2026 Reading Challenge

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Jennifer (15 Lists)



The Giving Tree by Shel SilversteinCorduroy by Don FreemanMadeline by Ludwig BemelmansThe Velveteen Rabbit by Margery Williams BiancoHarold and the Purple Crayon by Crockett Johnson
Best Children's Books
5,307 books — 6,705 voters
The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett
Fiction Set in 12th Century
78 books — 37 voters

Girl with a Pearl Earring by Tracy ChevalierThe Lady and the Unicorn by Tracy Chevalier
Art & Artists in Fiction
930 books — 1,105 voters
The Alienist by Caleb Carr
Regency and Victorian Mysteries
671 books — 468 voters

The Pillars of the Earth by Ken FollettSiddhartha by Hermann HesseGirl with a Pearl Earring by Tracy ChevalierThe Clan of the Cave Bear by Jean M. Auel
Recommended Historical Fiction
3,649 books — 3,591 voters
Moby-Dick or, The Whale by Herman MelvilleGreat Expectations by Charles DickensThe Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey ChaucerJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëThe Odyssey by Homer
The Most Begun "Read but Unfinished" (Started) book ever
2,606 books — 13,136 voters

The Pillars of the Earth by Ken FollettThe Red Tent by Anita DiamantGirl with a Pearl Earring by Tracy ChevalierThe Clan of the Cave Bear by Jean M. Auel
Best Historical Fiction
7,406 books — 25,585 voters
The Revenant by Michael PunkeThe Potato Factory by Bryce CourtenayRansom by Julie GarwoodHope for the Flowers by Trina PaulusThe Stockholm Octavo by Karen Engelmann
2016: What Women Born In The 1970s Read in 2016
6,060 books — 685 voters

The Pillars of the Earth by Ken FollettWorld Without End by Ken FollettThe Last Kingdom by Bernard CornwellHamlet by William ShakespeareThe Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley
Best Middle Ages Books
1,221 books — 1,702 voters
The Tapestry by Nancy Bilyeau
Most Anticipated Historical Mysteries for 2015
65 books — 395 voters

World Without End by Ken FollettGirl with a Pearl Earring by Tracy ChevalierThe Nightingale by Kristin HannahThe Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann ShafferWolf Hall by Hilary Mantel
Best Historical Fiction of the 21st Century
1,427 books — 2,346 voters
The Pillars of the Earth by Ken FollettThe Red Tent by Anita DiamantGirl with a Pearl Earring by Tracy ChevalierWorld Without End by Ken FollettLonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry
Best Historical Fiction Books that Are Actually Historical Fiction
2,518 books — 2,757 voters

Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis CarrollThe Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark TwainLolita by Vladimir NabokovSiddhartha by Hermann HesseThe Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
31,546 books — 120,146 voters
The Day of Atonement by David LissThe Potato Factory by Bryce Courtenay
Books That Should Be Made Into Movies
32,220 books — 68,339 voters

Grendel by John Gardner
Modern Interpretations of Ancient Myths
315 books — 340 voters