2026 Reading Challenge

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Jenn (10 Lists)



Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingCharlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald DahlSideways Stories from Wayside School by Louis SacharThe Last of the Really Great Whangdoodles by Julie Andrews Edwards
Best Read-Aloud Chapter Books
1,176 books — 1,474 voters
Old Bear by Kevin Henkes
2009 Caldecott Contenders
37 books — 99 voters

The Giving Tree by Shel SilversteinThe Monster at the End of this Book by Jon StoneThe Velveteen Rabbit by Margery Williams BiancoCharlotte’s Web by E.B. WhiteThe Lorax by Dr. Seuss
Best Children's Books
5,307 books — 6,705 voters
The Book Thief by Markus ZusakTwilight by Stephenie MeyerHarry Potter Series Box Set by J.K. RowlingLooking for Alaska by John GreenUglies by Scott Westerfeld
Best Young Adult Fiction
3,600 books — 6,915 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Giving Tree by Shel SilversteinIsland of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O'DellHarry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. RowlingThe Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
Favorite Books
14,362 books — 9,967 voters
The Giver by Lois LowryThe City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrauThe Supernaturalist by Eoin Colfer
Best Dystopian and Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
3,751 books — 25,988 voters

The Golden Compass by Philip PullmanThe Giver by Lois LowryHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakTwilight by Stephenie Meyer
Best Young Adult Books
13,096 books — 80,174 voters
Ruby Holler by Sharon Creech
The Greatest Books
500 books — 247 voters

The English Patient by Michael OndaatjeThe Red Tent by Anita Diamant
Best Historical Fiction
7,406 books — 25,586 voters
The Grapes of Wrath by John SteinbeckHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingThe Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-ExupéryThe Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,807 books — 49,785 voters