2026 Reading Challenge

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Tish (27 Lists)



The Book Thief by Markus ZusakMoloka'i by Alan BrennertThe Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey NiffeneggerJohn Adams by David McCulloughSnow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See
Best Books of the Decade: 2000s
7,188 books — 28,376 voters
The Red Tent by Anita Diamant
Different Takes on Religion & Spirituality
1,389 books — 1,125 voters

My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult
Best Tear-Jerking Books of all time
99 books — 145 voters
The Color Purple by Alice WalkerAtlas Shrugged by Ayn RandYear of Wonders by Geraldine BrooksSnow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa SeeThe Book Thief by Markus Zusak
Books With Unforgettable Characters
9,440 books — 8,419 voters

John Adams by David McCulloughThe Road by Cormac McCarthyA Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled HosseiniThe Glass Castle by Jeannette WallsAngela's Ashes by Frank McCourt
Best ALA Adult Notables
142 books — 53 voters
Twilight by Stephenie MeyerThe Secret by Rhonda ByrneNew Moon by Stephenie MeyerBreaking Dawn by Stephenie MeyerEclipse by Stephenie Meyer
Popular Books that Annoy You
1,032 books — 2,011 voters

The Stand by Stephen KingThe Dead Zone by Stephen KingFirestarter by Stephen KingThe Shining by Stephen KingCarrie by Stephen King
Best of Stephen King
178 books — 3,874 voters
Honolulu by Alan BrennertThe Little Stranger by Sarah WatersTrue Women by Janice Woods WindlePeople of the Book by Geraldine BrooksGandhi by Yogesh Chadha
What To Read Next
20,286 books — 24,168 voters

Angle of Repose by Wallace StegnerThe Road by Cormac McCarthyThe Color Purple by Alice WalkerTales of the South Pacific by James A. Michener
Pulitzer Winners: Fiction & Novels
99 books — 951 voters
John Adams by David McCulloughThe Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey NiffeneggerAngle of Repose by Wallace StegnerThe Color of Water by James McBride
Best Books Ever
76,194 books — 283,338 voters

Moloka'i by Alan BrennertSnow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa SeeThe Journeyer by Gary JenningsCity of Dreams by Beverly SwerlingThe Samurai's Garden by Gail Tsukiyama
Best Traveling Vicariously
2,122 books — 1,849 voters
How to Practice by Dalai Lama XIVThe Art of Happiness by Dalai Lama XIVPeace Is Every Step by Thich Nhat HanhMindfulness in Plain English by Henepola GunaratanaNo Time to Lose by Pema Chödrön
A Buddhist Reading List
907 books — 1,181 voters

My Secret Garden by Nancy FridayThe Women's Room by Marilyn FrenchA Room of One’s Own by Virginia Woolf
Best Feminist Books
2,517 books — 3,521 voters
The Shack by William Paul YoungThe Woman in White by Wilkie CollinsMason & Dixon by Thomas PynchonA Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy TooleThe Eight by Katherine Neville
The Most Begun "Read but Unfinished" (Started) book ever
2,606 books — 13,136 voters

Atlas Shrugged by Ayn RandThe Prophet by Kahlil Gibran102 Minutes by Jim DwyerThe Art of Happiness by Dalai Lama XIVSnow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
31,546 books — 120,145 voters
...And Ladies of the Club by Helen Hooven SantmyerThe Memoirs of Cleopatra by Margaret GeorgeSacajawea by Anna Lee Waldo
Thickest Books Ever
889 books — 2,489 voters

The Glass Castle by Jeannette WallsI Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya AngelouLife and Death in Shanghai by Nien ChengGarlic and Sapphires by Ruth ReichlGorillas in the Mist by Dian Fossey
Memoirs by Women
3,015 books — 3,030 voters
Life of Pi by Yann MartelReading Lolita in Tehran by Azar NafisiA Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole
Abandoned Books
1,473 books — 1,465 voters

Year of Wonders by Geraldine BrooksMoloka'i by Alan BrennertSnow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa SeeCity of Dreams by Beverly SwerlingSacajawea by Anna Lee Waldo
Best Historical Fiction
7,406 books — 25,585 voters
Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur GoldenSphere by Michael CrichtonGone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellThe Joy Luck Club by Amy TanThe Horse Whisperer by Nicholas Evans
The Book Was Better Than the Movie
1,561 books — 18,687 voters

The Secret by Rhonda ByrneThe Host by Stephenie Meyer
Books I Have No Intention of Reading
1,637 books — 5,993 voters
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
Must Reads in 2009
139 books — 266 voters

Garlic and Sapphires by Ruth ReichlComplications by Atul GawandeNickel and Dimed by Barbara EhrenreichAll Creatures Great and Small by James Herriot
A Day in the Life: Work Memoirs
818 books — 407 voters
John Adams by David McCullough
Pulitzer Winners: Biographies & Autobiographies
121 books — 203 voters

My Life in France by Julia ChildTender at the Bone by Ruth ReichlComfort Me with Apples by Ruth Reichl
Best Memoirs/Autobiography/Travel
1,307 books — 912 voters
Mistress of the Art of Death by Ariana Franklin
Most Inaccurate Historical Fiction
105 books — 160 voters

Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur GoldenThe Color Purple by Alice WalkerYear of Wonders by Geraldine BrooksThe Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann ShafferMiddlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides
Best Literary Fiction
1,548 books — 1,328 voters