2026 Reading Challenge

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Elyse Booklover (15 Lists)



Murder with Peacocks by Donna AndrewsCatering to Nobody by Diane Mott DavidsonCrocodile on the Sandbank by Elizabeth PetersNotes from a Small Island by Bill BrysonSomebody Killed His Editor by Josh Lanyon
Books That Should Be Made Into Movies
32,220 books — 68,323 voters
Crocodile on the Sandbank by Elizabeth PetersThe No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency by Alexander McCall SmithChocolate Chip Cookie Murder by Joanne FlukeThe Cat Who Could Read Backwards by Lilian Jackson BraunCatering to Nobody by Diane Mott Davidson
Cozy Mystery Series - First Book of a Series
1,154 books — 2,468 voters

The Wronged Sons by John MarrsTell Me You Want Me by Amelia JamesA Demon Made Me Do It by Penelope KingFarsighted by Emlyn ChandNearest Thing to Crazy by Elizabeth Forbes
Best of Little-Known Authors
6,736 books — 4,828 voters
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann ShafferChocolat by Joanne HarrisUnder the Tuscan Sun by Frances MayesMemoirs of a Geisha by Arthur GoldenA Year in Provence by Peter Mayle
Best Traveling Vicariously
2,122 books — 1,849 voters

Cut & Run by Madeleine UrbanThe Dark Tide by Josh LanyonZero at the Bone by Jane SevilleDeath of a Pirate King by Josh LanyonFatal Shadows / A Dangerous Thing by Josh Lanyon
Best Gay Mystery
978 books — 790 voters
Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes SaavedraThe Thurber Carnival by James ThurberI Was Told There'd Be Cake by Sloane CrosleyThe Princess Bride by William GoldmanBridget Jones’s Diary by Helen Fielding
Books that Make you Laugh
3,505 books — 5,033 voters

Big Fish by Daniel WallaceThe Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk KiddFried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe by Fannie FlaggDivine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood by Rebecca WellsGods in Alabama by Joshilyn Jackson
Quirky Southern Fiction
968 books — 1,906 voters
Bite & Release by Cory CyrThe Vanishing Girl by Laura ThalassaOut of the Dark by Danielle JamesOnly Trick by Jewel E. AnnDirty Bad Savage by Jade West
Great Books Not Many Readers Know About
1,716 books — 1,038 voters

Maurice by E.M. ForsterBrokeback Mountain by Annie ProulxThe Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar WildeTales of the City by Armistead MaupinThe Hours by Michael Cunningham
Best Gay Fiction
2,663 books — 3,866 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienAlice’s Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis CarrollThe Complete Works by William Shakespeare
Works of Pure Genius
727 books — 576 voters

Shattered Glass by Dani AlexanderNaked by David SedarisI'll Be Your Drill, Soldier by Crystal Rose
Best LGBT Humor
464 books — 487 voters
Cut & Run by Madeleine UrbanZero at the Bone by Jane SevilleHot Head by Damon SuedeFaith & Fidelity by Tere MichaelsPromises by Marie Sexton
Favorite Gay Couples
3,715 books — 4,159 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeFried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe by Fannie FlaggThe Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk KiddThe Complete Stories by Flannery O'ConnorThe Prince of Tides by Pat Conroy
Great Books of Southern Fiction
379 books — 440 voters
The Clearing by Thomas RydderEveryone Burns by John DolanStarshine by G.S. JennsenHeavy Duty People by Iain ParkeThe Liquidator by Iain Parke
Great Indie Novels
2,168 books — 2,214 voters

Tales of the City by Armistead MaupinMaybe With a Chance of Certainty by John GoodeTigers and Devils by Sean KennedyMaurice by E.M. Forster
Gay Fiction by Men
548 books — 253 voters