2026 Reading Challenge

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



Alanna by Tamora Pierce
Young Adult Series Books published in the '80s & '90s
696 books — 576 voters
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerThe Shining by Stephen KingThe Long Walk by Richard BachmanOf Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
Best Books Ever
76,220 books — 283,469 voters

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldFight Club by Chuck PalahniukOf Mice and Men by John SteinbeckTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
Best Page-Turners with Redeeming Social Value
8,063 books — 5,742 voters
The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerOf Mice and Men by John SteinbeckThe Long Walk by Richard BachmanThe Shining by Stephen KingHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling
Books that Blew Me Away and that I Still Think About
14,463 books — 14,681 voters

Alanna by Tamora PierceSabriel by Garth NixElla Enchanted by Gail Carson LevineWild Magic by Tamora PierceA Great and Terrible Beauty by Libba Bray
Best "Strong Female" Fantasy Novels
4,458 books — 18,211 voters
We Are Okay by Nina LaCourWhere the Crawdads Sing by Delia OwensEverything I Never Told You by Celeste NgMidnight at the Electric by Jodi Lynn AndersonThe Smell of Other People's Houses by Bonnie-Sue Hitchcock
Best Quiet Narratives
16 books — 3 voters

Alanna by Tamora PierceTwelfth Night by William ShakespeareThe Girl in the Tower by Katherine Arden
Women disguised as men
42 books — 11 voters
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingThe Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsThe Golden Compass by Philip PullmanA Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'EngleElla Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine
Best Young Adult Books
13,096 books — 80,177 voters

The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldThe Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsDr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis StevensonThe Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
31,547 books — 120,176 voters
Obsidio by Amie Kaufman
YA Novels of 2018
1,020 books — 5,003 voters

We Are Okay by Nina LaCourThe Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet by Becky ChambersEleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine by Gail HoneymanThe Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil GaimanStation Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel
Books I Kind of Wanted to Snuggle After Reading
979 books — 1,230 voters