2026 Reading Challenge

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Claire (38 Lists)



The Emperor of Gladness by Ocean VuongBlack Woods, Blue Sky by Eowyn Ivey
Booker Prize Eligible 2025
177 books — 173 voters
Loop by Brenda LozanoTwo Sherpas by Sebastián Martínez DaniellThe Remains by Margo Glantz
Charco Press
42 books — 24 voters

Winter Flowers by Angélique VilleneuveMarzahn, mon amour by Katja Oskamp
International Booker Prize 2022: Eligible Books
116 books — 78 voters
Native Son by Richard Wright
The Harlem Renaissance
142 books — 72 voters

Freshwater by Akwaeke Emezi
Man Booker Prize Eligible 2019
175 books — 186 voters
The Atlas of Reds and Blues by Devi S. Laskar
48 Books By Women and Nonbinary Authors of Color to Read in 2019
53 books — 56 voters

The Turquoise Ledge by Leslie Marmon Silko
Native American Female Authors
195 books — 61 voters
Ceremony by Leslie Marmon Silko
Best Native American/First Nations Fiction
579 books — 353 voters

The Baghdad Clock by Shahad Al RawiSmall Country by Gaël FayeDisoriental by Négar Djavadi
Man Booker International Prize: Eligible Books 2019
164 books — 118 voters
The Bridge of Beyond by Simone Schwarz-Bart
NYRB Classics: Books by Women
143 books — 49 voters

The Primal Wound by Nancy Verrier
Non-Fiction Books about Adoption/Foster Care
490 books — 286 voters
Happiness by Aminatta Forna
The Millions' Most Anticipated: The Great 2018 Book Preview
100 books — 168 voters

The Sorrow of War by Bảo Ninh
Best for Backpacking through Southeast Asia
315 books — 335 voters
Le Grand Meaulnes by Alain-Fournier
Classic French Literature
344 books — 255 voters

Stay with Me by Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀The Woman Next Door by Yewande OmotosoHuman Acts by Han KangThree Daughters of Eve by Elif Shafak
Anticipated Literary Reads For Readers of Color 2017
220 books — 258 voters
Season in Rhiata by Maryse Condé
Caribbean Writers Series
35 books — 7 voters

Human Acts by Han Kang
Women in Translation
924 books — 305 voters
There Once Lived a Girl Who Seduced Her Sister's Husband, and... by Ludmilla Petrushevskaya
Women Writers from Central & Eastern Europe in English Translation
239 books — 177 voters

To the Bright Edge of the World by Eowyn Ivey
Can't Wait Books of 2016
1,359 books — 6,389 voters
Human Acts by Han Kang
Man Booker International Prize: Eligible Books 2016
152 books — 97 voters

The Murder of Halland by Pia Juul
Danish Literature - in English
92 books — 39 voters
The Wall by Marlen HaushoferThe Autobiography of My Mother by Jamaica KincaidThe Yellow Rain by Julio LlamazaresUnder the Sea-Wind by Rachel CarsonUnbowed by Wangari Maathai
Your Top 5 Reads in 2015
1,518 books — 875 voters

Bohemian Gospel by Dana Chamblee Carpenter
Ten Great Books by Women Overlooked in 2015
10 books — 15 voters
Under the Udala Trees by Chinelo OkparantaThe Fishermen by Chigozie Obioma
Anticipated Literary Reads For Readers of Color 2015
136 books — 169 voters

What Lies Between Us by Nayomi MunaweeraWhat Is Not Yours Is Not Yours by Helen Oyeyemi
Anticipated Literary Reads For Readers of Color 2016
178 books — 156 voters
Paradise of the Blind by Dương Thu HươngRu by Kim ThúyThe Sorrow of War by Bảo Ninh
Books by Vietnamese/Vietnamese-Diaspora Writers
153 books — 71 voters

The Bastard of Istanbul by Elif Shafak
Best Books by Muslim Women
287 books — 409 voters
Breath, Eyes, Memory by Edwidge DanticatVictoire by Maryse CondéUnder the Sea-Wind by Rachel Carson
500 Great Books By Women Group - Summer of Women 2015
212 books — 51 voters

Wrestling With the Angel by Michael KingHummingbird by James GeorgeThe Transformation by Catherine Chidgey
Books By New Zealand Authors
873 books — 365 voters
Eugene Onegin by Alexander Pushkin
Foreign Books Translated To English
837 books — 219 voters


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