2026 Reading Challenge

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Peggy (26 Lists)



The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsThe Princess Bride by William GoldmanA Walk in the Woods by Bill BrysonBridget Jones’s Diary by Helen FieldingThe Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde
Best Humorous Books
4,327 books — 7,891 voters
Wolf Hall by Hilary MantelBring Up the Bodies by Hilary MantelThe Sunne in Splendour by Sharon Kay PenmanCaesar's Women by Colleen McCulloughThe First Man in Rome by Colleen McCullough
Most Brilliant Historical Novels in the past 45 yrs
1,110 books — 1,144 voters

The Book of Life by Deborah Harkness
Can't Wait Books of 2014
2,471 books — 15,155 voters
The Assassin's Mark by David EbsworthThe Secret History of the Pink Carnation by Lauren WilligThe Jacobites' Apprentice by David Ebsworth
Best Historical Fiction
7,408 books — 25,587 voters

The Jacobites' Apprentice by David Ebsworth
Lesbian Historical Fiction
151 books — 163 voters
The Jacobites' Apprentice by David Ebsworth
Mancuniana
43 books — 9 voters

The Jacobites' Apprentice by David Ebsworth
Best 1700s Historical Fiction
93 books — 159 voters
The Assassin's Mark by David Ebsworth
Historical Fiction 2013
395 books — 2,108 voters

The Assassin's Mark by David Ebsworth
Best 1930s Historical Fiction
124 books — 217 voters
The Assassin's Mark by David Ebsworth
Best Books on the Spanish Civil War
21 books — 30 voters

The Assassin's Mark by David Ebsworth
Novels Inspired by the Spanish Civil War
86 books — 136 voters
The Assassin's Mark by David Ebsworth
The Spanish Civil War (fiction and nonfiction)
166 books — 116 voters

A Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson
Favorite Travel Books
2,022 books — 3,944 voters
The Secret History of the Pink Carnation by Lauren WilligThe Masque of the Black Tulip by Lauren Willig
Favorite Historical Romance Novels
3,403 books — 6,022 voters

The Daughter of Time by Josephine TeyThe Sunne in Splendour by Sharon Kay PenmanThe Weaker Vessel by Antonia FraserMarie Antoinette by Antonia FraserWolf Hall by Hilary Mantel
Another look At History's Maligned Denizens
129 books — 44 voters
A Discovery of Witches by Deborah HarknessThe Physick Book of Deliverance Dane by Katherine HoweThe Crown by Nancy BilyeauMadame Tussaud by Michelle MoranThe Queen's Governess by Karen Harper
My Favored Reads
363 books — 84 voters

Under Heaven by Guy Gavriel Kay
Historical Fiction With a Dash of Magic
426 books — 710 voters
The Blood of Flowers by Anita Amirrezvani
The Unknown, Hidden Gems of Historical Fiction
2,276 books — 1,255 voters

The Submission by Amy WaldmanTrading Christmas / The Forgetful Bride by Debbie MacomberThe Spy Who Came For Christmas by David MorrellNew Tricks by David RosenfeltIn the Garden of Beasts by Erik Larson
Books You've read in the 2012 reading challenge
47 books — 21 voters
The Forsyte Saga by John GalsworthyThe Man of Property by John GalsworthyTo Let by John GalsworthyIndian Summer of a Forsyte by John Galsworthy
Downton Abbey-esque Books
602 books — 999 voters

The Curse of the Pharaohs by Elizabeth PetersIn the Company of Cheerful Ladies by Alexander McCall SmithThe Case of the Missing Servant by Tarquin HallSee Delphi and Die by Lindsey DavisMedicus by Ruth Downie
Great Mystery Series of the 00's
65 books — 45 voters
A Discovery of Witches by Deborah HarknessThe Nonsuch Lure by Mary M. Luke
The Best Time-Travel Romance Novels
991 books — 4,124 voters

Lady Chatterley's Lover by D.H. LawrenceLord of the Flies by William Golding1984 by George OrwellThe Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel Barbery
If I Never Read It Again, It'll Be Too Soon...
352 books — 143 voters
Crocodile on the Sandbank by Elizabeth PetersMistress of the Art of Death by Ariana FranklinSilent in the Grave by Deanna RaybournThe Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan BradleyThe Curse of the Pharaohs by Elizabeth Peters
Favorite Historical Mystery Series
945 books — 1,197 voters

The Garden Intrigue by Lauren WilligThe Second Empress by Michelle MoranThe Last Storyteller by Frank Delaney
Historical Fiction 2012 Releases - Which books are you looking forward to the most?
145 books — 1,093 voters
Abundance by Sena Jeter Naslund
Marie-Antoinette in Fiction
57 books — 107 voters