2026 Reading Challenge

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Catherine Mustread (12 Lists)



The Shipping News by Annie ProulxEmpire Falls by Richard RussoThe Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann ShafferAnne of Green Gables by L.M. MontgomeryGilead by Marilynne Robinson
Books about Small Towns
758 books — 269 voters
The Pillars of the Earth by Ken FollettMemoirs of a Geisha by Arthur GoldenThe Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey NiffeneggerUlysses by James JoyceOne Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez
I Should Probably Read This Sometime...
11,433 books — 10,171 voters

When the Ground Turns in Its Sleep by Sylvia Sellers-GarcíaSweet Mary by Liz BalmasedaHungry Woman in Paris by Josefina LópezRogelia's House of Magic by Jamie Martinez WoodHouston, We Have a Problema by Gwendolyn Zepeda
Hispanic Fiction
264 books — 94 voters
Mistress of the Art of Death by Ariana FranklinSilent in the Grave by Deanna Raybourn
Best Historical Mystery
2,075 books — 4,536 voters

The Circuit by Francisco JiménezThe Sign of the Beaver by Elizabeth George SpeareBen & Me by Robert LawsonNumber the Stars by Lois LowryThe Book Thief by Markus Zusak
Best Children's Historical Fiction
827 books — 829 voters
John Adams by David McCulloughMayflower by Nathaniel PhilbrickMornings on Horseback by David McCulloughManhunt by James L. SwansonThe Worst Hard Time by Timothy Egan
Best American History Books
2,124 books — 2,495 voters

Diamond Willow by Helen FrostSavvy by Ingrid LawThe Mysterious Benedict Society by Trenton Lee StewartGreetings from Nowhere by Barbara O'ConnorEleven by Patricia Reilly Giff
Cool Books for Grades 4-6
740 books — 557 voters
The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha ChristieThe Room Upstairs by Mildred Davis
Classic Mysteries (fiction)
229 books — 163 voters

Paddington by Michael BondYou're a Bad Man, Mr Gum! by Andy Stanton
Funny Books for Kids
631 books — 391 voters
Into Thin Air by Jon KrakauerThe Places in Between by Rory StewartA Walk in the Woods by Bill BrysonKon-Tiki by Thor HeyerdahlThe Cactus Eaters by Dan White
Tales of Adventure
513 books — 474 voters

Ghost Train to the Eastern Star by Paul TherouxA Walk in the Woods by Bill BrysonInto the Wild by Jon KrakauerIn a Sunburned Country by Bill BrysonNotes from a Small Island by Bill Bryson
Favorite Travel Books
2,021 books — 3,941 voters
The Ghost Road by Pat Barker
Booker Prize Winners
60 books — 1,985 voters