2026 Reading Challenge

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Wesley (24 Lists)



Les Misérables by Victor HugoThe Complete Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle
Big Fat Books Worth the Effort
1,874 books — 6,997 voters
The Book Thief by Markus ZusakThe Color Purple by Alice WalkerThings Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe
Best Historical Fiction
7,408 books — 25,587 voters

The Color Purple by Alice WalkerTheir Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,807 books — 49,782 voters
The Book Thief by Markus ZusakThe Color Purple by Alice WalkerFrankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft ShelleyTheir Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale HurstonThe Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
PBS’s The Great American Read: List of America’s Top 100 Books
100 books — 2,377 voters

The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue by Mackenzi LeeThe Inexplicable Logic of My Life by Benjamin Alire Sáenz
2017 YA Books with LGBT Themes
280 books — 887 voters
Les Misérables by Victor Hugo
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
31,547 books — 120,177 voters

Fifty Shades of Grey by E.L. JamesEat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth GilbertThe Da Vinci Code by Dan BrownThe Secret by Rhonda ByrneThe Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
Everyone's Read It But Me
802 books — 4,327 voters
The Bell Jar by Sylvia PlathGirl, Interrupted by Susanna Kaysen
Books Worth Reading on Depression (fiction and nonfiction)
465 books — 542 voters

The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerEragon by Christopher PaoliniCity of Bones by Cassandra ClareOf Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
Most Overrated Books
738 books — 665 voters
Maurice by E.M. ForsterThe Song of Achilles by Madeline MillerAristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire SáenzRainbow Boys by Alex Sanchez
MLM
283 books — 61 voters

Redefining Realness by Janet MockThe Color Purple by Alice WalkerAristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Sáenz
Books with major LGBT people of color
335 books — 96 voters
Close to Spider Man by Ivan E. Coyote
Poetry collections by trans / nonbinary / genderqueer etc. non-cis authors
184 books — 65 voters

The Martian by Andy WeirRedshirts by John Scalzi
Science Fiction - 2010-2019
548 books — 779 voters
The Color Purple by Alice WalkerTheir Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston
Best Feminist Books
2,517 books — 3,522 voters

Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov
The Most Disturbing Books Ever Written
3,196 books — 11,301 voters
FRANKENSTEIN by Mary Wollstonecraft ShelleyThe Bell Jar by Sylvia PlathTheir Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston
The Best Use of Stylistic Language (best form/language)
560 books — 544 voters

The Color Purple by Alice WalkerTheir Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston
Best Feminist Fiction
1,504 books — 2,674 voters
The Complete Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle
Barnes & Noble Leatherbound Classics
137 books — 324 voters

Discount Armageddon by Seanan McGuireMarried with Zombies by Jesse Petersen
Top 100 most popular PNR/UF series
480 books — 1,073 voters
The Song of Achilles by Madeline MillerMaurice by E.M. ForsterIf It Ain't Love by Tamara Allen
Best Gay Historical Fiction
365 books — 571 voters

Maurice by E.M. ForsterThe Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller
Best Gay Fiction
2,663 books — 3,866 voters
Redefining Realness by Janet Mock
Best Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Non-Fiction
820 books — 478 voters

Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire SáenzRainbow Boys by Alex SanchezThe Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller
Best YA Fiction with GLBTQQI themes / characters
1,959 books — 5,984 voters
My Dearest Holmes by Rohase Piercy
Best Sherlock Holmes Pastiches
481 books — 500 voters