2026 Reading Challenge

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Nancy Borowy (7 Lists)



The View from Saturday by E.L. KonigsburgScuffy the Tugboat by Gertrude CramptonOwen by Kevin HenkesMy Side of the Mountain by Jean Craighead GeorgeJulius, the Baby of the World by Kevin Henkes
Best Children's Books
5,307 books — 6,705 voters
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty SmithThe Giving Tree by Shel SilversteinA Prayer for Owen Meany by John IrvingIn Cold Blood by Truman CapoteWhere the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,807 books — 49,785 voters

In the Garden of Beasts by Erik Larson
Best Biographies
1,661 books — 2,943 voters
The Good Earth by Pearl S. BuckThe Joy of Cooking by Irma S. RombauerA Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty SmithThe Color Purple by Alice Walker
Best Woman-Authored Books
8,223 books — 5,219 voters

The Giving Tree by Shel SilversteinCharlotte’s Web by E.B. WhiteWhere the Wild Things Are by Maurice SendakA Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
Best Books Ever
76,194 books — 283,335 voters
The Lost by Daniel MendelsohnNumber the Stars by Lois Lowry
Well-Written Holocaust Books
891 books — 2,886 voters

Great Expectations by Charles DickensEast of Eden by John SteinbeckAnna Karenina by Leo TolstoyA Prayer for Owen Meany by John IrvingThe Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck
I'm glad someone made me read this book
10,709 books — 10,319 voters