2026 Reading Challenge

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Carole Ross (14 Lists)



The Reading List by Sara Nisha Adams
Our Favorite Reads At The (Women Only) Friday Night Book Club
189 books — 19 voters
The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz ZafónMemoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden
Best Historical Fiction
7,408 books — 25,588 voters

Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth GilbertA Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson
Favorite Travel Books
2,021 books — 3,941 voters
Me Before You by Jojo Moyes
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
31,567 books — 120,219 voters

The Notebook by Nicholas SparksMemoirs of a Geisha by Arthur GoldenRebecca by Daphne du Maurier
Best Love Stories
5,173 books — 9,634 voters
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis StevensonRebecca by Daphne du MaurierThe Woman in Black by Susan Hill
Best Gothic Books of All Time
585 books — 3,503 voters

La Gloire de mon père by Marcel PagnolLe Petit Nicolas by René GoscinnyLes Misérables by Victor HugoFanfan by Alexandre JardinL'île des gauchers by Alexandre Jardin
Best French Literature
872 books — 1,572 voters
The Da Vinci Code by Dan BrownAngels & Demons by Dan BrownBefore I Go to Sleep by S.J. WatsonDeception Point by Dan Brown
Thrillers You Must Read!
4,721 books — 6,630 voters

The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
Best 1940s Historical Fiction
380 books — 420 voters
Labyrinth by Kate Mosse
Cathars, Catharism & the Albigensian Crusade
81 books — 31 voters

The Expected One by Kathleen McGowan
Meeting Mary Magdalene
63 books — 24 voters
Citadel by Kate Mosse
2014: What the Over 35's Are Reading
2,476 books — 520 voters

The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz ZafónEat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth GilbertPerfume by Patrick SüskindCharlotte by David FoenkinosDelicacy by David Foenkinos
Best Books Ever
76,258 books — 283,638 voters
The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón
Books with Angels, Gods, or Demons
2,315 books — 3,419 voters