2026 Reading Challenge

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Sara (36 Lists)



The Complete Maus by Art SpiegelmanThe Best We Could Do by Thi Bui
Popular Standalone Graphic Novels
164 books — 17 voters
Heartstopper by Alice OsemanFun Home by Alison BechdelHonor Girl by Maggie Thrash
Graphic Novels Featuring LGBTIQ+ Themes
1,058 books — 1,040 voters

The Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeAnne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery
Best Books Ever
76,282 books — 283,739 voters
Sad Perfect by Stephanie ElliotUnder Rose-Tainted Skies by Louise GornallEvery Last Word by Tamara Ireland Stone
YA Novels that Poorly Portray Mental Illness
16 books — 10 voters

Girl in Pieces by Kathleen GlasgowWintergirls by Laurie Halse AndersonThirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher
Triggering Books
268 books — 138 voters
Not That Bad by Roxane GayMissoula by Jon KrakauerTake It as a Compliment by Maria StoianYes Means Yes! by Jaclyn FriedmanSpeak by Laurie Halse Anderson
Books About Rape and Rape Culture
423 books — 192 voters

Speak by Laurie Halse AndersonA Child Called "It" by Dave PelzerThirteen Reasons Why by Jay AsherThe Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen ChboskyJust Listen by Sarah Dessen
YA Violence & Abuse Novels
699 books — 870 voters
Speak by Laurie Halse AndersonExit, Pursued by a Bear by E.K. JohnstonJust Listen by Sarah DessenThe Way I Used to Be by Amber SmithFaking Normal by Courtney C. Stevens
#MeToo
215 books — 109 voters

The Complete Maus by Art SpiegelmanThe Complete Persepolis by Marjane SatrapiMaus I by Art SpiegelmanMarch by John LewisMaus II by Art Spiegelman
History through graphic novels
617 books — 493 voters
Lighter than My Shadow by Katie GreenMaus I by Art SpiegelmanPersepolis by Marjane SatrapiFun Home by Alison BechdelStitches by David Small
Best Memoir Graphic Novels
392 books — 435 voters

Cut by Patricia McCormickWillow by Julia HobanBreak by Hannah MoskowitzCutters Don't Cry by Christine DzidrumsThe Merciful Scar by Rebecca St. James
YA Self-Harm and Cutting Fiction
34 books — 56 voters
Willow by Julia HobanComes the Darkness, Comes the Light by Vanessa VegaScars by Cheryl RainfieldFreedom from Self-Harm by Kim L. GratzCut by Patricia McCormick
Books On Self-Injury
137 books — 213 voters

Firebird by Misty CopelandI Love My Hair! by Natasha Anastasia TarpleyA Picture of Freedom by Patricia C. McKissackTaking Flight by Michaela DePrinceBallerina Dreams by Michaela DePrince
#1000BlackGirlBooks: Suggestions for Marley Dias's Amazing Book Drive
1,322 books — 380 voters
The New Jim Crow by Michelle AlexanderBlack Like Me by John Howard GriffinThe Souls of Black Folk by W.E.B. Du Bois
Books White People Need to Read
1,307 books — 1,561 voters

Get Me Out of Here by Rachel ReilandGirl, Interrupted by Susanna Kaysen
Books Featuring People/Characters Who Have Borderline Personality Disorder
94 books — 94 voters
Speak by Laurie Halse AndersonCut by Patricia McCormickWillow by Julia HobanBy the Time You Read This, I'll Be Dead by Julie Anne PetersWintergirls by Laurie Halse Anderson
YA Books About/Mentioning Depression, Self-Harm And Suicide
318 books — 831 voters

The Bell Jar by Sylvia PlathThe Interpretation of Dreams by Sigmund FreudThe Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales by Oliver SacksGirl, Interrupted by Susanna KaysenAn Unquiet Mind by Kay Redfield Jamison
Greatest Psychology Books
794 books — 1,332 voters
Keeping You a Secret by Julie Anne PetersAnnie on My Mind by Nancy GardenOranges Are Not the Only Fruit by Jeanette WintersonSing You Home by Jodi Picoult
Best Lesbian Fiction
2,026 books — 2,649 voters

Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris
Books that made you laugh out loud
331 books — 206 voters
Speak by Laurie Halse AndersonThe Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen ChboskyIt's Kind of a Funny Story by Ned VizziniStargirl by Jerry SpinelliHold Still by Nina LaCour
Best Young Adult Realistic Novels
2,666 books — 12,168 voters

The Bell Jar by Sylvia PlathOne Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken KeseyIt's Kind of a Funny Story by Ned VizziniCut by Patricia McCormickImpulse by Ellen Hopkins
Fictional Mental Hospital Novels
259 books — 771 voters
All My Friends Are Dead by Avery MonsenMiss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom RiggsGo the Fuck to Sleep by Adam MansbachPride and Prejudice and Zombies by Seth Grahame-SmithThe Book of Bunny Suicides by Andy Riley
I Picked It Up Because of the Title
7,924 books — 2,080 voters

Pryor Convictions by Richard PryorPaige by Paige by Paige DavisunSweetined by Jodie SweetinTrust Me, I'm Dr. Ozzy by Ozzy OsbourneRoseannearchy by Roseanne Barr
My book's title is a play on words with my name.
71 books — 14 voters
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken KeseyRomeo and Juliet by William ShakespeareThe Odyssey by HomerCrime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Read These In School - Would Have Preferred A Root Canal
466 books — 1,589 voters

Manic by Terri Cheney
Memoirs of Madness
294 books — 375 voters
Wintergirls by Laurie Halse AndersonWasted by Marya HornbacherThin by Lauren GreenfieldUnbearable Weight by Susan Bordo
Best Eating Disorder Books
450 books — 998 voters

Cut by Patricia McCormickWillow by Julia HobanPerfect by Natasha FriendGo Ask Alice by Beatrice SparksIdentical by Ellen Hopkins
Depressing Novels
131 books — 128 voters
Wintergirls by Laurie Halse AndersonWasted by Marya HornbacherPaperweight by Meg HastonStick Figure by Lori GottliebThin by Lauren Greenfield
Books on Eating Disorders
138 books — 101 voters

Willow by Julia HobanCut by Patricia McCormickImpulse by Ellen HopkinsGo Ask Alice by Beatrice SparksWintergirls by Laurie Halse Anderson
Best Teen Books About Real Problems
2,981 books — 12,436 voters
Catch-22 by Joseph HellerWuthering Heights by Emily BrontëA Tale of Two Cities by Charles DickensTwilight by Stephenie MeyerThe Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway
The Most Begun "Read but Unfinished" (Started) book ever
2,608 books — 13,138 voters


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