2026 Reading Challenge

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Allison Ross (16 Lists)



A Scandal in Mayfair by Katharine Schellman
Best books of August, 2024
112 books — 19 voters
Mrs. Mike by Benedict FreedmanPortrait of an Unknown Woman by Vanora BennettI, Mona Lisa by Jeanne KalogridisAlice I Have Been by Melanie BenjaminBlood & Beauty by Sarah Dunant
The Unknown, Hidden Gems of Historical Fiction
2,276 books — 1,255 voters

The Book Thief by Markus ZusakThe Last Bookshop in London by Madeline MartinThe Air Raid Book Club by Annie LyonsThe Blackout Book Club by Amy Lynn GreenThe Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer
Wartime readers, librarians & booksellers
39 books — 7 voters
Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries by Heather FawcettWhat the River Knows by Isabel IbañezThe Last Lifeboat by Hazel GaynorThe Second Chance Hotel by Sierra GodfreyHallowe'en Party by Agatha Christie
Most Anticipated Book Releases 2023
297 books — 269 voters

The Women by Kristin HannahLula Dean’s Little Library of Banned Books by Kirsten MillerThe Hazelbourne Ladies Motorcycle and Flying Club by Helen Simonson
Best Books of 2024
847 books — 926 voters
Emily Wilde’s Map of the Otherlands by Heather FawcettRecipe for a Charmed Life by Rachel LindenThe Last Phone Booth in Manhattan by Beth MerlinMrs. Quinn's Rise to Fame by Olivia FordUnsinkable by Jenni L. Walsh
Best books of January, 2024
107 books — 20 voters

Hotel of Secrets by Diana BillerThe Mostly True Story of Tanner and Louise by Colleen OakleyEnter the Body by Joy McCullough
Best books of March, 2023
160 books — 36 voters
Girl with a Pearl Earring by Tracy ChevalierThe Art Forger by Barbara A. ShapiroThe Birth of Venus by Sarah DunantThe Painted Girls by Cathy Marie BuchananLisette's List by Susan Vreeland
Popsugar 2021 #38 - A Book About Art or an Artist
327 books — 261 voters

The House Is on Fire by Rachel BeanlandHappy Place by Emily HenryMiss Newbury's List by Megan WalkerThe Golden Spoon by Jessa MaxwellVera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers by Jesse Q. Sutanto
Best Books of 2023
1,223 books — 1,837 voters
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakThe Thirteenth Tale by Diane SetterfieldThe Storied Life of A.J. Fikry by Gabrielle ZevinPossession by A.S. Byatt
Books about Books and Libraries
824 books — 387 voters

Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore by Robin SloanThe Storied Life of A.J. Fikry by Gabrielle ZevinThe Thirteenth Tale by Diane SetterfieldThe Bookish Life of Nina Hill by Abbi WaxmanThe Last Bookshop in London by Madeline Martin
Books About Bookstores
641 books — 807 voters
The Twist of a Knife by Anthony Horowitz
Best books of August, 2022
140 books — 73 voters

Book Lovers by Emily HenryThe Maid by Nita ProseThe Diamond Eye by Kate QuinnThe Last House on the Street by Diane ChamberlainOne Italian Summer by Rebecca Serle
Best Books of 2022
1,547 books — 1,852 voters
The Maid by Nita ProseVioleta by Isabel Allende
Best books of January, 2022
148 books — 88 voters

The Lost Apothecary by Sarah PennerThe Four Winds by Kristin HannahThe Kitchen Front by Jennifer Ryan
Best Books of 2021
1,434 books — 1,624 voters
The Book Thief by Markus ZusakThe Help by Kathryn StockettA Tale of Two Cities by Charles DickensMemoirs of a Geisha by Arthur GoldenThe Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa Gregory
Recommended Historical Fiction
3,649 books — 3,591 voters