2026 Reading Challenge

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



The Help by Kathryn StockettExtremely Loud & Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran FoerThe Devil in the White City by Erik LarsonStation Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel
Books That Exceeded Your Expectations
14,772 books — 16,473 voters
I Let You Go by Clare MackintoshGone Girl by Gillian Flynn
Best Head Spinners
20 books — 6 voters

Gone Girl by Gillian FlynnThe Help by Kathryn StockettI Let You Go by Clare MackintoshAmerican Gods by Neil Gaiman
Best Gripping Books
639 books — 369 voters
Epitaph by Mary Doria Russell
Books That Should Be Made Into Movies
32,220 books — 68,341 voters

The Devil Wears Prada by Lauren WeisbergerThe Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank BaumThe Shining by Stephen King
The MOVIE was BETTER than the BOOK
1,134 books — 10,099 voters
Nothing to Envy by Barbara Demick
Best Non-Fiction (no biographies)
6,226 books — 8,060 voters

Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran FoerThe Book of Negroes by Lawrence HillFreedom by Jonathan Franzen
Best Books of the 21st Century
9,832 books — 21,956 voters
The Book of Negroes by Lawrence Hill
Books White People Need to Read
1,310 books — 1,561 voters

The Book of Negroes by Lawrence HillThe Help by Kathryn StockettThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerWe Are All Completely Beside Ourselves by Karen Joy Fowler
Best Page-Turners with Redeeming Social Value
8,063 books — 5,741 voters
Gone Girl by Gillian FlynnThe Shining by Stephen King
The Most Disturbing Books Ever Written
3,196 books — 11,300 voters

The Help by Kathryn Stockett
Quirky Southern Fiction
968 books — 1,906 voters
The Help by Kathryn Stockett
Best Southern Books
826 books — 739 voters

Dead Wake by Erik LarsonThe Devil in the White City by Erik LarsonNickel and Dimed by Barbara EhrenreichAssassination Vacation by Sarah Vowell
Interesting and Readable Nonfiction
4,046 books — 2,043 voters
The Giver by Lois LowryNumber the Stars by Lois LowryWalk Two Moons by Sharon Creech
The Most Deserving Newbery
116 books — 3,000 voters

The Street of Crocodiles by Bruno SchulzThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerThe Giver by Lois LowryThe Giving Tree by Shel SilversteinFahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,807 books — 49,783 voters