2026 Reading Challenge

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Karen (36 Lists)



The Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniThe Help by Kathryn StockettTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakA Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
Best Page-Turners with Redeeming Social Value
8,061 books — 5,738 voters
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. RowlingThe Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsThe Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakHarry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling
Best Books of the 21st Century
9,833 books — 21,969 voters

And Then There Were None by Agatha ChristieThe Complete Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan DoyleA Time to Kill by John GrishamThe Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown
100 Mysteries and Thrillers to Read in a Lifetime: Readers' Picks
2,207 books — 4,468 voters
Child 44 by Tom Rob SmithThe Interpretation of Murder by Jed Rubenfeld
Book cover character walking/running away
220 books — 27 voters

Gone Girl by Gillian FlynnBefore I Go to Sleep by S.J. Watson
TO DIE FOR 2012 - 2013 STAND-ALONES
606 books — 3,026 voters
Fall of Giants by Ken FollettA Moorland Hanging by Michael JecksMen of Men by Wilbur SmithThe Diamond Hunters by Wilbur Smith
Mining
150 books — 68 voters

The Rock Star by Rick SoperThe Pyramid Legacy by Clive Eaton
Best New Author Books
1,427 books — 1,701 voters
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank BaumGoodbye to Berlin by Christopher IsherwoodDeath in Venice by Thomas Mann
February House
31 books — 26 voters

The Historian by Elizabeth KostovaFrankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft ShelleyThe Eight by Katherine NevilleLabyrinth by Kate Mosse
Best Thrillers Written By Women
60 books — 68 voters
Ghost Story by Jim Butcher
Can't Wait Books For 2011
1,240 books — 6,628 voters

Definitely Dead by Charlaine HarrisThe Return of the King by J.R.R. TolkienWhite Night by Jim ButcherIce Station by Matthew ReillyHard Eight by Janet Evanovich
Character You Most Want to Sleep With
4,180 books — 5,435 voters
Gone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellThe Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniThe Thirteenth Tale by Diane SetterfieldThe Historian by Elizabeth KostovaThe Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson
Great Debut Novels
1,575 books — 1,473 voters

The Son of Neptune by Rick Riordan
Must-reads in 2011 and 2012
482 books — 573 voters
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonThe Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon
The Chinese Zodiac
1,008 books — 95 voters

The Darling Buds of May by H.E. BatesAbsent in the Spring by Mary Westmacott
Best books for Spring reading
186 books — 104 voters
The Devil in the White City by Erik LarsonA Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson
Best Non-Fiction (no biographies)
6,228 books — 8,060 voters

The Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsThe Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann ShafferCatching Fire by Suzanne CollinsThe Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel BarberyOutlander by Diana Gabaldon
Books I wouldn't have discovered without Goodreads
2,678 books — 1,034 voters
Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell
David Mitchell
11 books — 107 voters

Collected Poems of Robert Burns by Robert BurnsThe Poems of Norman MacCaig by Norman MacCaig
National Poetry Day 2010
12 books — 11 voters
Books That Should Be Made Into Movies
32,219 books — 68,396 voters

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. RowlingHarry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. RowlingThe Da Vinci Code by Dan BrownHarry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. RowlingHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling
The Book Was Better Than the Movie
1,561 books — 18,686 voters
Dead Reckoning by Charlaine HarrisGhost Story by Jim Butcher
The "Can't Wait" Books of 2011
612 books — 1,711 voters

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. LewisLittle Women by Louisa May AlcottCharlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald DahlJames and the Giant Peach by Roald DahlAre You There God? It’s Me, Margaret by Judy Blume
Favorite books from my childhood
4,421 books — 7,428 voters
A Walk in the Woods by Bill BrysonIn a Sunburned Country by Bill BrysonNotes from a Small Island by Bill BrysonI'm a Stranger Here Myself by Bill BrysonThe Lost Continent by Bill Bryson
Favorite Travel Books
2,021 books — 3,941 voters

The Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsCatching Fire by Suzanne CollinsFallen by Lauren KateThe Lightning Thief by Rick RiordanThe Sea of Monsters by Rick Riordan
What We've Read So Far In 2010
4,981 books — 1,784 voters
Bet Me by Jennifer CrusieWelcome to Temptation by Jennifer CrusieAnyone But You by Jennifer CrusieManhunting by Jennifer CrusieFaking It by Jennifer Crusie
Best Ever Contemporary Romance Books
4,762 books — 8,162 voters

The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonThe Godfather by Mario PuzoIn Cold Blood by Truman Capote
Best Crime & Mystery Books
7,314 books — 15,565 voters
A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled HosseiniWater for Elephants by Sara GruenThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakThe Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
Best Books of the Decade: 2000s
7,188 books — 28,375 voters

The Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsCatching Fire by Suzanne CollinsThe Book Thief by Markus Zusak
The Best Young Adult Books I Could Absolutely Never Ever Live Without in a Million Years!!
492 books — 314 voters
The Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsCatching Fire by Suzanne CollinsThe Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonA Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled HosseiniThe Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
Books I Became So Obsessed With I Stopped Everything Else in My Life to Finish.
12,198 books — 9,945 voters


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