2026 Reading Challenge

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Josie (29 Lists)



Vagabond by Tim Curry
Nonfiction Published in Year: 2025
1,624 books — 182 voters
Vagabond by Tim CurryYou Wanna Be on Top? by Sarah Hartshorne
Memoirs Published in Year: 2025
294 books — 101 voters

Foxcatcher by Mark Schultz
Who Let These People Write a Book?
735 books — 972 voters
A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson
Best of Bill Bryson
52 books — 14 voters

The Body by Bill Bryson
Science Published in Year: 2019
144 books — 73 voters
Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler
Non-Caucasian Protagonists in Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror, and Paranormal Romance
2,514 books — 2,758 voters

The Pillars of the Earth by Ken FollettDoomsday Book by Connie Willis
Best Alternate History Novels and Stories
768 books — 1,294 voters
Doomsday Book by Connie WillisEnder’s Game by Orson Scott CardThe Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsThe Ultimate Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
Best Science Fiction & Fantasy Books
8,432 books — 24,675 voters

Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
The Worst Books of All Time
8,096 books — 19,877 voters
Ender’s Game by Orson Scott CardReady Player One by Ernest Cline
Best Dystopian and Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
3,758 books — 25,989 voters

A Column of Fire by Ken FollettThe Book of the Maidservant by Rebecca BarnhouseThe Pillars of the Earth by Ken FollettWorld Without End by Ken Follett
Best Historical Fiction
7,433 books — 25,609 voters
A Great and Terrible Beauty by Libba Bray
Books That Should Be Made Into Movies
32,223 books — 68,469 voters

A Walk in the Woods by Bill BrysonThe Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsThe Restaurant at the End of the Universe by Douglas Adams
Books that Make you Laugh
3,499 books — 5,070 voters
Doomsday Book by Connie WillisThe Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
Science Fiction Books by Female Authors
1,710 books — 1,557 voters

The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger11/22/63 by Stephen KingDoomsday Book by Connie WillisThe Restaurant at the End of the Universe by Douglas AdamsBlackout by Connie Willis
Best Time Travel Fiction
1,965 books — 5,250 voters
Stiff by Mary RoachSalt by Mark KurlanskyAt Home by Bill BrysonBonk by Mary RoachPacking for Mars by Mary Roach
Microhistory: Social Histories of Just One Thing
1,827 books — 2,217 voters

The Book of the Maidservant by Rebecca Barnhouse
YA Medieval historical fiction
273 books — 164 voters
Ender’s Game by Orson Scott CardThe Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey NiffeneggerThe Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
31,603 books — 120,390 voters

Ender’s Game by Orson Scott CardHowl’s Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones
Books With Unforgettable Characters
9,434 books — 8,414 voters
The Secret Magdalene by Ki Longfellow
Different Takes on Religion & Spirituality
1,390 books — 1,126 voters

The Secret Magdalene by Ki Longfellow
Best Books Ever
76,431 books — 284,259 voters
The Secret Magdalene by Ki Longfellow
Best Novels Set in the Ancient World
511 books — 421 voters

Undress Me in the Temple of Heaven by Susan Jane Gilman
Favorite Travel Books
2,026 books — 3,940 voters
The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. LewisHis Dark Materials by Philip PullmanA Great and Terrible Beauty by Libba BrayHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling
Best Fantasy Series, Trilogies, and Duologies
2,084 books — 11,694 voters

Pretty Boy by Orson Scott Card
ENDER'S SAGA
16 books — 29 voters
Master of the Mountain by Henry Wiencek
Best Presidential Biographies (nonfiction)
467 books — 524 voters

Master of the Mountain by Henry WiencekThe Hemingses of Monticello by Annette Gordon-Reed
Best American History Books
2,126 books — 2,498 voters
The World Is Bigger Now by Euna LeeSomewhere Inside by Laura Ling
SAME BOOK RETOLD FROM A DIFFERENT CHARACTER'S POV (e.g. BEAUTIFUL DISASTER from Travis' POV )
85 books — 115 voters

Nothing to Envy by Barbara DemickOnly Beautiful, Please by John EverardDear Leader by Jang Jin-sungThe Aquariums of Pyongyang by Kang Chol-HwanSomewhere Inside by Laura Ling
Books on North Korea
137 books — 511 voters