2026 Reading Challenge

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



The Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Grapes of Wrath by John SteinbeckThe Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne
The Great American Novel
670 books — 1,091 voters
Pride and Prejudice by Jane AustenLittle Women by Louisa May AlcottTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeAlice’s Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis Carroll
Best Female Lead Characters
4,846 books — 5,884 voters

The Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey Eugenides
Women and Mental Illness (fiction and nonfiction)
1,154 books — 2,271 voters
The Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey EugenidesThe Westing Game by Ellen RaskinThe Second Sex by Simone de BeauvoirMidnight’s Children by Salman Rushdie
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,807 books — 49,784 voters

Burning Your Boats by Angela CarterMy Ántonia by Willa Cather
Jezebel's Books All Women Should Read
772 books — 1,400 voters
Number the Stars by Lois LowryThe Giver by Lois LowryThe Westing Game by Ellen Raskin
Newbery Medal Winner Books
104 books — 373 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeLittle Women by Louisa May AlcottThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerAre You There God? It’s Me, Margaret by Judy BlumeThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank
Best Coming of Age Stories
1,300 books — 1,131 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Giver by Lois LowryAnimal Farm by George OrwellThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank
Best School Assigned Books
766 books — 2,062 voters

Kristy's Great Idea by Ann M. MartinAlexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day by Judith ViorstRikki-Tikki-Tavi by Rudyard KiplingRomeo and Juliet by William ShakespeareThe Face on the Milk Carton by Caroline B. Cooney
What Book Got You Hooked?
3,847 books — 10,513 voters
If You Give a Mouse a Cookie by Laura Joffe NumeroffSarah, Plain and Tall by Patricia MacLachlanThe Egypt Game by Zilpha Keatley SnyderThe Polar Express by Chris Van AllsburgThe Westing Game by Ellen Raskin
Favorite books from my childhood
4,421 books — 7,428 voters

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya AngelouLove You Forever by Robert MunschCharlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald DahlAlice in Wonderland by Jane CarruthThe Gift of the Magi by O. Henry
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
31,546 books — 120,126 voters
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
Bitch Magazine 100 YA books for feminist readers
120 books — 62 voters

The God of Small Things by Arundhati RoyMidnight’s Children by Salman Rushdie
Man Booker Prize Winners
53 books — 35 voters
Cutting for Stone by Abraham VergheseThe Color Purple by Alice WalkerThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Best for Book Clubs
14,622 books — 18,461 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldAnimal Farm by George OrwellNumber the Stars by Lois LowryExtremely Loud & Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer
I'm glad someone made me read this book
10,709 books — 10,317 voters