2026 Reading Challenge

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Arlene♡ (14 Lists)



The Silence of Our Friends by Mark LongMiles Morales by Jason ReynoldsJosephine Baker by Catel
African American Graphic Novels
144 books — 31 voters
Fledgling by Octavia E. ButlerThe Living Blood by Tananarive DueLilith's Brood by Octavia E. ButlerAkata Witch by Nnedi OkoraforShadowshaper by Daniel José Older
Black Speculative Fiction
351 books — 155 voters

Lullaby by Langston HughesI Love My Hair! by Natasha Anastasia TarpleyI Got the Rhythm by Connie Schofield-MorrisonI Like Myself! by Karen BeaumontI Can Do It Too! by Karen Baicker
Black and African American Contemporary Picture Books
265 books — 57 voters
Sexy/Dangerous by Beverly JenkinsGettin' Merry by Beverly Jenkins
Book Riot Live Reading List
50 books — 10 voters

Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur #1 by Amy ReederMonstress, Volume 1 by Marjorie M. LiuThrough the Woods by E.M. Carroll
Comics & Graphic Novels by Women
1,494 books — 1,361 voters
A Thousand Pieces of You by Claudia GrayA Darker Shade of Magic by V.E. SchwabDoctor Sleep by Stephen KingA Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas
Most Beautiful Book Covers Ever
2,384 books — 883 voters

Lady Killer, Volume 1 by Joëlle JonesLumberjanes, Vol. 1 by N.D. StevensonNimona by N.D. StevensonSex Criminals, Vol. 2 by Matt FractionBitch Planet, Vol. 1 by Kelly Sue DeConnick
Best Graphic Novels 2015
147 books — 363 voters
Bitten by Kelley Armstrong
Werewolves
947 books — 1,215 voters

We Should All Be Feminists by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieWhen Chickenheads Come Home to Roost by Joan Morgan
Black Feminist/Womanist Studies (nonfiction)
129 books — 108 voters
The Princess Bride by William GoldmanBrave New World by Aldous HuxleyOf Mice and Men by John SteinbeckFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyThe Outsiders by S.E. Hinton
Best Books Ever
76,194 books — 283,336 voters

The Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienGirl with a Pearl Earring by Tracy ChevalierThe Outsiders by S.E. HintonThe Joy Luck Club by Amy TanThe Client by John Grisham
The Book Was Better Than the Movie
1,561 books — 18,687 voters
Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale HurstonRoots by Alex HaleyThe Souls of Black Folk by W.E.B. Du BoisThe Color Purple by Alice WalkerSister, Sister by Eric Jerome Dickey
Best African American Authors
189 books — 125 voters

When Death Comes Stealing by Valerie Wilson WesleySix Easy Pieces by Walter MosleyDead Time by Eleanor Taylor BlandOne Must Wait by Penny MickelburyBlanche on the Lam by Barbara Neely
Top books featuring Black female Cops, Private Eyes or Sleuths
61 books — 16 voters
The Color Purple by Alice WalkerThe Autobiography of Malcolm X by Malcolm XInvisible Man by Ralph EllisonBlack Boy by Richard WrightRoots by Alex Haley
Best African American Books
1,043 books — 1,138 voters