2026 Reading Challenge

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



The Goblin Emperor by Katherine AddisonAmong Others by Jo WaltonJonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna ClarkeThe Night Circus by Erin MorgensternA Face Like Glass by Frances Hardinge
Favorite Standalone Fantasy Novels
135 books — 142 voters
Wildwood Dancing by Juliet MarillierBeauty by Robin McKinleyRose Daughter by Robin McKinleySpindle's End by Robin McKinleyAsh by Malinda Lo
Fairy Tale Retellings to Adore
353 books — 190 voters

Permanent Present Tense by Suzanne Corkin
Understanding the Brain MOOC
18 books — 3 voters
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca SklootWhy Evolution Is True by Jerry A. Coyne
Radiolab Bookshelf
85 books — 17 voters

Twenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair by Pablo NerudaCollected Poems by Dylan ThomasSir Gawain and the Green Knight by UnknownBeowulf by Unknown
Best Poetry Books
2,982 books — 2,423 voters
A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le GuinUse of Weapons by Iain M. BanksAssassin's Apprentice by Robin HobbAlways Coming Home by Ursula K. Le Guin
Books that Blew Me Away and that I Still Think About
14,467 books — 14,689 voters

American Gods by Neil GaimanNeverwhere by Neil GaimanUn Lun Dun by China Miéville
Best Urban Fantasy STAND-ALONE Novels
82 books — 200 voters
This Rough Magic by Mary StewartMy Brother Michael by Mary StewartThe Ivy Tree by Mary Stewart
Cozy Mystery/Romance/History
156 books — 128 voters

Gaudy Night by Dorothy L. SayersStrong Poison by Dorothy L. SayersHave His Carcase by Dorothy L. SayersBusman's Honeymoon by Dorothy L. SayersLittle Women by Louisa May Alcott
Writers Who Write About Writers
378 books — 107 voters
The Dark Is Rising Sequence by Susan CooperJ.R.R. Tolkien 4-Book Boxed Set by J.R.R. TolkienAnne of Green Gables & Anne of Avonlea by L.M. Montgomery
Dealbreakers-If you hate this book, we won't get along
1,022 books — 260 voters

1984 by George OrwellJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëOf Mice and Men by John SteinbeckWar and Peace by Leo TolstoyEast of Eden by John Steinbeck
Goodreads Top 100 Literary Novels of All Time
106 books — 988 voters
Island of Ghosts by Gillian Bradshaw
Recommended Historical Fiction
3,650 books — 3,591 voters

Dracula by Bram StokerNineteen Eighty-Four by George OrwellWe Have Always Lived In The Castle by Shirley JacksonBeowulf by UnknownCat's Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
Popular Penguins
200 books — 102 voters
Assassin's Apprentice by Robin HobbSunshine by Robin McKinleySword at Sunset by Rosemary SutcliffThe Acts of King Arthur and His Noble Knights by John SteinbeckWar and Peace by Leo Tolstoy
Read Up All Night
177 books — 73 voters

The Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienSunshine by Robin McKinleyThe Dark Is Rising Sequence by Susan Cooper
'Best Curl Up In Bed And Re-Read Books!
409 books — 85 voters
A Welsh Witch by Allen RaineBlack Parade by Jack JonesStrike for a Kingdom by Menna GallieThe Small Mine by Menna GallieThe Dark Philosophers by Gwyn Thomas
Mining
150 books — 68 voters

River of Stars by Guy Gavriel Kay
Books I'd Break Into A Bookstore Or Library For
1,033 books — 434 voters
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullersThe Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
February House
31 books — 26 voters

Daughter of Smoke & Bone by Laini TaylorNight Watch by Sergei LukyanenkoRivers of London by Ben Aaronovitch
Best Urban Fantasy SERIES
630 books — 3,740 voters
Dancing at the Edge of the World by Ursula K. Le GuinThe Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsNine Coaches Waiting by Mary Stewart
Deweys Read-a-thon 13th October 2012
23 books — 9 voters

Good Omens by Terry PratchettThe Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
Books that Make you Laugh
3,505 books — 5,041 voters
The Odyssey by HomerThe Three Musketeers by Alexandre DumasYwain and Gawain - Sir Percyvell of Gales - The Anturs of Arther by Maldwyn Mills
Everyman Library Classics
174 books — 96 voters

King Arthur's Death by Larry Dean BensonSir Gawain and the Green Knight / Pearl / Sir Orfeo by J.R.R. TolkienBrut by Layamon
Middle English Alliterative Revival
48 books — 6 voters
The Dark Is Rising Sequence by Susan CooperSir Gawain and the Green Knight by UnknownThe Fionavar Tapestry by Guy Gavriel KayThe Acts of King Arthur and His Noble Knights by John SteinbeckThe Winter King by Bernard Cornwell
Best Arthurian Fiction
476 books — 1,442 voters

Jane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëDracula by Bram StokerWar and Peace by Leo Tolstoy
Classics Library
634 books — 522 voters
The Dark Is Rising Sequence by Susan CooperA Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin
Best Fantasy Series, Trilogies, and Duologies
2,078 books — 11,675 voters

Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery
Best Books Ever
76,258 books — 283,634 voters