2026 Reading Challenge

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Amanda Devine (15 Lists)



Pride and Prejudice by Jane AustenNorth and South by Elizabeth Gaskell
Best Love Stories
5,173 books — 9,634 voters
Sabriel by Garth NixMistborn by Brandon Sanderson
Most Interesting Magic System
2,646 books — 8,768 voters

The Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael PollanFast Food Nation by Eric Schlosser
Best Non-Fiction (no biographies)
6,228 books — 8,061 voters
His Dark Materials by Philip PullmanHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingThe Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. LewisSabriel by Garth NixThe Song of the Lioness Quartet by Tamora Pierce
Best Fantasy Series, Trilogies, and Duologies
2,081 books — 11,676 voters

His Dark Materials by Philip PullmanThe Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. LewisSabriel by Garth Nix
The Best Epic Fantasy (fiction)
4,190 books — 25,739 voters
The Book Thief by Markus ZusakThe Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael PollanHarry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. RowlingUglies by Scott WesterfeldThe Road by Cormac McCarthy
Best Books of the Decade: 2000s
7,188 books — 28,375 voters

The Golden Compass by Philip PullmanHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingAnne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery
Best Series Books
737 books — 686 voters
The Amber Spyglass by Philip PullmanThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakEthan Frome by Edith WhartonWicked by Gregory Maguire
Saddest Books
491 books — 720 voters

Freefall by Ariela Anhalt
YA Novels of 2010
568 books — 2,950 voters
The Road by Cormac McCarthyLord of the Flies by William GoldingJude the Obscure by Thomas HardyThe Little Match Girl by Hans Christian AndersenEthan Frome by Edith Wharton
Most Depressing Book of All Time
1,237 books — 3,909 voters

Joe the Plumber by Samuel J. Wurzelbacher
Books I Have No Intention of Reading
1,637 books — 5,993 voters
Uglies by Scott WesterfeldParable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler
Best Dystopian and Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
3,751 books — 25,987 voters

The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienBrokeback Mountain by Annie Proulx
The MOVIE was BETTER than the BOOK
1,134 books — 10,099 voters
Invisible Man by Ralph EllisonTheir Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston
Best African American Books
1,043 books — 1,138 voters

Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison
Read Them Twice...At Least
13,711 books — 11,330 voters