2026 Reading Challenge

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Neveen (316 Lists)



Rasputin by Antony BeevorThe Lost Voices of Pompeii by Jess VennerAlexander by Edmund RichardsonRome's Age of Revolution by Tim WhitmarshAnne Boleyn by Martha Tatarnic
History Published in Year: 2026
125 books — 20 voters
How to Build a Haunted House by Caitlin Blackwell BainesWhen Trees Testify by Beronda L. MontgomeryA Short History of the World in 50 Murders by Natasha TiddThe Making of the Middle Ages by John HaywoodA Short History of the World in 50 Tyrants by Ben Gazur
Nonfiction Published in Year: 2026
218 books — 20 voters

Crime and Punishment by Fyodor DostoevskyThe Stranger by Albert Camus1984 by George OrwellThe Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar WildeSophie’s World by Jostein Gaarder
Best Philosophical Fiction
318 books — 559 voters
Smoke Gets in Your Eyes by Caitlin DoughtyQuackery by Lydia KangFrom Here to Eternity by Caitlin DoughtyWill My Cat Eat My Eyeballs? Big Questions from Tiny Mortals ... by Caitlin DoughtyStiff by Mary Roach
Non-Fiction Books for The Morbidly Curious
66 books — 31 voters

The Name of the Rose by Umberto EcoThe Historian by Elizabeth Kostova
Books about Books
1,384 books — 1,519 voters
Rhapsodic by Laura Thalassa
Kindle Unlimited Elite: Paranormal, Fantasy, Urban and Science fiction
1,416 books — 427 voters

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingClockwork Angel by Cassandra ClareHalfway to the Grave by Jeaniene FrostInterview with the Vampire by Anne Rice
The Best Urban Fantasy
4,405 books — 12,549 voters
The Devil in the White City by Erik LarsonThe Ghost Map by Steven Johnson
Best Non-Fiction (no biographies)
6,228 books — 8,060 voters

The Disappearing Spoon by Sam KeanWhat If? by Randall MunroeGenome by Matt RidleyA Brief History of Time by Stephen W. HawkingA Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson
Best Science Books - Non-Fiction Only
1,837 books — 3,600 voters
100 Nasty Women of History by Hannah JewellBrazen by Pénélope BagieuThe Most Powerful Women in the Middle Ages by Michael RankHeadstrong by Rachel SwabyWomen In Sports by Rachel Ignotofsky
The Overlooked Women of History
948 books — 223 voters

The Devil in the White City by Erik LarsonDanse Macabre by Stephen King
Gothic Non-fiction
71 books — 7 voters
A Room of One’s Own by Virginia Woolf
Best Feminist Books
2,519 books — 3,524 voters

Asperger's on the Inside by Michelle VinesThe Reason I Jump by Naoki HigashidaAutism by Autism Society, Newfoundlan...Autism in Heels by Jennifer O'TooleIn a Different Key by John Donvan
Autism & Aspergers
41 books — 51 voters
The Master and Margarita by Mikhail BulgakovAlias Grace by Margaret AtwoodThe Monk by Matthew Gregory LewisBotanical Curses and Poisons by Fez InkwrightWitches, Sluts, Feminists by Kristen J. Sollee
Dangerous Women: Beauty, Perfume, & Poison
43 books — 9 voters

The Victorian Book of the Dead by Chris WoodyardThe Lost Empire of Atlantis by Gavin MenziesThe Encyclopedia Cthulhiana by Daniel HarmsThe Great Alchemical Work of Eirenaeus Philalethes, Nicholas ... by Rubellus PetrinusTheory and Practice of the Philosopher's Stone by Nicholas Flamel
Tomes of Eldritch Lore
30 books — 7 voters
Death Makes a Holiday by David J. SkalHalloween by Nicholas RogersTrick or Treat by Lisa MortonHalloween by Lesley Pratt Bannatyne
Nonfiction Halloween
283 books — 33 voters

The Da Vinci Code by Dan BrownAngels & Demons by Dan BrownInferno by Dan BrownThe Name of the Rose by Umberto EcoThe Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón
Conspiracy Fiction
1,281 books — 1,332 voters
The Professor and the Madman by Simon WinchesterLongitude by Dava SobelThe Ghost Map by Steven JohnsonSpook by Mary RoachThe Radium Girls by Kate Moore
Microhistory: Social Histories of Just One Thing
1,826 books — 2,215 voters

Storm Front by Jim ButcherDead Witch Walking by Kim HarrisonMagic Bites by Ilona AndrewsDead Beat by Jim ButcherBlood Rites by Jim Butcher
Best Occult Detective Fiction
435 books — 344 voters
White Hot by Ilona AndrewsMoon Called by Patricia BriggsMagic Bites by Ilona AndrewsWildfire by Ilona AndrewsHalfway to the Grave by Jeaniene Frost
Best Adult Fantasy Romance with Hot Independent Heroine
420 books — 363 voters

Shadow Fallen by Sherrilyn Kenyon
Most Anticipated PNR 2022
32 books — 33 voters
Unnatural Creatures by Kris WaldherrThe Daughter of Doctor Moreau by Silvia Moreno-GarciaGallant by V.E. SchwabThe Bone Orchard by Sara A. MuellerBegars Abbey by V.L. Valentine
2022 Gothic
62 books — 78 voters

Halfway to the Grave by Jeaniene FrostDarkfever by Karen Marie MoningMagic Bites by Ilona AndrewsA Hunger Like No Other by Kresley ColeDead Witch Walking by Kim Harrison
Best ADULT Urban Fantasy, Fantasy and Paranormal Romance
4,344 books — 10,087 voters
Storm Front by Jim ButcherHounded by Kevin HearneBroken Souls by Stephen BlackmooreDead Matter by Anton StroutCunning Devil by Chris Underwood
Urban Fantasy With Male Lead Characters
1,023 books — 1,414 voters

Fated by Benedict JackaDemon Moon by Brad MagnarellaGhost of a Chance by Dan WillisHallow Point by Ari MarmellThe Long Chain by Dan Willis
All Slaying, No Laying - Sex-Free Urban Fantasy
116 books — 22 voters
Mistborn by Brandon SandersonCold Days by Jim ButcherGhost Story by Jim ButcherDeathwish by Rob ThurmanStorm Front by Jim Butcher
Chris McGrath Book Covers
179 books — 45 voters

The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston LerouxThe Year of Shadows by Claire LegrandPhantom of the Auditorium by R.L. Stine
Haunted Theaters
60 books — 32 voters
The Cure for Dreaming by Cat WintersA Great and Terrible Beauty by Libba BrayRebel Angels by Libba BrayThe Sweet Far Thing by Libba BrayJackaby by William Ritter
YA & Middle Grade Victorian Spiritualism & Occultism
54 books — 30 voters

Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier
20th Century Gothic Romances
255 books — 55 voters
Dark Lover by J.R. WardLover Eternal by J.R. WardLover Awakened by J.R. Ward
The Best Adult Vampire Romance Books
1,243 books — 3,485 voters


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