2026 Reading Challenge

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Deirdre (22 Lists)



The Rose and the Beast by Francesca Lia BlockWildwood Dancing by Juliet MarillierCinder by Marissa MeyerBriar Rose by Jane YolenKissing the Witch by Emma Donoghue
Favorite YA Fairytale Books
52 books — 20 voters
The Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsUglies by Scott WesterfeldBlood Red Road by Moira YoungCinder by Marissa MeyerBiting the Sun by Tanith Lee
Favorite Post-apocalyptic and Dystopia
99 books — 103 voters

The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake by Aimee BenderHard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World by Haruki MurakamiWhen You Are Engulfed in Flames by David SedarisThe Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen ChboskyZombies Vs. Unicorns by Holly Black
Best Book Titles
11,486 books — 7,890 voters
Jane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëThe Bell Jar by Sylvia PlathTheir Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale HurstonMrs. Dalloway by Virginia WoolfWuthering Heights by Emily Brontë
Jezebel's Books All Women Should Read
772 books — 1,399 voters

American Gods by Neil GaimanGood Omens by Terry PratchettWildwood Dancing by Juliet MarillierTerritory by Emma BullBriar Rose by Jane Yolen
Myth and Folktale Retellings
628 books — 580 voters
Rotten by John LydonPunk by Stephen ColegraveLobotomy by Dee Dee Ramone
Three Chords, A Black Leather Jacket, and a Pawn Shop Guitar - Your Punk Rock Identikit
199 books — 98 voters

Ender’s Game by Orson Scott CardAlien Secrets by Annette Curtis KlauseEnder in Exile by Orson Scott CardLibyrinth by Pearl North
Teenagers . . . IN SPACE!
472 books — 732 voters
White as Snow by Tanith LeeKissing the Witch by Emma DonoghueThe Rose and the Beast by Francesca Lia BlockDealing with Dragons by Patricia C. WredeBriar Rose by Jane Yolen
The Best Fairytales and Retellings
2,797 books — 9,158 voters

Dragons and Unicorns by Paul A. JohnsgardThe Book of the Dragontooth by Michael GreenThe Nibelungenlied by UnknownThe World Guide to Gnomes, Fairies, Elves and Other Little Pe... by Thomas KeightleyThe Secret Rose and Stories of Red Hanrahan by W.B. Yeats
Quaint and Curious Volumes of Forgotten Lore
19 books — 10 voters
Matilda by Roald DahlLabyrinths by Jorge Luis BorgesThe Night Bookmobile by Audrey NiffeneggerLetters to a Young Poet by Rainer Maria RilkeThe Book of Lost Things by John Connolly
Books about Books
1,384 books — 1,519 voters

Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale HurstonJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëThe Yellow Wall-Paper by Charlotte Perkins GilmanMrs. Dalloway by Virginia WoolfThe Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath
Best Feminist Fiction
1,504 books — 2,675 voters
Neverwhere by Neil GaimanTithe by Holly BlackAmerican Gods by Neil GaimanSunshine by Robin McKinleyValiant by Holly Black
The Best Urban Fantasy
4,405 books — 12,551 voters

Glaciers by Alexis M. SmithThe Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman AlexieA Girl from Yamhill by Beverly Cleary
Pacific Northwest Books
913 books — 609 voters
Alice in Sunderland by Bryan TalbotWonderland by Tommy KovacAlice in Zombieland by Nickolas Cook
Wonderland
141 books — 174 voters

Pamela by Samuel RichardsonThe Pearl by John SteinbeckOf Mice and Men by John SteinbeckThe Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
Read These In School - Would Have Preferred A Root Canal
466 books — 1,589 voters
Jane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëWuthering Heights by Emily BrontëThe Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar WildeDracula by Bram StokerAlice’s Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis Carroll
Victorian Novels
214 books — 507 voters

Jane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëWuthering Heights by Emily BrontëFrankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
Best Gothic Books of All Time
585 books — 3,503 voters
Ghost World by Daniel ClowesThe Sandman, Vol. 10 by Neil GaimanTales from Outer Suburbia by Shaun TanDemo by Brian WoodScott Pilgrim's Precious Little Life by Bryan Lee O'Malley
Required Reading Graphic Novels
1,173 books — 2,014 voters

The Diamond Age by Neal StephensonThe Sparrow by Mary Doria RussellEnder’s Game by Orson Scott CardBrave New World by Aldous HuxleyThe Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
Best Science Fiction & Fantasy Books
8,335 books — 24,667 voters
Tithe by Holly BlackFaeries by Brian FroudHoney Bees and Fairy Dust by Mary Geisler PhillipsA Midsummer Night’s Dream by William ShakespeareThe Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien
The Best Books about Elves or Faeries
814 books — 1,055 voters

The Difference Engine by William GibsonSoulless by Gail CarrigerThe Time Machine by H.G. WellsThe Steampunk Trilogy by Paul Di Filippo
Best Steampunk Books
1,247 books — 4,095 voters
Brave New World by Aldous HuxleyThe Diamond Age by Neal StephensonThe Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
Best Dystopian and Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
3,751 books — 25,987 voters