2026 Reading Challenge

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Savanna (25 Lists)



The Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley
Best Magical Realism: Witchy Fiction
272 books — 463 voters
A Tale for the Time Being by Ruth OzekiThe Lake by Banana YoshimotoThe Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki MurakamiKafka on the Shore by Haruki MurakamiThe Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
Favorite Magical Realism Novels
1,304 books — 4,519 voters

Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa LahiriDubliners by James JoyceThe Fall of the House of Usher and Other Tales by Edgar Allan PoeUnaccustomed Earth by Jhumpa LahiriThe Death of Ivan Ilych and Other Stories by Leo Tolstoy
Collections of Short Stories
2,895 books — 2,040 voters
Canadian Women in Print, 1750–1918 by Carole GersonWomen, Resistance & Revolution by Sheila RowbothamJoan of Arc by Kathryn HarrisonCleopatra by Stacy SchiffWomen and the Limits of Citizenship in the French Revolution by Olwen H. Hufton
Women's History Written By Women
974 books — 191 voters

The Tombs of Atuan by Ursula K. Le GuinHowl’s Moving Castle by Diana Wynne JonesHis Dark Materials by Philip PullmanKushiel's Dart by Jacqueline CareyThe Golden Compass by Philip Pullman
Best "Strong Female" Fantasy Novels
4,461 books — 18,215 voters
The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodThe Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le GuinOrlando by Virginia WoolfThe Tombs of Atuan by Ursula K. Le GuinKushiel's Dart by Jacqueline Carey
Best Feminist Science Fiction/Fantasy
698 books — 625 voters

The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodAnne of Green Gables by L.M. MontgomeryMrs. Dalloway by Virginia WoolfI Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya AngelouThe House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros
Strong Female Characters Written by Female Authors
1,676 books — 1,399 voters
The Second Sex by Simone de BeauvoirA Room of One's Own / Three Guineas by Virginia WoolfI Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya AngelouMemoirs of a Dutiful Daughter by Simone de BeauvoirWhere We Stand by bell hooks
Best Feminist Books
2,519 books — 3,524 voters

The Tombs of Atuan by Ursula K. Le GuinHowl’s Moving Castle by Diana Wynne JonesThe Golden Compass by Philip PullmanMariel of Redwall by Brian JacquesThe Amber Spyglass by Philip Pullman
Best Kick-Ass Female Characters From YA and Children's Fantasy and Science Fiction
3,075 books — 8,681 voters
The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth GrahameAnne of Avonlea by L.M. MontgomeryNorwegian Wood by Haruki MurakamiThe Complete Stories by Franz KafkaThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,808 books — 49,783 voters

The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienThe Tombs of Atuan by Ursula K. Le GuinThe Other Wind by Ursula K. Le GuinA Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin
Fantasy & Science Fiction to read before you die.
1,131 books — 1,023 voters
The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienThe Eye of the World by Robert JordanThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienHowl’s Moving Castle by Diana Wynne JonesThe Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame
Books Worth Escaping Into
319 books — 154 voters

Elizabeth and Mary by Jane DunnSix Wives by David StarkeyElizabeth by David StarkeyBloody Mary by Carolly EricksonEleanor of Aquitaine by Alison Weir
Female Biographies
1,249 books — 410 voters
Kafka on the Shore by Haruki MurakamiA Complicated Kindness by Miriam ToewsPersepolis by Marjane SatrapiThe Complete Persepolis by Marjane SatrapiHouse of Many Ways by Diana Wynne Jones
Best Books of the Decade: 2000s
7,188 books — 28,375 voters

Crime and Punishment by Fyodor DostoevskyThe Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor DostoevskyThe Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki MurakamiSlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
Best Books Ever
76,235 books — 283,503 voters
The Complete Stories and Poems by Edgar Allan PoePomes All Sizes by Jack KerouacEugene Onegin by Alexander Pushkin
Best Poets
520 books — 390 voters

The Last of the Mohicans by James Fenimore CooperHarry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone by J.K. Rowling
The MOVIE was BETTER than the BOOK
1,134 books — 10,100 voters
The Book of the City of Ladies by Christine de PizanThe Wife of Bath by Geoffrey ChaucerElizabeth and Mary by Jane DunnElizabeth by David StarkeySix Wives by David Starkey
From Adam's Rib? -- Women in Medieval and Renaissance Europe
279 books — 134 voters

Six Wives by David StarkeyElizabeth and Mary by Jane DunnBloody Mary by Carolly EricksonMary Queen of Scotland and The Isles by Margaret George
Best Books About Tudor England
608 books — 1,627 voters
Twilight by Stephenie MeyerFifty Shades of Grey by E.L. James
Books Touted as Having 'Strong Female Leads' That Actually Make Feminists Roll in Their Graves
187 books — 337 voters

1Q84 by Haruki MurakamiThe Night Circus by Erin MorgensternIrma Voth by Miriam ToewsBossypants by Tina FeyBeatitude by Larry Closs
Best Cover Art 2011 (Non-YA)
292 books — 1,538 voters
1Q84 by Haruki MurakamiThe White Tiger by Aravind AdigaKafka on the Shore by Haruki MurakamiThe Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot DíazThe Complete Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi
Best Books of the 21st Century
9,833 books — 21,961 voters

Collected Writings by Thomas PaineHegemony or Survival by Noam ChomskyThe Communist Manifesto by Karl Marx1984 by George OrwellSecond Treatise of Government by John Locke
Best Books to Become an Informed Voter
935 books — 1,099 voters
Crime and Punishment by Fyodor DostoevskyA Christmas Carol by Charles DickensThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienAnimal Farm by George OrwellSlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
Best School Assigned Books
766 books — 2,062 voters

The Eye of the World by Robert JordanHis Dark Materials by Philip PullmanRedwall by Brian Jacques
The Best Epic Fantasy (fiction)
4,184 books — 25,729 voters