2026 Reading Challenge

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Guru (22 Lists)



The Name of the Wind by Patrick RothfussThe Wise Man's Fear by Patrick RothfussThe Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott LynchThe Amulet of Samarkand by Jonathan StroudRed Seas Under Red Skies by Scott Lynch
Best Fantasy Books of the 21st Century
3,060 books — 9,901 voters
The Bartimaeus Trilogy Boxed Set by Jonathan StroudWicked by Gregory MaguireSandry's Book by Tamora PierceWild Magic by Tamora Pierce
Best Books With Witches
1,779 books — 2,404 voters

Trickster's Choice by Tamora PierceTrickster's Queen by Tamora PierceTerrier by Tamora PierceThe Will of the Empress by Tamora Pierce
Favorite Tamora Pierce book
36 books — 112 voters
Wicked by Gregory MaguireElla Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine
The Best Fairytales and Retellings
2,797 books — 9,157 voters

Mythology by Edith Hamilton
Best Books About Mythology
1,395 books — 2,218 voters
Terrier by Tamora PierceSabriel by Garth Nix
Books That Should Be Made Into Movies
32,219 books — 68,393 voters

Jane Austen by Claire Tomalin
More Jane for the Austen Purist
149 books — 138 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Crucible by Arthur MillerThe Complete Maus by Art SpiegelmanPride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
Best Books Ever
76,282 books — 283,690 voters

The Bad Beginning by Lemony SnicketThe Freedom Writers Diary by Erin GruwellThe Prime of Miss Jean Brodie by Muriel SparkMansfield Park by Jane Austen
The MOVIE was BETTER than the BOOK
1,134 books — 10,099 voters
Trickster's Queen by Tamora PierceTrickster's Choice by Tamora PierceFirst Test by Tamora PierceThe Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk KiddThe Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
Strongest Female Characters
86 books — 15 voters

Eden Forest by Aoife Marie SheridanI Am Morgan le Fay by Nancy SpringerDivergent by Veronica RothTwilight by Stephenie MeyerThe Fifth Ring by Mitchell Graham
Judge A Book By Its Cover!
15,224 books — 17,103 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Giver by Lois LowryOne Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken KeseyThe Crucible by Arthur MillerHamlet by William Shakespeare
Best School Assigned Books
766 books — 2,062 voters

Pride and Prejudice by Jane AustenThe Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar WildeDavid Copperfield by Charles DickensThe Code of the Woosters by P.G. WodehouseThe World of Jeeves by P.G. Wodehouse
Best British and Irish Literature
1,169 books — 1,111 voters
Pride and Prejudice by Jane AustenAlanna by Tamora PierceThe Amulet of Samarkand by Jonathan StroudTrickster's Choice by Tamora Pierce
Read Them Twice...At Least
13,711 books — 11,329 voters

The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsThe Golden Compass by Philip PullmanThe Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsHarry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling
The Book Was Better Than the Movie
1,561 books — 18,686 voters
The Amulet of Samarkand by Jonathan StroudTrickster's Choice by Tamora PierceUglies by Scott WesterfeldThe Fifth Ring by Mitchell GrahamAlanna by Tamora Pierce
Best Young Adult Books
13,093 books — 80,183 voters

Les Misérables by Victor HugoLittle Women by Louisa May AlcottThe Silmarillion by J.R.R. TolkienHeart of Darkness by Joseph ConradA Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
The Most Begun "Read but Unfinished" (Started) book ever
2,609 books — 13,139 voters
Night by Elie WieselMaus II by Art SpiegelmanMaus I by Art Spiegelman
Well-Written Holocaust Books
891 books — 2,886 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeHamlet by William ShakespeareThe Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsPride and Prejudice by Jane AustenPersuasion by Jane Austen
Favorite Books with 100,000 + Ratings
143 books — 146 voters
The Giving Tree by Shel SilversteinThe Sneetches and Other Stories by Dr. SeussThe Lorax by Dr. Seuss
Books that were read to me as a child and I still love to this day
25 books — 11 voters

The Giver by Lois LowryTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeePride and Prejudice by Jane AustenMy Sister's Keeper by Jodi PicoultThe Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Books that Blew Me Away and that I Still Think About
14,471 books — 14,693 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyNight by Elie WieselThe Giver by Lois LowryThe Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
31,575 books — 120,230 voters