2026 Reading Challenge

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Colleen Browne (7 Lists)



The Astronomer by Lawrence GoldstoneThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakA Tale of Two Cities by Charles DickensThe Color Purple by Alice WalkerRoots by Alex Haley
Best Historical Fiction
7,410 books — 25,591 voters
The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankBury My Heart at Wounded Knee by Dee BrownBattle Cry of Freedom by James M. McPhersonA Distant Mirror by Barbara W. TuchmanThe Guns of August by Barbara W. Tuchman
Best History Books
3,709 books — 3,738 voters

John Adams by David McCulloughTeam of Rivals by Doris Kearns GoodwinA People’s History of the United States by Howard ZinnBattle Cry of Freedom by James M. McPhersonTruman by David McCullough
Best American History Books
2,124 books — 2,495 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakOf Mice and Men by John SteinbeckBrave New World and Brave New World Revisited by Aldous Huxley
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
31,575 books — 120,240 voters

Crime and Punishment by Fyodor DostoevskyAngela’s Ashes by Frank McCourt
Best Books Ever
76,282 books — 283,739 voters
Truman by David McCullough
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,801 books — 49,782 voters

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
Black History Month
553 books — 492 voters