)



Eating Animals by Jonathan Safran Foer
Animal Rights and the Conservation of Animals
186 books — 121 voters
The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodThe Red Tent by Anita Diamant
Best Feminist Fiction
1,504 books — 2,674 voters

The Golden Compass by Philip PullmanEragon by Christopher Paolini
Most Interesting Magic System
2,646 books — 8,768 voters
Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'EngleThe Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
Best Time Travel Fiction
1,959 books — 5,246 voters

The Help by Kathryn StockettThe Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsThe Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
Books That Exceeded Your Expectations
14,780 books — 16,484 voters
The Namesake by Jhumpa LahiriInterpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa LahiriUnaccustomed Earth by Jhumpa LahiriLife of Pi by Yann Martel
India: Fiction
319 books — 322 voters

The Book Thief by Markus ZusakNight by Elie WieselThe Nazi Doctors by Robert Jay LiftonAnd I am afraid of my dreams by Wanda PółtawskaWar in the Shadow of Auschwitz by John Wiernicki
Well-Written Holocaust Books
891 books — 2,886 voters
The Road by Cormac McCarthyThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood
Apocalypses and Dystopias
894 books — 647 voters

Eating Animals by Jonathan Safran FoerGristle by MobyFood Matters by Mark BittmanFood Rules by Michael Pollan
Food-Related Non-Fiction
1,227 books — 1,636 voters
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson
Best Crime & Mystery Books
7,314 books — 15,565 voters

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingThe Giver by Lois LowryHoles by Louis Sachar
Best Young Adult Books
13,095 books — 80,185 voters
The Bell Jar by Sylvia PlathProzac Nation by Elizabeth Wurtzel
Women and Mental Illness (fiction and nonfiction)
1,154 books — 2,272 voters

The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood1984 by George OrwellThe Giver by Lois LowryThe Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsThe Road by Cormac McCarthy
Best Dystopian and Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
3,751 books — 25,987 voters
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran FoerThe Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon
What To Read Next
20,294 books — 24,180 voters

The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova
Best Adult Vampire Books
1,771 books — 4,917 voters
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis Carroll
Best Books Ever
76,283 books — 283,735 voters