2026 Reading Challenge

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Kelly (16 Lists)



Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse
A Buddhist Reading List
907 books — 1,181 voters
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead by Tom StoppardThe Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan KunderaOne Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez
Metafiction
442 books — 578 voters

The Giver by Lois LowryHoles by Louis SacharA Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'EngleNumber the Stars by Lois LowryBridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson
Newbery Medal Winner Books
104 books — 373 voters
Charlotte’s Web by E.B. WhiteLittle Town on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls WilderHatchet by Gary PaulsenHoot by Carl HiaasenThe Tombs of Atuan by Ursula K. Le Guin
Newbery Medal Honor Books
340 books — 443 voters

WRITE NOW! How to turn your ideas into great stories by Karen BradfordOn Writing by Stephen KingThe Elements of Style by William Strunk Jr.Zen in the Art of Writing by Ray BradburyWriting Down the Bones by Natalie Goldberg
Best Books on Writing
798 books — 1,327 voters
Shōgun by James ClavellThe Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel HawthorneThe Color Purple by Alice WalkerIsland Beneath the Sea by Isabel AllendeThe Clan of the Cave Bear by Jean M. Auel
Best Historical Fiction
7,408 books — 25,587 voters

The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienFantastic Mr. Fox by Roald DahlCharlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald DahlTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Princess Bride by William Goldman
Books Made into Movies
1,098 books — 445 voters
The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodThe Color Purple by Alice WalkerBeloved by Toni MorrisonEnder’s Game by Orson Scott CardThe Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley
Best Books of the Decade: 1980s
2,257 books — 2,434 voters

Watership Down by Richard AdamsThe Princess Bride by William GoldmanThe Stand by Stephen KingInterview with the Vampire by Anne RiceShōgun by James Clavell
Best Books of the Decade: 1970s
1,946 books — 1,880 voters
The Cat Who Came for Christmas by Cleveland AmoryThe Fur Person by May SartonTailchaser's Song by Tad WilliamsThe Incredible Journey by Sheila BurnfordI Can Has Cheezburger? by Professor Happycat
Great Cat Books
1,578 books — 950 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
31,547 books — 120,177 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee1984 by George OrwellThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerThe Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,807 books — 49,782 voters

A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'EngleTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Golden Compass by Philip PullmanThe Outsiders by S.E. Hinton
Best Young Adult Books
13,096 books — 80,177 voters
Blankets by Craig ThompsonSalmon Doubts by Adam SacksHarvey Pekar's Cleveland by Harvey PekarV for Vendetta by Alan MooreY by Brian K. Vaughan
Best Graphic Novels
3,453 books — 6,768 voters

The Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniCaravans by James A. Michener
Afghanistan in Literature
220 books — 263 voters
The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories by Angela CarterThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood
Best Feminist Fiction
1,504 books — 2,674 voters