2026 Reading Challenge

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Renee (944 Lists)



Too Big to Miss by Sue Ann JaffarianThe Serpents Trail by Sue HenryThe No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency by Alexander McCall SmithBlanche on the Lam by Barbara NeelyEarthly Delights by Kerry Greenwood
Plus Size mystery protagonists
61 books — 15 voters
Hot and Sour Suspects by Vivien ChienDonut Disturb by Ellie AlexanderMurder on Madison Square by Victoria ThompsonA Dark and Snowy Night by Sally GoldenbaumA Fatal Glow by Valerie Wilson Wesley
Cozy Mysteries 2022 New Releases
151 books — 77 voters

How Beautiful We Were by Imbolo MbueThe Children's Blizzard by Melanie BenjaminPoint Roberts by Alexander RigbyUnsettled Ground by Claire FullerHarlem Shuffle by Colson Whitehead
Anticipated 2021 Literary Fiction
446 books — 587 voters
Katharine Parr by Alison WeirLibertie by Kaitlyn GreenidgeThe Secret Keeper of Jaipur by Alka JoshiThe Hollywood Spy by Susan Elia MacNeal
Historical Fiction 2021
451 books — 746 voters

The Shadow of the Sun by Ryszard KapuścińskiThe Emperor by Ryszard KapuścińskiThe Guns of August by Barbara W. TuchmanA Sunday at the Pool in Kigali by Gil Courtemanche
Conflict-Zone Journalism
284 books — 141 voters
A Fatal Fleece by Sally GoldenbaumA Tale of Two Biddies by Kylie LoganBoard Stiff by Elaine Viets
Cozies for the Seasons: Summer
24 books — 6 voters

Ready Player One by Ernest ClineThe Lottery by Shirley JacksonThe Family Upstairs by Lisa Jewell
Book Covers with Titles in Aesthetically Pleasing Fonts
242 books — 23 voters
The Vanishing Half by Brit BennettAfterlife by Julia Alvarez
Best Books of the Decade: 2020's
2,922 books — 5,456 voters

The Vanishing Half by Brit BennettThe House in the Cerulean Sea by T.J. Klune
Best Books of 2020
1,564 books — 1,935 voters
Dear Miss Kopp by Amy StewartA Sinister Service by Alyssa MaxwellThe Consequences of Fear by Jacqueline Winspear
Historical Mystery 2021
86 books — 57 voters

The Queen's Fool by Philippa GregorySisters of Treason by Elizabeth FremantleMurder at Hatfield House by Amanda Carmack
Fiction: Queen Elizabeth I of England
84 books — 36 voters
The King's Justice by Susan Elia MacNealDreamland by Nancy Bilyeau
Historical Mystery 2020
122 books — 123 voters

Kindred by Octavia E. ButlerParable of the Sower by Octavia E. ButlerBeloved by Toni MorrisonLife of Pi by Yann MartelRoll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred D. Taylor
Books with a Non-Caucasian person as the/one of the lead characters.
1,518 books — 636 voters
Fatal Fried Rice by Vivien ChienInk and Shadows by Ellery AdamsDeath by Intermission by Alexis MorganUnder the Cover of Murder by Lauren ElliottMurder in the Cookbook Nook by Ellery Adams
Cozy Mysteries 2021 New Releases
245 books — 126 voters

The Haunting of Maddy Clare by Simone St. JamesThe Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield
Historical Ghost Fiction
232 books — 349 voters
Miss Buncle's Book by D.E. Stevenson
Good Books for Old Broads (Like Me)
119 books — 31 voters

The Vanishing Half by Brit BennettHitting a Straight Lick with a Crooked Stick by Zora Neale HurstonCatherine House by Elisabeth ThomasAnd Now She's Gone by Rachel Howzell HallTrouble the Saints by Alaya Dawn Johnson
Forthcoming Books for 2020 by African-Americans
70 books — 321 voters
Pies and Prejudice by Ellery AdamsThe Long Quiche Goodbye by Avery AamesPeach Pies and Alibis by Ellery AdamsPecan Pies and Homicides by Ellery AdamsLemon Pies and Little White Lies by Ellery Adams
Culinary Mysteries Part 1
101 books — 5 voters

Dreamland by Nancy BilyeauLady Clementine by Marie BenedictRed Letter Days by Sarah-Jane StratfordThe King's Justice by Susan Elia MacNeal
Historical Fiction 2020
370 books — 523 voters
Inspired by Rachel Held EvansTraveling Mercies by Anne Lamott
Progressive Christianity Books
90 books — 30 voters

My Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan BraithwaiteThe Nickel Boys by Colson WhiteheadThe Dutch House by Ann Patchett
2020: What Women Born In The 1970s Read In 2020
6,393 books — 848 voters
The Vanishing Half by Brit BennettA Long Petal of the Sea by Isabel AllendeMexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-GarciaThe Night Watchman by Louise ErdrichDeacon King Kong by James McBride
Anticipated 2020 Literary Fiction
588 books — 1,241 voters

The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonAnd Then There Were None by Agatha ChristieI Am Pilgrim by Terry HayesThe Cuckoo's Calling by Robert GalbraithDark Places by Gillian Flynn
Top Fast-Paced Mystery
910 books — 832 voters
The Book of Candlelight by Ellery AdamsCareless Whiskers by Miranda JamesFatal Roots by Sheila ConnollyEgg Drop Dead by Vivien ChienThe King's Justice by Susan Elia MacNeal
Cozy Mysteries 2020 New Releases
214 books — 242 voters

The Thirteenth Tale by Diane SetterfieldMatilda by Roald DahlThe Bookish Life of Nina Hill by Abbi WaxmanThe Storied Life of A.J. Fikry by Gabrielle ZevinThe Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver
Popsugar 2020 - A book with a book on the cover
442 books — 277 voters
Devil in a Blue Dress by Walter MosleyA Is for Alibi by Sue GraftonThe Moonstone by Wilkie CollinsThe Nine Tailors by Dorothy L. SayersCrocodile on the Sandbank by Elizabeth Peters
Bloomsbury 100 Must Read Crime Novels
102 books — 127 voters

Jane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Joy Luck Club by Amy TanRebecca by Daphne du MaurierThe Red Tent by Anita Diamant
Best Novels in Female Perspective
640 books — 419 voters
The Island of Sea Women by Lisa SeeDominicana by Angie CruzThe Night Watchman by Louise Erdrich
Tucson Festival of Books 2020
103 books — 9 voters

Egg Drop Dead by Vivien ChienA Silent Stabbing by Alyssa MaxwellDeath with a Dark Red Rose by Julia BuckleyDeath by Auction by Alexis Morgan
Cozy Mysteries 2020
78 books — 48 voters
The Good Earth by Pearl S. BuckEmpress Orchid by Anchee MinThe Last Empress by Anchee MinThe Joy Luck Club by Amy TanPavilion of Women by Pearl S. Buck
Great Chinese Historical Fiction
214 books — 272 voters


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