2026 Reading Challenge

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Lara Maynard (24 Lists)



The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodAnne of Green Gables by L.M. MontgomeryAnnabel by Kathleen WinterAlias Grace by Margaret AtwoodThe Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood
Best Female Canadian Authors
326 books — 50 voters
Meet Me at the Museum by Anne YoungsonThe Storm King by Brendan DuffySong of a Captive Bird by Jasmin DarznikWhite Houses by Amy BloomThe Mercy Seat by Elizabeth Hartley Winthrop
Anticipated 2018 Literary Fiction
225 books — 198 voters

Ecstasy by Mary SharrattThe Summer Wives by Beatriz WilliamsThe Atomic City Girls by Janet BeardThe Phantom's Apprentice by Heather WebbWhite Chrysanthemum by Mary Lynn Bracht
Historical Fiction 2018
420 books — 976 voters
The Colony of Unrequited Dreams by Wayne JohnstonRandom Passage by Bernice MorganGalore by Michael CrummeyWaiting for Time by Bernice MorganThe Custodian of Paradise by Wayne Johnston
Newfoundland Reads
257 books — 76 voters

The Nightingale by Kristin HannahThe Light Between Oceans by M.L. StedmanMy Brilliant Friend by Elena FerranteThe Story of a New Name by Elena FerranteThe Loney by Andrew Michael Hurley
2016: What Women Born In The 1970s Read in 2016
6,060 books — 685 voters
The Muse by Jessie Burton
Historical Fiction 2016
340 books — 878 voters

The Bluest Eye by Toni MorrisonAre You There God? It’s Me, Margaret by Judy Blume
Best Books of the Decade: 1970s
1,946 books — 1,879 voters
A Town Like Alice by Nevil Shute
World War II Fiction & Non-fiction
779 books — 407 voters

The Paris Wife by Paula McLainThe Chaperone by Laura MoriartyThe Beautiful American by Jeanne MackinZ by Therese Anne Fowler
Jazz Age Historical Fiction
144 books — 105 voters
My Brilliant Friend by Elena FerranteThose Who Leave and Those Who Stay by Elena FerranteThe Story of a New Name by Elena FerranteThe Days of Abandonment by Elena FerranteThe Story of the Lost Child by Elena Ferrante
Best of Europa Editions
22 books — 23 voters

The Red Tent by Anita Diamant
Remarkable Historical Women in Fiction
451 books — 231 voters
A Long Long Way by Sebastian Barry
Man Booker Shortlist
272 books — 81 voters

A Treasury of Irish Myth, Legend and Folklore by Lady GregoryThe Whereabouts of Eneas McNulty by Sebastian BarryOpened Ground by Seamus HeaneyThe Secret Scripture by Sebastian BarryA Long Long Way by Sebastian Barry
Best Irish Literature
632 books — 719 voters
Glass Voices by Carol Bruneau
Halifax Explosion Fiction
31 books — 21 voters

Peyton Place by Grace MetaliousDolores Claiborne by Stephen KingThe Weight of Water by Anita ShreveThe Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath’Salem’s Lot by Stephen King
New England Books
790 books — 388 voters
The Double Bind by Chris Bohjalian
Women and Mental Illness (fiction and nonfiction)
1,154 books — 2,272 voters

Tipping the Velvet by Sarah WatersWalt Disney's Dumbo by Walt Disney CompanyWonder When You'll Miss Me by Amanda DavisMadeline and the Gypsies by Ludwig BemelmansThe Circus by Noel Daniel
Circus/Carnival Books
700 books — 1,081 voters
Famous Last Words by Timothy FindleyThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakA Separate Peace by John KnowlesA Town Like Alice by Nevil ShuteThe Narrow Road to the Deep North by Richard Flanagan
World War II Fiction
1,393 books — 2,023 voters

Anne of Green Gables by L.M. MontgomerySolomon Gursky Was Here by Mordecai Richler
Best Canadian Literature
2,332 books — 1,147 voters
Ruby by Cynthia Bond
Anticipated Literary Reads For Readers Of Color 2014
145 books — 198 voters

Famous Last Words by Timothy FindleyVilla Triste by Lucretia GrindleLand Girls by Angela Huth
WWII Historic Fiction
1,457 books — 1,533 voters
The Harlot's Tale by Sam ThomasMrs. Lincoln's Rival by Jennifer ChiaveriniMadam by Cari LynnThe Museum of Extraordinary Things by Alice HoffmanFrog Music by Emma Donoghue
Historical Fiction 2014
388 books — 1,976 voters