2026 Reading Challenge

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Eliana (15 Lists)



Drop Dead Healthy by A.J. JacobsTolstoy and the Purple Chair by Nina SankovitchWild by Cheryl StrayedThe Know-It-All by A.J. JacobsAnimal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver
A Year in the Life
206 books — 324 voters
The Buddha in the Attic by Julie Otsuka
Immigrant Experience Literature
1,008 books — 1,448 voters

Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa SeePeace Like a River by Leif EngerA Fine Balance by Rohinton MistryThese Is My Words by Nancy E. TurnerThe True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle by Avi
Books That Exceeded Your Expectations
14,772 books — 16,473 voters
A Fine Balance by Rohinton MistryThe Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniInterpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa LahiriThe White Tiger by Aravind Adiga
Best South Asian Fiction
734 books — 1,894 voters

As You Like It by William ShakespeareSaint Joan by George Bernard ShawPope Joan by Donna Woolfolk Cross
Girls disguised as Boys
850 books — 959 voters
The Little House Collection by Laura Ingalls Wilder
Best Books with Rural Settings
1,137 books — 1,017 voters

The Pillars of the Earth by Ken FollettGirl with a Pearl Earring by Tracy ChevalierYear of Wonders by Geraldine Brooks
Best Historical Fiction
7,406 books — 25,586 voters
Ender’s Game by Orson Scott CardFight Club by Chuck PalahniukThe Double Bind by Chris Bohjalian
Best Plot Twist
409 books — 652 voters

The Glass Castle by Jeannette WallsMy Sister's Keeper by Jodi PicoultMiddlesex by Jeffrey EugenidesThe Poisonwood Bible by Barbara KingsolverA Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith
Best for Book Clubs
14,624 books — 18,466 voters
Blindness by José SaramagoBrave New World by Aldous HuxleyThe Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood1984 by George OrwellLife As We Knew It by Susan Beth Pfeffer
Best Dystopian and Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
3,751 books — 25,989 voters

I Want to Tell You by O.J. SimpsonThe Red Badge of Courage by Stephen Crane
The Worst Books of All Time
8,105 books — 19,874 voters
Little Bee by Chris Cleave
Best Books of 2009
1,766 books — 6,934 voters

The Road by Cormac McCarthyAngela’s Ashes by Frank McCourtJude the Obscure by Thomas HardyA Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry
Most Depressing Book of All Time
1,241 books — 3,909 voters
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer
Best Books of 2008
1,632 books — 6,781 voters

The Road by Cormac McCarthyLes Misérables by Victor HugoAngela’s Ashes by Frank McCourt
Best Books Ever
76,192 books — 283,371 voters