2026 Reading Challenge

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Matthew Floyd (37 Lists)



The Odyssey by HomerFrankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft ShelleyMy Ántonia by Willa Cather
100 Essential Penguin Classics
99 books — 7 voters
The Holy Bible by Anonymous
The Most Influential Books
1,479 books — 5,285 voters

Frankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
Science Fiction: A Literary History
20 books — 4 voters
The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Great Science-Fiction Books Rarely Referred to as Science-Fiction
24 books — 11 voters

Oh, the Places You’ll Go! by Dr. SeussThe Kissing Hand by Audrey PennChrysanthemum by Kevin HenkesJoseph Had a Little Overcoat by Simms TabackThank You, Mr. Falker by Patricia Polacco
Picture Books of the 1990s
416 books — 46 voters
Wake by Rebecca Hall
Slavery
182 books — 115 voters

The Grip of It by Jac JemcThe Book of Accidents by Chuck WendigJust Like Home by Sarah GaileyKill Creek by Scott ThomasThe Ancestor by Danielle Trussoni
101 Horror Books To Read Before You're Murdered
15 books — 1 voter
Disney War by James B. Stewart
Must have books for the Disney critic
176 books — 44 voters

Letter from Birmingham Jail by Martin Luther King Jr.
Penguin Modern
50 books — 51 voters
The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar WildeA Midsummer Night’s Dream by William ShakespeareMacbeth by William ShakespeareAlmost, Maine by John CarianiInto the Woods by Stephen Sondheim
Theatrical Greatness
140 books — 30 voters

Nightmare USA by Stephen ThrowerMen, Women, and Chain Saws by Carol J. CloverHouse Of Psychotic Women (paperback) by Kier-la Janisse
Film-Acres Delinquent Movie Ranch
278 books — 21 voters
The Lottery and Other Stories by Shirley JacksonThe Bloody Chamber and Other Stories by Angela CarterA Good Man Is Hard to Find and Other Stories by Flannery O'ConnorInterpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri
Badass Women Authors Killing the Prose/Short Fiction Game
86 books — 26 voters

The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories by Angela Carter
Penguin Ink Editions
21 books — 10 voters
Brazen by Pénélope BagieuRejected Princesses by Jason Porath
The Overlooked Women of History
948 books — 223 voters

Jaws by Peter BenchleyJulie and Julia by Julie PowellThe Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsWho Censored Roger Rabbit? by Gary K. WolfCujo by Stephen King
The MOVIE was BETTER than the BOOK
1,134 books — 10,100 voters
Frankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft ShelleyRomeo and Juliet by William ShakespeareA Christmas Carol by Charles DickensThe Odyssey by HomerMonkey by Wu Cheng'en
BBC Culture - The 100 Stories That Shaped The World
100 books — 14 voters

The Story of My Life by Helen KellerThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankTheir Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale HurstonFun Home by Alison BechdelThe Bloody Chamber and Other Stories by Angela Carter
Jezebel's Books All Women Should Read
772 books — 1,399 voters
Beloved by Toni MorrisonA Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole
The New York Times Best Works of American Fiction of the Last 25 Years
40 books — 92 voters

The Tale of Genji by Murasaki Shikibu
Foundational Asian Literature
18 books — 2 voters
Night by Elie Wiesel
Oprah's Book Club Picks
124 books — 2,204 voters

Life of Pi by Yann Martel
Stephen King's Reading List - 10th Anniversary Edition
84 books — 7 voters
The Amazing Bone by William SteigSwimmy by Leo LionniTar Beach by Faith RinggoldMadeline by Ludwig BemelmansBlueberries for Sal by Robert McCloskey
Caldecott Honor Books
289 books — 233 voters

A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle
The Most Deserving Newbery
116 books — 3,000 voters
Frida's Fiestas by Marie-Pierre Colle
Best Ethnic Cookbooks
317 books — 145 voters

A People’s History of the United States by Howard ZinnNight by Elie WieselThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankBury My Heart at Wounded Knee by Dee BrownGenghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World by Jack Weatherford
Best History Books
3,709 books — 3,739 voters
The Best Old Movies for Families by Ty BurrMy Last Sigh by Luis BuñuelSomething Like an Autobiography by Akira KurosawaPictures at a Revolution by Mark HarrisHitchcock/Truffaut by François Truffaut
Books ABOUT Movies
836 books — 273 voters

William Carlos Williams by William Carlos WilliamsSelected Poems by James AgeeSelected Lyrics by Robert Kimball
LOA's American Poets Project
27 books — 3 voters
The Complete Persepolis by Marjane SatrapiUnderstanding Comics by Scott McCloudFun Home by Alison BechdelWatchmen by Alan MooreThe Complete Maus by Art Spiegelman
Required Reading Graphic Novels
1,173 books — 2,012 voters

The Tale of Genji by Murasaki ShikibuThe Woman in the Dunes by Kōbō Abe
Best Japanese Books
771 books — 3,248 voters
Frankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
Best Books of the 19th Century
1,704 books — 6,871 voters


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