2026 Reading Challenge

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Emory Black (22 Lists)



Burning Roses by S.L. HuangThe Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin
Old(er) Women in SF/F
210 books — 108 voters
Blackfish City by Sam J. MillerVoid Black Shadow by Corey J. WhiteKilling Gravity by Corey J. WhiteArtificial Condition by Martha WellsAn Unkindness of Ghosts by Rivers Solomon
Gender Non-Binary Fantasy & Science Fiction
175 books — 93 voters

Smoke Gets in Your Eyes & Other Lessons from the Crematory by Caitlin DoughtyFrom Here to Eternity by Caitlin Doughty
Non-Fiction Books About Death and Death Culture
173 books — 48 voters
An Unkindness of Ghosts by Rivers SolomonWe Are the Weirdos by Maranda ElizabethTaste of Marrow by Sarah GaileyFinding Nevo by Nevo ZisinRiver of Teeth by Sarah Gailey
Non-Binary (Genderqueer, Genderfluid, Gender-Unspecified, etc) Fiction and Memoirs
324 books — 251 voters

Murder at Myall Creek by Mark TedeschiSaltwater by Cathy McLennan
Australian True Crime
135 books — 46 voters
Milk Teeth by Rae White
Poetry collections by trans / nonbinary / genderqueer etc. non-cis authors
184 books — 65 voters

Memoirs of a Polar Bear by Yōko Tawada
Monster/Animal/Non-human POV (Xenofiction)
590 books — 344 voters
Inside My Mother by Ali Cobby EckermannLemons in the Chicken Wire by Alison WhittakerComfort Food by Ellen Van Neerven
Poetry by Women of Color
352 books — 139 voters

Homelessness and the Law by Tamara WalshIn Defense of Housing by Peter Marcuse
Homeless
135 books — 38 voters
1984 by George OrwellAntarctica by Kim Stanley RobinsonBlue Mars by Kim Stanley RobinsonBrave New World by Aldous HuxleyCalculating God by Robert J. Sawyer
Propagandhi's Reading List
72 books — 3 voters

Playing the Whore by Melissa Gira GrantSex Workers Unite by Melinda Chateauvert
Sex Worker Book List - International
63 books — 28 voters
Forgotten War by Henry ReynoldsThe Future Eaters by Tim FlanneryThe Secret War by Jonathan RichardsWarrior by Libby ConnorsAboriginal Australians by Richard Broome
Australian Colonial History
139 books — 34 voters

Talking to My Country by Stan GrantMy People's Dreaming by Max Dulumunmun HarrisonThe Politics of Identity by Bronwyn CarlsonTradition, Truth and Tomorrow by Galarrwuy YunupinguAm I Black Enough For You? by Anita Heiss
Indigenous Australian Writing
208 books — 79 voters
Crime & Punishment by Russell MarksCrime, Aboriginality and the Decolonisation of Justice by Harry BlaggArresting Incarceration by Don WeatherburnPrisoners as Citizens by David BrownIndigenous People, Crime and Punishment by Thalia Anthony
Prison History & Theory
138 books — 57 voters

Coping with Endometriosis by Jill Eckersley
Must-reads for women with endometriosis
32 books — 24 voters
Are Prisons Obsolete? by Angela Y. Davis
Prison Abolition
136 books — 49 voters

Feminism Is for Everybody by bell hooksDestroying the Joint by Jane CaroThe Sex Myth by Rachel HillsPlaying the Whore by Melissa Gira GrantBi by Shiri Eisner
Women & Gender Studies
1,461 books — 546 voters
Destroying the Joint by Jane CaroThe Sex Myth by Rachel HillsNot Your Mother's Meatloaf by Saiya MillerFeminist Theory by bell hooksMarxism and Feminism by Shahrzad Mojab
Best Feminist Books
2,519 books — 3,524 voters

Black Widow by Carol BaxterThe Drownings' Argument by Robin RothfieldAustralia Under Surveillance by Frank MoorhouseWhat's Wrong with ANZAC? by Marilyn LakeCrime & Punishment by Russell Marks
Best of Australian Non-Fiction
331 books — 55 voters
A is for Activist by Innosanto Nagara
Transgender Friendly Young Children's Books
90 books — 98 voters

Rat Queens, Vol. 1 by Kurtis J. WiebeSaga, Volume 1 by Brian K. VaughanThe Sandman, Vol. 1 by Neil GaimanHellboy, Vol. 1 by Mike MignolaEast of West, Vol. 1 by Jonathan Hickman
Supernatural (Not Superhero) Comics
151 books — 107 voters
Ms. Marvel, Vol. 1 by G. Willow WilsonAdventure Time by Meredith GranNot Your Mother's Meatloaf by Saiya Miller
Comics & Graphic Novels by Women
1,494 books — 1,362 voters