2026 Reading Challenge

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Mari (4 Lists)



To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeSanctuary by William FaulknerThe Bottoms by Joe R. LansdaleAs I Lay Dying by William FaulknerWinter's Bone by Daniel Woodrell
Best Southern Gothic Literature
337 books — 501 voters
Harlan County Horrors by Mari Adkins
Best Unknown but must be Known books
9,083 books — 8,309 voters

All the King's Men by Robert Penn WarrenNight Comes to the Cumberlands by Harry M. CaudillThe Dollmaker by Harriette Simpson ArnowThe Trail of the Lonesome Pine by John Fox Jr.
Best Books by Kentucky Authors
81 books — 110 voters
Harlan County Horrors by Mari AdkinsGratia Placenti by Jason SizemoreDescended from Darkness by Jason Sizemore
Supernatural Kentucky
47 books — 33 voters