2026 Reading Challenge

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Tina (19 Lists)



The Death of Vivek Oji by Akwaeke Emezi
African Fiction
600 books — 428 voters
When We Speak of Nothing by Olumide PopoolaUnder the Udala Trees by Chinelo OkparantaThe Death of Vivek Oji by Akwaeke EmeziHappiness, Like Water by Chinelo OkparantaShe Called Me Woman by Azeenarh Mohammed
Queer African Reads
83 books — 21 voters

Girl, Woman, Other by Bernardine EvaristoWhat Is Not Yours Is Not Yours by Helen OyeyemiTrumpet by Jackie KayBlack British Literature by Mark Stein
Black British Literature (fiction)
119 books — 83 voters
Girl, Woman, Other by Bernardine EvaristoThe Thing Around Your Neck by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichiePatsy by Nicole Y. Dennis-BennMr Loverman by Bernardine Evaristo
Contemporary Novels by Black Authors
41 books — 22 voters

Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi
Well-Read Black Girl Recommendations
100 books — 13 voters
Purple Hibiscus by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieThings Fall Apart by Chinua AchebeThe Thing Around Your Neck by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieHomegoing by Yaa GyasiThe Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano by Olaudah Equiano
Africa (fiction and nonfiction)
1,762 books — 1,642 voters

Kintu by Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi
Goodreads Picks for Tournament of Books 2018
174 books — 383 voters
Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys
The Caribbean 101
408 books — 120 voters

Beloved by Toni Morrison
mourning & ghosts, life & death
384 books — 111 voters
The Song of Achilles by Madeline MillerFingersmith by Sarah WatersWhite Is for Witching by Helen OyeyemiOranges Are Not the Only Fruit by Jeanette WintersonCarmilla by J. Sheridan Le Fanu
LGBT Books Voted by LGBT Readers Only
895 books — 349 voters

Fairytales for Lost Children by Diriye OsmanWhite Teeth by Zadie SmithWhat Is Not Yours Is Not Yours by Helen OyeyemiThe Confessions of Frannie Langton by Sara CollinsGirl, Woman, Other by Bernardine Evaristo
Fiction about lesbian, bisexual, and queer women of color
277 books — 171 voters
The Threshing Floor by Barbara BurfordSista! An Anthology of Writings by Same Gender Loving Women o... by Phyll Opoku-GyimahThe Adoption Papers by Jackie KayThe Blue Donkey Fables by Suniti Namjoshi
Books by Lesbians of Colour
300 books — 61 voters

Persuasion by Jane AustenPride and Prejudice by Jane AustenSense and Sensibility by Jane AustenMansfield Park by Jane Austen
Your Favourite Jane Austen Novel
7 books — 61 voters
I Am Malala by Malala YousafzaiA Room of One's Own by Virginia Woolf
Memoirs by Women
3,016 books — 3,031 voters

A Room of One’s Own by Virginia WoolfI Am Malala by Malala YousafzaiThe Color Purple by Alice WalkerRedefining Realness by Janet Mock
The Feminist Orchestra Potential Reading List
506 books — 572 voters
The Book Thief by Markus ZusakOthello by William ShakespeareFrankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft ShelleyAnimal Farm by George OrwellJane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
Developing Prescribed Texts Lists
510 books — 277 voters

Jane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëWide Sargasso Sea by Jean RhysThe Yellow Wall-Paper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman
Women and Mental Illness (fiction and nonfiction)
1,154 books — 2,272 voters
Beloved by Toni MorrisonJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëPride and Prejudice by Jane AustenHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingFrankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
31,575 books — 120,240 voters

The Yellow Wall-Paper by Charlotte Perkins GilmanNorth and South by Elizabeth GaskellBlack Beauty by Anna SewellThe Canterville Ghost by Oscar WildeHeidi by Johanna Spyri
Catching up on Classics (and lots more!) Group Reads
434 books — 173 voters