2026 Reading Challenge

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Karen (40 Lists)



The Garland by Sigrid Undset
Best Woman-Authored Books
8,223 books — 5,220 voters
Aztec by Gary JenningsWhen Christ and His Saints Slept by Sharon Kay PenmanThe Last Kingdom by Bernard CornwellThe Far Pavilions by M.M. KayeForever Amber by Kathleen Winsor
Best Historical Fiction
7,406 books — 25,586 voters

Winter Brothers by Ivan Doig
Biography and Memoirs that are BETTER than Fiction
2,435 books — 2,956 voters
Extraordinary Story of Human Origins by Piero AngelaLost Discoveries by Dick TeresiThe First Chimpanzee by John GribbinThe First Human by Ann Gibbons
Most Engaging Scientific Nonfiction
368 books — 284 voters

Chicken Soup with Rice by Maurice SendakLittle Bear by Else Holmelund Minarik
Favourite Maurice Sendak book
23 books — 21 voters
A Distant Mirror by Barbara W. TuchmanThe Language Instinct by Steven PinkerThe Third Chimpanzee by Jared DiamondUndaunted Courage by Stephen E. Ambrose
Best Non-Fiction (no biographies)
6,226 books — 8,060 voters

A Fine Balance by Rohinton MistryThe Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniMidnight’s Children by Salman Rushdie
Best South Asian Fiction
734 books — 1,894 voters
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant, the Unbeliever by Stephen R. Donaldson
The Best Epic Fantasy (fiction)
4,209 books — 25,728 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienSnow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See
Couldn't Put The Book Down
16,832 books — 16,629 voters
When Christ and His Saints Slept by Sharon Kay Penman
Medieval and Renaissance historical fiction
463 books — 420 voters

Night by Elie WieselThe Tin Drum by Günter Grass
Well-Written Holocaust Books
891 books — 2,886 voters
The Fortress of Solitude by Jonathan Lethem
Best Urban Fiction
270 books — 399 voters

Motherless Brooklyn by Jonathan LethemThe Fortress of Solitude by Jonathan Lethem
Tales of New York City
1,510 books — 1,221 voters
Crime and Punishment by Fyodor DostoevskyOne Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez
Most Difficult Novels
588 books — 2,043 voters

Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Best Crime & Mystery Books
7,316 books — 15,564 voters
Heart of a Dog by Mikhail Bulgakov
Great "Dog" Books
1,248 books — 1,930 voters

The Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniThe Road by Cormac McCarthyLes Misérables by Victor HugoOne Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García MárquezThe Prince of Tides by Pat Conroy
Books That Exceeded Your Expectations
14,772 books — 16,473 voters
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa SeeRickshaw Boy by Lao She
Best Books About China
744 books — 585 voters

Katherine by Anya Seton
Best Books About Mistresses
448 books — 728 voters
The Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniLes Misérables by Victor HugoThe Yearling by Marjorie Kinnan RawlingsA Fine Balance by Rohinton MistryDombey and Son by Charles Dickens
Most emotional books
894 books — 947 voters

Into the Forest by Jean Hegland
Apocalypse: It's Over, Dude.
626 books — 774 voters
A Son of the Circus by John IrvingRed Earth and Pouring Rain by Vikram Chandra
Indian Books - Fiction
1,113 books — 2,442 voters

Catch-22 by Joseph HellerBirds Without Wings by Louis de BernièresAll Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque
Literature of War - Fiction
200 books — 25 voters
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa SeeThe Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck
Best Novels That Take Place in China
414 books — 1,096 voters

A Distant Mirror by Barbara W. TuchmanThe Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett
Best Middle Ages Books
1,221 books — 1,702 voters
Night by Elie WieselCatch-22 by Joseph Heller
The Best of Jewish Authors
734 books — 194 voters

A Fine Balance by Rohinton MistryCry, the Beloved Country by Alan PatonStill Life with Woodpecker by Tom RobbinsThe Story of Ferdinand by Munro LeafThe Brothers K by David James Duncan
Best Books Ever
76,207 books — 283,398 voters
The Good Earth by Pearl S. BuckJane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
Books you have read more than one time
12,536 books — 7,788 voters

Lord of the Flies by William Golding
Books That Deserve a Higher Rating (Avg Rating < 4)
736 books — 253 voters
The Ancestor's Tale by Richard Dawkins
Popular Archaeology and Paleoanthropology
480 books — 172 voters


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