2026 Reading Challenge

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Marina (19 Lists)



Pride and Prejudice by Jane AustenLongbourn by Jo Baker
Superbly Written Historical Fiction
501 books — 266 voters
The Art of War by Sun TzuBattle Cry of Freedom by James M. McPhersonZen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance by Robert M. PirsigNotes from a Small Island by Bill BrysonThe Diving Bell and the Butterfly by Jean-Dominique Bauby
Best Non-Fiction (no biographies)
6,228 books — 8,061 voters

London in the Nineteenth Century by Jerry White
British History
786 books — 203 voters
Longbourn by Jo BakerComplete Mapp and Lucia by E.F. BensonThe Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson BurnettGone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellVanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray
What to read when you've finished Jane Austen
519 books — 675 voters

Lord of the Flies by William GoldingFlowers in the Attic by V.C. AndrewsPerfume by Patrick SüskindThe Metamorphosis by Franz KafkaBlood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West by Cormac McCarthy
The Most Disturbing Books Ever Written
3,206 books — 11,305 voters
Step in Time by Anne BarbourThe Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
The Best Time-Travel Romance Novels
991 books — 4,125 voters

Sophie’s Choice by William StyronThe Pianist by Władysław SzpilmanThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakSchindler’s List by Thomas KeneallyThe Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael Chabon
Well-Written Holocaust Books
891 books — 2,886 voters
Boots and Saddles by Elizabeth Bacon CusterBury My Heart at Wounded Knee by Dee BrownNo Life for a Lady by Agnes Morley CleavelandThe American West by Dee BrownLand of Enchantment by Marion Sloan Russell
The American Frontier
685 books — 155 voters

Таис Афинская by Иван ЕфремовDiary of a Madman and Other Stories by Nikolai GogolTaras Bulba by Nikolai Gogol
Crash Course in Slavic Literature
443 books — 232 voters
Pride and Prejudice by Jane AustenJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëBel-Ami by Guy de Maupassant
Best Books of the 19th Century
1,704 books — 6,872 voters

Twelve Red Herrings by Jeffrey ArcherThe Five Orange Pips by Arthur Conan DoyleThree Men in a Boat by Jerome K. JeromeThe Three Musketeers by Malvina G. VogelOne Thread Pulled by Diana J. Oaks
Five, Four, Three, Two, One-READ!
253 books — 23 voters
Inside the Victorian Home by Judith Flanders
Nonfiction Books about Servants
143 books — 28 voters

Murder at the Vicarage by Agatha ChristieThe Body in the Library by Agatha ChristieThe Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club by Dorothy L. SayersUnnatural Death by Dorothy L. SayersThe Moving Finger by Agatha Christie
The Golden Age Queens of Crime: Christie -- Sayers -- Marsh -- Allingham -- Wentworth (fiction)
184 books — 256 voters
The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club by Dorothy L. SayersUnnatural Death by Dorothy L. SayersHangman's Holiday by Dorothy L. Sayers
The Best British Crime/Mystery Fiction
1,209 books — 1,257 voters

Three Men in a Boat by Jerome K. JeromeCatch-22 by Joseph HellerDubliners by James JoyceEmma by Jane Austen
The Great Classics You Have Not Read Yet
745 books — 1,812 voters
Darcy and Fitzwilliam by Karen V. WasylowskiJane and the Unpleasantness at Scargrave Manor by Stephanie BarronJane and the Man of the Cloth by Stephanie BarronPemberley to Waterloo by Anna ElliottThe Jane Austen Book Club by Karen Joy Fowler
Best Pride and Prejudice Sequels/Variations/Adaptations
465 books — 981 voters

The Master and Margarita by Mikhail BulgakovThe Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman by Laurence SterneTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeePride and Prejudice by Jane AustenThe Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien
100 Books to Read in a Lifetime: Readers' Picks
15,305 books — 17,512 voters