2026 Reading Challenge

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Rex Booth (17 Lists)



The Shining by Stephen KingHalloween by Curtis RichardsDracula by Bram StokerInterview with the Vampire by Anne RiceThe Amityville Horror by Jay Anson
Best Books to Read for Halloween
1,176 books — 1,249 voters
Dracula by Bram StokerInterview with the Vampire by Anne RiceLet Me In by John Ajvide Lindqvist
Best Vampire HORROR Novels
90 books — 118 voters

The Graduate by Charles WebbTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeGone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellFrankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft ShelleyLife of Pi by Yann Martel
1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die
1,321 books — 5,845 voters
The Blind Assassin by Margaret AtwoodLife of Pi by Yann Martel
The Gotham Fiction Writing Resource List Part Two
100 books — 8 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Favorites from 1001 Books You Should Read Before You Die
503 books — 1,055 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeGone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellThe Help by Kathryn StockettThe Stand by Stephen KingThe Color Purple by Alice Walker
Best Books Ever
76,198 books — 283,385 voters

The Stand by Stephen KingInterview with the Vampire by Anne RiceThe Shining by Stephen KingThe World According to Garp by John IrvingThe Exorcist by William Peter Blatty
Best Books of the Decade: 1970s
1,946 books — 1,880 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeCharlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald DahlSlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.A Clockwork Orange by Anthony BurgessIn Cold Blood by Truman Capote
Best Books of the Decade: 1960s
1,356 books — 1,779 voters

Charlotte’s Web by E.B. WhiteThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerBreakfast at Tiffany’s and Three Stories by Truman CapoteHow the Grinch Stole Christmas! by Dr. SeussNine Stories by J.D. Salinger
Best Books of the Decade: 1950s
1,181 books — 1,507 voters
Pippi Longstocking by Astrid LindgrenPippi in the South Seas by Astrid LindgrenAnimal Farm by George Orwell1984 by George Orwell
Best Books of the Decade: 1940s
819 books — 1,143 voters

An American Tragedy by Theodore DreiserSiddhartha by Hermann Hesse
Best Books of the Decade: 1920s
764 books — 1,131 voters
Gone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellThe Yearling by Marjorie Kinnan RawlingsAppointment in Samarra by John O'Hara
Best Books of the Decade: 1930s
904 books — 1,254 voters

The Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniThe Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsA Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled HosseiniWater for Elephants by Sara GruenThe Help by Kathryn Stockett
Best Books of the Decade: 2000s
7,188 books — 28,376 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Help by Kathryn StockettGone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellThe Color Purple by Alice WalkerBeloved by Toni Morrison
Best Southern Books
826 books — 739 voters

The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro
Booker Prize Winners
60 books — 1,986 voters
The Shining by Stephen KingRosemary’s Baby by Ira LevinThe Witching Hour by Anne RiceThe Exorcist by William Peter Blatty
Best Horror Novels
1,987 books — 5,447 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Help by Kathryn StockettA Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled HosseiniThe Color Purple by Alice WalkerThe Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
31,546 books — 120,163 voters