2026 Reading Challenge

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Sam Siddiqui (12 Lists)



The Thorn Birds by Colleen McCullough
The Best of the Best Romance Novels of the Twentieth Century
641 books — 2,231 voters
The Complete Fairy Tales and Stories by Hans Christian Andersen
Best Nordic Fiction
320 books — 117 voters

Sarah's Key by Tatiana de Rosnay
Saddest Books Ever
257 books — 277 voters
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonThe Bourne Identity by Robert LudlumThe Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsThe Silence of the Lambs by Thomas HarrisThe Pelican Brief by John Grisham
Recommended Thriller/Suspense
2,432 books — 2,163 voters

Pride and Prejudice by Jane AustenJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëWhitney, My Love by Judith McNaughtGone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
Best Romances We Read Over and Over
918 books — 563 voters
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
Clean Regency (or around then) Romance Novels
788 books — 748 voters

Heidi by Johanna SpyriA Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled HosseiniOne Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García MárquezWuthering Heights by Emily Brontë
Around the World in 100 Books
1,316 books — 705 voters
The Keeper of Lost Causes by Jussi Adler-OlsenHeadhunters by Jo Nesbø
Scandinavian/Nordic Mysteries
318 books — 680 voters

Like Water for Chocolate by Laura EsquivelLife of Pi by Yann MartelA Tale of Two Cities by Charles DickensThe Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Best Books Ever
76,303 books — 283,820 voters
Goliath by Max Blumenthal
Books on the Israel Palestine Conflict (fiction and nonfiction)
462 books — 709 voters

Churchill's Secret War by Madhusree MukerjeeEverybody Loves a Good Drought by Palagummi Sainath
The India Reading List
645 books — 557 voters
Churchill's Secret War by Madhusree Mukerjee
Books About Colonialism
679 books — 239 voters