2026 Reading Challenge

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Kai (11 Lists)



A Room of One’s Own by Virginia WoolfWide Sargasso Sea by Jean RhysAin't I a Woman by bell hooksGender Trouble by Judith ButlerThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood
Jezebel's Books All Women Should Read
772 books — 1,400 voters
Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. ButlerSabriel by Garth NixLilith's Brood by Octavia E. ButlerKushiel's Dart by Jacqueline CareyWho Fears Death by Nnedi Okorafor
Best Feminist Science Fiction/Fantasy
698 books — 625 voters

Ain't I a Woman by bell hooksWhipping Girl by Julia SeranoBorderlands/La Frontera by Gloria E. AnzaldúaWomen, Race & Class by Angela Y. DavisA Room of One’s Own by Virginia Woolf
Best Feminist Books
2,517 books — 3,521 voters
Ancillary Justice by Ann LeckieParable of the Sower by Octavia E. ButlerFledgling by Octavia E. ButlerDawn by Octavia E. ButlerAmmonite by Nicola Griffith
Best Science Fiction With a Female Protagonist
1,390 books — 2,825 voters

The Sociological Imagination by C. Wright MillsThe Souls of Black Folk by W.E.B. Du BoisThe Yellow Wallpaper and Other Stories by Charlotte Perkins GilmanThe Presentation of Self in Everyday Life by Erving GoffmanThe Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism by Max Weber
Sociology 101 Literature
21 books — 9 voters
The Water Knife by Paolo BacigalupiThe Drought by J.G. BallardThe Collapse of Western Civilization by Naomi OreskesParable of the Talents by Octavia E. ButlerParable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler
Cli-Fi: Climate Change Fiction
417 books — 615 voters

Sabriel by Garth NixThe Eyre Affair by Jasper FfordeLirael by Garth NixWise Child by Monica FurlongThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood
Best Heroine in a Fantasy Book
1,480 books — 1,783 voters
Shades of Grey by Jasper FfordeThe Gone-Away World by Nick HarkawayBlueprints of the Afterlife by Ryan BoudinotThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodParable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler
This Is the End...
998 books — 1,594 voters

Cadillac Desert by Marc Reisner
Global Citizenship: Water
40 books — 10 voters
The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret AtwoodShades of Grey by Jasper FfordeBrave New World by Aldous HuxleyThe Gone-Away World by Nick HarkawayBlueprints of the Afterlife by Ryan Boudinot
Best Dystopian and Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
3,751 books — 25,988 voters

Fledgling by Octavia E. ButlerInterview with the Vampire by Anne RiceLet the Right One In by John Ajvide Lindqvist
Best Adult Vampire Books
1,770 books — 4,916 voters