2026 Reading Challenge

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



Bedelia by Vera Caspary
The Vilest Woman in Fiction
117 books — 93 voters
The Citadel by A.J. CroninThe Rust of Rome by Warwick DeepingLong Summer Day by R.F. DelderfieldNo Hero This by Warwick DeepingFar Forest by Francis Brett Young
Your Top 5 Reads in 2015
1,518 books — 875 voters

Long Summer Day by R.F. DelderfieldSigna by OuidaThe Summer of the Barshinskeys by Diane PearsonThe Summer Day Is Done by Robert Tyler StevensThe Woodlanders by Thomas Hardy
Your Top 5 Favorite Books of all Time - Adult Fiction.
346 books — 125 voters
War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy
Your Single Favourite Read of All Time
147 books — 78 voters

Treasure Island by Robert Louis StevensonAnne of Green Gables by L.M. MontgomeryThe Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre DumasIsland of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O'DellRobinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe
Books Set on Islands
1,052 books — 348 voters
The Splendid Outcast by George Fort GibbsThe Prisoner of Zenda by Anthony HopeThe Man Who Lost Himself by Henry de Vere StacpooleThe Masquerader by Katherine Cecil ThurstonThe Ivy Tree by Mary Stewart
Twins and Doppelgangers
160 books — 101 voters

Tess of the D’Urbervilles by Thomas HardyWuthering Heights by Emily BrontëThe Woodlanders by Thomas Hardy
Masters Of Misery
407 books — 99 voters
The Great Impostor by Robert CrichtonLaughing House by Warwick DeepingThe Undertaker's Wife by Dee OliverAn Iceland Fisherman by Pierre LotiOld Wine and New by Warwick Deeping
Special Interest Focused Fiction, Occupation or Hobby Themed
309 books — 42 voters

Stormswift by Madeleine BrentThe Long Masquerade by Madeleine BrentMoonraker's Bride by Madeleine BrentSergeant Joe by Mary Jane StaplesThe Hostage by Robert Tyler Stevens
Clean Romantic Adventure
524 books — 82 voters
Of Love and War by Paul DohertyThe Hostage by Robert Tyler StevensThe Longest Winter by Daphne WrightTo Serve Them All My Days by R.F. DelderfieldThe Summer of the Barshinskeys by Diane Pearson
WWI: The Great War (Historical Fiction)
541 books — 389 voters

The Woman in Berlin by Robert Tyler StevensForget the Glory by Emma DrummondCount Vronsky's Daughter by Carola SalisburyShadows in the Afternoon by Robert Tyler StevensRetreat from Moscow by Delderfield
Historical Fiction: Russia
307 books — 476 voters
The House of a Thousand Candles by Meredith NicholsonThe House of a Thousand Lanterns by Victoria HoltRebecca by Daphne du MaurierTo Serve Them All My Days by R.F. DelderfieldDeath in Zanzibar by M.M. Kaye
Historical Fiction, House as a Character or Theme
235 books — 103 voters

The Sword and the Shadow by Sylvia ThorpeThe Golden Panther by Sylvia ThorpeKidnapped & Catriona by Robert Louis StevensonMr. Midshipman Easy by Frederick MarryatMoonfleet by John Meade Falkner
Forgotten Swashbucklers
98 books — 36 voters
Gormenghast by Mervyn PeakeThe Diary of Mattie Spenser by Sandra DallasMrs. Mike by Benedict Freedman
The Unknown, Hidden Gems of Historical Fiction
2,276 books — 1,255 voters

A Tailor-Made Bride by Karen WitemeyerCandle in the Darkness by Lynn AustinTo Win Her Heart by Karen WitemeyerFrom a Distance by Tamera AlexanderFire by Night by Lynn Austin
Best Christian Historical Fiction
1,602 books — 1,664 voters