2026 Reading Challenge

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Emily (22 Lists)



The Help by Kathryn StockettEat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth GilbertBridget Jones’s Diary by Helen FieldingMe Before You by Jojo MoyesEligible by Curtis Sittenfeld
Chick Lit for the Beach
1,386 books — 1,785 voters
Dharma Delight by Rodney Alan GreenblatLove Warrior by Glennon Doyle MeltonIna May's Guide to Childbirth by Ina May GaskinBirthing from Within by Pam EnglandHere by Richard McGuire
2016: What Women Born In The 1970s Read in 2016
6,060 books — 685 voters

Half Bad by Sally GreenBeauty Queens by Libba BrayThirteen Reasons Why by Jay AsherSeraphina by Rachel HartmanGraceling by Kristin Cashore
Librarian Picks for Teens!
111 books — 10 voters
Bog child by Siobhan Dowd
80s Flashback (Current Books with 1980s Settings)
82 books — 104 voters

Oral History by Lee SmithStorming Heaven by Denise GiardinaThe Unquiet Earth by Denise GiardinaRocket Boys by Homer HickamThe Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls
Best Books Set in Appalachia
794 books — 838 voters
Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi CoatesBig Magic by Elizabeth GilbertTiny Beautiful Things by Cheryl StrayedThe Bone Clocks by David MitchellLumberjanes, Vol. 1 by N.D. Stevenson
2015: What Women Born In The 1970s Read In 2015
6,238 books — 1,530 voters

The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara KingsolverThe Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer BradleyThe Name of the Wind by Patrick RothfussStranger in a Strange Land by Robert A. Heinlein
Big Fat Books Worth the Effort
1,874 books — 6,997 voters
Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson
Newbery 2015
140 books — 586 voters

Alif the Unseen by G. Willow Wilson
Yellowest Books Ever
1,803 books — 579 voters
Ready Player One by Ernest ClineKitchen Confidential by Anthony Bourdain
Best Manfiction
2,214 books — 553 voters

The Goldfinch by Donna TarttStation Eleven by Emily St. John MandelThe Wise Man's Fear by Patrick RothfussMe Before You by Jojo MoyesThe Rithmatist by Brandon Sanderson
2014: What Women Born In The 1970s Read in 2014
4,495 books — 1,046 voters
Ready Player One by Ernest ClineMr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore by Robin Sloan
Nerdventure
125 books — 215 voters

Little White Duck by Na LiuSmile by Raina TelgemeierAnnie Sullivan and the Trials of Helen Keller by Joseph LambertPrimates by Jim OttavianiA Game for Swallows by Zeina Abirached
Graphic Novels for Tweens: Non-Fiction
24 books — 13 voters
I Could Pee on This by Francesco MarciulianoGrumpy Cat by Britta TeckentrupSimon's Cat in Kitten Chaos by Simon TofieldThe Cats on Ben Yehuda Street by Ann Redisch StamplerHow to Be a Cat by Nikki McClure
Awesome Cat Books
401 books — 54 voters

Ready Player One by Ernest ClineA Tale for the Time Being by Ruth OzekiWhere'd You Go, Bernadette by Maria SempleMr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore by Robin SloanThe Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein
2013: What Women Born In The 1970s Read In 2013
2,957 books — 684 voters
The Help by Kathryn StockettReady Player One by Ernest ClineWhere'd You Go, Bernadette by Maria Semple
Best Page-Turners with Redeeming Social Value
8,063 books — 5,740 voters

Ready Player One by Ernest ClineKitchen Confidential by Anthony Bourdain
Dude Books
109 books — 28 voters
Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
Quests
422 books — 203 voters

Jonathan Livingston Seagull by Richard BachWatership Down by Richard AdamsLife of Pi by Yann MartelBlack Beauty by Anna SewellThe Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane by Kate DiCamillo
Animal Stories
235 books — 90 voters
Vegan Planet by Robin RobertsonVegan Cupcakes Take Over the World by Isa Chandra MoskowitzVegan Brunch by Isa Chandra MoskowitzVegan Vittles by Joanne StepaniakThe Millennium Cookbook by Eric Tucker
Best Vegan Cookbooks
294 books — 390 voters

Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert A. HeinleinThe Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer BradleyParable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler
Best Author-Created Religions
100 books — 110 voters
Everything is Illuminated by Jonathan Safran FoerFair and Tender Ladies by Lee SmithWhere'd You Go, Bernadette by Maria SempleA Tale for the Time Being by Ruth OzekiAttachments by Rainbow Rowell
Epistolary Fiction
855 books — 846 voters