2026 Reading Challenge

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Kris (7 Lists)



Uncle Tom’s Cabin by Harriet Beecher StoweAdventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark TwainNarrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass by Frederick DouglassRoots by Alex HaleyBeloved by Toni Morrison
Slavery
182 books — 115 voters
The Skin I'm In by Sharon G. FlakeCopper Sun by Sharon M. DraperThe Watsons Go to Birmingham - 1963 by Christopher Paul CurtisForged by Fire by Sharon M. Draper
African American Books for Teens
318 books — 357 voters

Kindred by Octavia E. ButlerRoll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred D. TaylorThe Color Purple by Alice WalkerTheir Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale HurstonI Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
#1000BlackGirlBooks: Suggestions for Marley Dias's Amazing Book Drive
1,322 books — 380 voters
Temptation by Victoria Christopher MurrayFormer Rain by Vanessa MillerDivas of Damascus Road by Michelle StimpsonYesterday's Promise by Vanessa MillerThe Sisterhood of Blackberry Corner by Andrea Smith
African American Christian Fiction
229 books — 107 voters

Pining Over You by J.N. WelshI'll Be Home by Toni ShilohMy One Christmas Wish by D. RoseTo My Surprise by Latoya Garrett
2020 Christmas, Easter, and Holiday Fiction by African-Americans (BWBM)
12 books — 3 voters
Cane River by Lalita TademyRedemption Song by Bertice Berry
Best Black/African American Chicklit
433 books — 403 voters

The Help by Kathryn StockettThe Color Purple by Alice WalkerTheir Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale HurstonThe Call of the Wild by Jack London
Best Books Ever
76,296 books — 283,790 voters