2026 Reading Challenge

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Mercy (29 Lists)



The Wrong Boy by Willy RussellThe Sea of Tranquility by Katja Millay
Underdog Literature: 2012
237 books — 76 voters
Purple Hibiscus by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieHalf of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Fictitious Africa
547 books — 265 voters

The Book Thief by Markus ZusakThe Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
Beautiful Books[Upper C-YA-A]
29 books — 25 voters
The Giver by Lois LowryThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakExtremely Loud & Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran FoerIf I Stay by Gayle FormanSaving Francesca by Melina Marchetta
Beautifully Written Books
218 books — 167 voters

Lolita by Vladimir NabokovStolen by Lucy ChristopherThe Pact by Jodi PicoultLooking for Alaska by John Green
Crazy Love
480 books — 352 voters
Saving Francesca by Melina Marchetta
Favorite Melina Marchetta Novels
9 books — 172 voters

Holes by Louis SacharThe Outsiders by S.E. Hinton
My Favorite Books
2,178 books — 580 voters
Hush, Hush by Becca FitzpatrickStolen by Lucy ChristopherTorment by Lauren KateLock & Key by Sarah DessenHow the Light Gets In by M.J. Hyland
Judge Books By Their Covers
991 books — 702 voters

The Wolf Who Cried Boy by Bob HartmanThe Men Who Stare at Goats by Jon RonsonThe Girl Who Played with Fire by Stieg LarssonThe Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest by Stieg LarssonThe Girl Who Married a Lion and Other Tales from Africa by Alexander McCall Smith
"The {_______} Who " Titles
967 books — 129 voters
The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova
Abandoned Books
1,473 books — 1,465 voters

The Rules of Attraction by Bret Easton EllisDarkly Dreaming Dexter by Jeff LindsayAtonement by Ian McEwan
The MOVIE was BETTER than the BOOK
1,134 books — 10,099 voters
Bless Me, Ultima by Rudolfo Anaya
Favorite Magical Realism Novels
1,304 books — 4,519 voters

Equal Rites by Terry PratchettAngus, Thongs and Full-Frontal Snogging by Louise Rennison
Books that Make you Laugh
3,505 books — 5,033 voters
The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan KunderaA Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled HosseiniExtremely Loud & Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran FoerI Have The Right To Destroy Myself by Young-ha KimEverything That Rises Must Converge by Flannery O'Connor
Most Poetic Book Titles
2,064 books — 892 voters

The Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakThe Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark HaddonThe Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey NiffeneggerThe Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield
Books That Exceeded Your Expectations
14,772 books — 16,473 voters
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. RowlingHarry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. RowlingHarry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. RowlingHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingHarry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling
Books I Became So Obsessed With I Stopped Everything Else in My Life to Finish.
12,196 books — 9,927 voters

The Road by Cormac McCarthyThe Little Match Girl by Hans Christian AndersenA Child Called "It" by Dave PelzerA Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled HosseiniThe Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
Most Depressing Book of All Time
1,241 books — 3,909 voters
Bridget Jones’s Diary by Helen FieldingThe Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
Best chicklit
778 books — 1,060 voters

Angus, Thongs and Full-Frontal Snogging by Louise Rennison
Best Humorous Books
4,327 books — 7,891 voters
The Book Thief by Markus ZusakThe Giver by Lois LowryThe Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark HaddonSabriel by Garth NixAbhorsen by Garth Nix
YA Books Far Better than Twilight
3,221 books — 4,881 voters

The Historian by Elizabeth KostovaThe Holy Bible by AnonymousWicked by Gregory MaguireLes Misérables by Victor HugoParadise Lost by John Milton
The Most Begun "Read but Unfinished" (Started) book ever
2,606 books — 13,136 voters
Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Africa (fiction and nonfiction)
1,758 books — 1,637 voters

The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey NiffeneggerThe Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniThe Book Thief by Markus Zusak
Couldn't Put The Book Down
16,832 books — 16,627 voters
A Child Called "It" by Dave Pelzer
YA Violence & Abuse Novels
699 books — 870 voters

Sabriel by Garth Nix
Best Kick-Ass Female Characters From YA and Children's Fantasy and Science Fiction
3,074 books — 8,677 voters
The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey NiffeneggerThe Outsiders by S.E. HintonThe Book Thief by Markus Zusak
Books I Will Never Ever Forget (YA Fiction and Everything)
7,574 books — 2,235 voters

The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey NiffeneggerJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëAtonement by Ian McEwanRomeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare
Best Love Stories
5,172 books — 9,632 voters
The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
The Best Time-Travel Romance Novels
991 books — 4,124 voters

The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey NiffeneggerLirael by Garth Nix
Books that left you happy--and depressed because hardly another book lived up to it
691 books — 448 voters