2026 Reading Challenge

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Jamie (12 Lists)



The Story of an Hour by Kate ChopinThe Color Purple by Alice WalkerThe Awakening by Kate ChopinTheir Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale HurstonMeridian by Alice Walker
Best Feminist Fiction
1,504 books — 2,674 voters
The Color Purple by Alice WalkerFun Home by Alison BechdelFingersmith by Sarah WatersBastard Out of Carolina by Dorothy AllisonWhipping Girl by Julia Serano
100 Best Lesbian Fiction & Memoir Books Of All Time
881 books — 1,152 voters

The Color Purple by Alice WalkerI Can't Think Straight by Shamim SarifFingersmith by Sarah WatersThe Temple of My Familiar by Alice WalkerThe World Unseen by Shamim Sarif
Best LGBTQIA literature
1,772 books — 2,168 voters
One Day by David NichollsThe Help by Kathryn Stockett
ONE DAY Best Summer Reads
1,666 books — 5,992 voters

The Alchemist by Paulo CoelhoThe Color Purple by Alice WalkerVoices of a People's History of the United States by Howard ZinnMan's Search for Meaning by Viktor E. FranklThe Cat in the Hat by Dr. Seuss
Best Books Ever
76,194 books — 283,320 voters
Bossypants by Tina FeyThe Help by Kathryn Stockett
What's the Book You Can't Wait to Read This Summer?
13,920 books — 14,678 voters

I Can't Think Straight by Shamim SarifFingersmith by Sarah WatersThe Color Purple by Alice WalkerTipping the Velvet by Sarah WatersOranges Are Not the Only Fruit by Jeanette Winterson
Best Lesbian Fiction
2,026 books — 2,650 voters
The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankA People’s History of the United States by Howard ZinnThe Color Purple by Alice WalkerThe Temple of My Familiar by Alice WalkerMan's Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl
Books That Changed My World
3,277 books — 3,185 voters

Charlotte’s Web by E.B. WhiteThe Boxcar Children by Gertrude Chandler WarnerWhere the Wild Things Are by Maurice SendakTales of a Fourth Grade Nothing by Judy BlumeSideways Stories from Wayside School by Louis Sachar
What Book Got You Hooked?
3,848 books — 10,515 voters
The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
Recommended Reads
3,703 books — 1,538 voters

Madness by Marya HornbacherUnbearable Lightness by Portia de Rossi
Best Eating Disorder Books
450 books — 998 voters
The Color Purple by Alice WalkerI Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya AngelouMan's Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
31,546 books — 120,133 voters