2026 Reading Challenge

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Shannon Wait (18 Lists)



Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
Big Fat Books Worth the Effort
1,874 books — 6,995 voters
Pride and Prejudice by Jane AustenPersuasion by Jane AustenI Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith
Best Love Stories
5,175 books — 9,637 voters

Severance by Ling MaMy Year of Rest and Relaxation by Ottessa Moshfegh
The Millions' Most Anticipated: The Great Second-Half 2018 Book Preview
105 books — 87 voters
Tess of the D’Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy
Victorian Novels
214 books — 507 voters

The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor DostoevskyLolita by Vladimir NabokovSelected Stories of Anton Chekhov by Anton Chekhov
Best Russian Literature
512 books — 2,276 voters
The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor DostoevskyLolita by Vladimir NabokovAnna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
Greatest Russian Novels of All Time
196 books — 499 voters

Lincoln in the Bardo by George SaundersThe God of Small Things by Arundhati RoyThe Remains of the Day by Kazuo IshiguroThe Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood
Booker Prize Winners
60 books — 1,986 voters
Sing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn WardWinter by Ali SmithWarlight by Michael Ondaatje
Man Booker Prize Eligible 2018
158 books — 237 voters

Heart Berries by Terese Marie MailhotFeel Free by Zadie SmithAn American Marriage by Tayari JonesFreshwater by Akwaeke EmeziCirce by Madeline Miller
The Millions' Most Anticipated: The Great 2018 Book Preview
100 books — 168 voters
The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor DostoevskyMoby-Dick or, The Whale by Herman MelvillePride and Prejudice by Jane AustenTess of the D’Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy
Best Books of the 19th Century
1,704 books — 6,872 voters

The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor DostoevskyShort Stories by Anton ChekhovLonesome Dove by Larry McMurtryMan's Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl
Books With a Goodreads Average Rating of 4.2 and Above
909 books — 451 voters
Cows, Pigs, Wars, and Witches by Marvin Harris
Books for Anthropologists
39 books — 6 voters

All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
New York Times Best 100 Books of 2014
28 books — 11 voters
The Things They Carried by Tim O'BrienBeloved by Toni Morrison
The New York Times Best Works of American Fiction of the Last 25 Years
40 books — 92 voters

Nothing to Envy by Barbara Demick
Books on North Korea
137 books — 511 voters
Wild Swans by Jung ChangThe God of Small Things by Arundhati RoyAll the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
Foreign Lands
2,353 books — 2,193 voters

My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante
Women in Translation
924 books — 305 voters
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty SmithAnne of Green Gables by L.M. MontgomeryI Capture the Castle by Dodie SmithMemoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden
best historical coming-of-age books
53 books — 49 voters