2026 Reading Challenge

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Bucket (20 Lists)



When We Cease to Understand the World by Benjamín Labatut
Books that Changed the Way You View Life
10,503 books — 5,787 voters
Horse by Geraldine Brooks
Historical Fiction - The American South
352 books — 98 voters

The Elephant's Journey by José Saramago
Best Books of THIS Century.
2,249 books — 2,263 voters
She Would Be King by Wayétu Moore
Best Female Lead Characters
4,842 books — 5,899 voters

Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens
1838 Literary Fiction
5 books — 2 voters
The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov
Best Unappreciated Books
4,366 books — 2,204 voters

Sideways Stories from Wayside School by Louis SacharMrs. Piggle-Wiggle by Betty MacDonaldSuperfudge by Judy BlumeLittle House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls WilderA Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle
The Must-Have Series for Children Ages 6 to 12
891 books — 1,308 voters
A Prayer for Owen Meany by John IrvingA Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty SmithA Tale of Two Cities by Charles DickensThe Reader by Bernhard SchlinkInfidel by Ayaan Hirsi Ali
Seasonal Reading Challenge Recommended Books
6,410 books — 4,731 voters

War and Peace by Leo TolstoyLes Misérables by Victor HugoMoby-Dick or, The Whale by Herman MelvilleUlysses by James JoyceFinnegans Wake by James Joyce
The Great Classics You Have Not Read Yet
746 books — 1,812 voters
One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García MárquezA Tale of Two Cities by Charles DickensA Prayer for Owen Meany by John IrvingLolita by Vladimir NabokovThe Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera
Favorites from 1001 Books You Should Read Before You Die
503 books — 1,054 voters

Richard III by William ShakespeareOthello by William ShakespeareTwelfth Night by William ShakespeareMacbeth by William ShakespeareRichard II by William Shakespeare
Best of William Shakespeare
103 books — 1,239 voters
Midnight’s Children by Salman RushdieOne Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García MárquezAda, or Ardor by Vladimir Nabokov
Best Experimental Books Ever
1,107 books — 1,718 voters

We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley JacksonThe Ballad of the Sad Café and Other Stories by Carson McCullersMemory Wall by Anthony Doerr
World's Greatest Novellas
714 books — 1,445 voters
The Caucasian Chalk Circle by Bertolt BrechtThe Reader by Bernhard SchlinkThe Lost Honor of Katharina Blum by Heinrich Böll
Best German/Austrian/Swiss Literature
976 books — 959 voters

The Golden Notebook by Doris LessingTo the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf
Best Feminist Fiction
1,499 books — 2,673 voters
Things I've Been Silent About by Azar Nafisi
Non-American books that every American should read
694 books — 494 voters

The Man Who Fell in Love with the Moon by Tom Spanbauer
Favorite Magical Realism Novels
1,306 books — 4,535 voters
The Dew Breaker by Edwidge DanticatEast of Eden by John Steinbeck
Books that Made You Cry!
3,357 books — 7,952 voters

Spirit Filled Life Bible by AnonymousThe Jungle by Upton Sinclair
The Most Influential Books
1,461 books — 5,285 voters
A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
Best Historical Fiction
7,433 books — 25,612 voters