2026 Reading Challenge

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Elaine (38 Lists)



Things in Jars by Jess Kidd
Anticipated 2020 Literary Fiction
588 books — 1,241 voters
Beloved by Toni MorrisonBlack Like Me by John Howard Griffin
Black History Month
553 books — 492 voters

The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson
Best Books About Nineteenth Century History
644 books — 279 voters
In the Garden of Beasts by Erik Larson
Best American History Books
2,124 books — 2,495 voters

Snap by Belinda BauerA Place for Us by Fatima Farheen MirzaLethal White by Robert Galbraith
Best Books of 2018
1,652 books — 2,959 voters
Himself by Jess KiddManhattan Beach by Jennifer EganThe Nix by Nathan Hill4 3 2 1 by Paul AusterIdaho by Emily Ruskovich
Man Booker Prize Eligible 2017
178 books — 240 voters

In the Garden of Beasts by Erik Larson
Microhistory: Social Histories of Just One Thing
1,826 books — 2,215 voters
Manhattan Beach by Jennifer Egan
2017 National Book Awards Longlist
40 books — 56 voters

Beloved by Toni Morrison
Best Literary Fiction
1,550 books — 1,329 voters
Beloved by Toni MorrisonExtremely Loud & Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer
The Best Use of Stylistic Language (best form/language)
560 books — 544 voters

Andrew's Brain by E.L. Doctorow
Man Booker Prize Eligible 2014
164 books — 694 voters
A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer EganOlive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout
Major Award-Winning Fiction Since 1990
252 books — 567 voters

The Outcast Dead by Elly GriffithsHow the Light Gets In by Louise Penny
Most Anticipated Mysteries of 2014
130 books — 371 voters
The Talented Mr. Ripley by Patricia HighsmithThe Beekeeper's Apprentice by Laurie R. King
Best Female Crime/Mystery/Thriller Writers
1,287 books — 729 voters

A Tale for the Time Being by Ruth Ozeki
2013 Man Booker Prize Longlist
13 books — 268 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankRebecca by Daphne du MaurierEast of Eden by John Steinbeck
My Favorite Books
2,178 books — 580 voters

The World According to Garp by John IrvingShe’s Come Undone by Wally LambEast of Eden by John SteinbeckWhite Noise by Don DeLilloO Pioneers! by Willa Cather
Books That Exceeded Your Expectations
14,778 books — 16,481 voters
Little Women by Louisa May AlcottLittle House in the Big Woods by Laura Ingalls WilderHeidi by Johanna SpyriThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankBlack Beauty by Anna Sewell
Favorite books from my childhood
4,421 books — 7,428 voters

In the Garden of Beasts by Erik Larson
Best Books of 2011
2,669 books — 6,705 voters
Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha ChristieThe Beekeeper's Apprentice by Laurie R. KingA Grave Talent by Laurie R. KingThe Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan BradleyThe Crossing Places by Elly Griffiths
Best Detective/Mystery Series
2,206 books — 2,294 voters

Roots by Alex HaleyThe World According to Garp by John IrvingRagtime by E.L. DoctorowSong of Solomon by Toni MorrisonSula by Toni Morrison
Best Books of the Decade: 1970s
1,946 books — 1,879 voters
Beloved by Toni MorrisonThe Joy Luck Club by Amy TanWhite Noise by Don DeLilloEllen Foster by Kaye Gibbons
Best Books of the Decade: 1980s
2,257 books — 2,433 voters

Cold Mountain by Charles Frazier
Best Books of the Decade: 1990s
3,129 books — 3,676 voters
A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer EganIn the Garden of Beasts by Erik Larson
Best Books of the 21st Century
9,833 books — 21,959 voters

Wild by Cheryl StrayedThe Invisible Bridge by Julie Orringer
Smart Summer Reads
12,706 books — 10,634 voters
Pride and Prejudice by Jane AustenTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeJane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
Books that scored a five by me
9,439 books — 2,372 voters

Wise Blood by Flannery O'Connor
History through Novels: 1950-1979 United States
34 books — 22 voters
Tinkers by Paul Harding
Best Books of 2009
1,766 books — 6,934 voters


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