2026 Reading Challenge

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Louise (15 Lists)



Jumbo by John Sutherland
Elephant Books
135 books — 149 voters
The Bullet-Catcher's Daughter by Rod DuncanUnseemly Science by Rod Duncan
Best Steampunk Books
1,247 books — 4,097 voters

Chasing the King of Hearts by Hanna KrallWhite Hunger by Aki OllikainenThe Looking-Glass Sisters by Gøhril GabrielsenReader for Hire by Raymond Jean
Peirene Press
56 books — 29 voters
The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodOne Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García MárquezThe Master and Margarita by Mikhail BulgakovInferno by Dante AlighieriThe Yellow Wall-Paper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman
Read The World - The Peirene 100 Essential Classics From Around The Globe
120 books — 61 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëThe Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienEmma by Jane Austen1984 by George Orwell
The Guardian's 100 greatest novels of all time
106 books — 115 voters
The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey NiffeneggerMemoirs of a Geisha by Arthur GoldenAmerican Gods by Neil GaimanWicked by Gregory MaguireMockingjay by Suzanne Collins
Most Overrated Books
738 books — 666 voters

Kraken by China Miéville
Behind the Scenes at the Museums
242 books — 70 voters
The City of Ladies by Christine de PizanThe Perpetual Race of Achilles & the Tortoise by Jorge Luis BorgesSilly Novels by Lady Novelists by George EliotDecline of the English Murder by George Orwell
Penguin Great Ideas
121 books — 101 voters

Aesop's Fables by AesopSanditon, Lady Susan, & The History of England by Jane AustenNorthanger Abbey by Jane AustenSense and Sensibility by Jane AustenPride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
Best Collector’s Library Books
115 books — 38 voters
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis CarrollThe Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan DoyleRobinson Crusoe by Daniel DefoeThe Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
The Daily Telegraph's 100 Novels Everyone Should Read
100 books — 101 voters

Inferno by Dante AlighieriThe Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre DumasTreasure Island by Robert Louis StevensonHard Times by Charles Dickens
Penguin Clothbound Classics
97 books — 362 voters
The Odyssey by Homer1984 by George OrwellOedipus Rex by SophoclesHamlet by William ShakespeareMedea by Euripides
100 Best Books of All Time: The World Library List
100 books — 1,710 voters

The Usborne Book of Legends by Vivian WebbPercy Jackson and the Greek Gods by Rick RiordanBlack Ships Before Troy by Rosemary SutcliffUsborne Greek Myths For Young Children by Heather AmeryTales of the Greek Heroes by Roger Lancelyn Green
Books for young people about Ancient Greece and Rome
284 books — 56 voters
Beasts! by Jacob CoveyThe Book of Imaginary Beings by Jorge Luis BorgesThe Mythical Creatures Bible by Brenda RosenBeasts! by Jacob CoveyThe Element Encyclopedia of Magical Creatures by John Matthews
Bestiaries
270 books — 135 voters

Sense and Sensibility by Jane AustenPride and Prejudice by Jane AustenMansfield Park by Jane AustenEmma by Jane AustenNorthanger Abbey by Jane Austen
Penguin English Library
137 books — 444 voters