2026 Reading Challenge

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Nancy (11 Lists)



March by Geraldine BrooksAll the Light We Cannot See by Anthony DoerrDaughter of Fortune by Isabel AllendeFall of Giants by Ken FollettSarah's Key by Tatiana de Rosnay
Best Historical Fiction
7,415 books — 25,598 voters
Fall of Giants by Ken FollettA Cup of Tea by Amy Ephron
Best Historical Mystery
2,078 books — 4,539 voters

Chocolat by Joanne HarrisThe School of Essential Ingredients by Erica BauermeisterLike Water for Chocolate by Laura EsquivelFive Quarters of the Orange by Joanne HarrisCatering to Nobody by Diane Mott Davidson
Nouvelle Cuisine
367 books — 249 voters
The English Girl by Daniel SilvaStill Life by Louise PennyA Is for Alibi by Sue GraftonMaisie Dobbs by Jacqueline WinspearDevil in a Blue Dress by Walter Mosley
Best Detective/Mystery Series
2,210 books — 2,297 voters

The Shop on Blossom Street by Debbie MacomberThe Friday Night Knitting Club by Kate JacobsA Good Yarn by Debbie Macomber
Good Yarns: Knitting Fiction
183 books — 270 voters
Winter of the World by Ken FollettThe Lost Wife by Alyson Richman
Amazing WWII fiction (some with romance)
407 books — 627 voters

Stones from the River by Ursula HegiThe Lost Wife by Alyson Richman
Well-Written Holocaust Books
891 books — 2,886 voters
The Light Between Oceans by M.L. StedmanThe Thorn Birds by Colleen McCullough
Best Books Set in Australia
1,068 books — 586 voters

Her Royal Spyness by Rhys BowenA Royal Pain by Rhys BowenA Cup of Tea by Amy EphronBlessings by Anna QuindlenFollow Your Heart by Susanna Tamaro
Best Beach Reads 2013
2,203 books — 4,188 voters
Like Water for Chocolate by Laura EsquivelChocolat by Joanne Harris
Foodie Novels
248 books — 165 voters

The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan BradleyShanghai Girls by Lisa SeeThe Help by Kathryn Stockett
Best Books of 2009
1,766 books — 6,934 voters