2026 Reading Challenge

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Mel (6 Lists)



The City We Became by N.K. JemisinThe Empire of Gold by S.A. ChakrabortyThe Burning God by R.F. KuangMexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
Can't Wait Sci-Fi/Fantasy of 2020
516 books — 1,305 voters
Faceless Killers by Henning MankellIn the Woods by Tana FrenchThe Black Dahlia by James EllroyMonkeewrench by P.J. TracyThe Mermaids Singing by Val McDermid
Best Police Procedurals - Mystery Fiction
1,076 books — 822 voters

Tinkers by Paul HardingThe Tsar of Love and Techno by Anthony MarraAtonement by Ian McEwanBring Up the Bodies by Hilary MantelMy Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante
Best Literary Fiction of 21st Century
643 books — 278 voters
Bangkok 8 by John BurdettThe Skull Mantra by Eliot PattisonThe Devotion of Suspect X by Keigo HigashinoSnow Angels by James ThompsonThe Princess of Burundi by Kjell Eriksson
Best Multicultural Mysteries
224 books — 126 voters

The Pillars of the Earth by Ken FollettThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakWorld Without End by Ken FollettWolf Hall by Hilary Mantel
Recommended Historical Fiction
3,649 books — 3,591 voters
The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan Bradley
Favorite Historical Mystery Series
945 books — 1,197 voters