2026 Reading Challenge

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Sue (26 Lists)



Watership Down by Richard Adams
Best Animal Books in Fantasy
279 books — 504 voters
Gerald's Game by Stephen King
Worst Stephen King books
62 books — 481 voters

Ghost Story by Peter Straub
Best of Peter Straub
13 books — 19 voters
The Shining by Stephen King
Best Stephen King books
50 books — 84 voters

The Talented Mr. Ripley by Patricia HighsmithThe Godfather by Mario PuzoJurassic Park by Michael CrichtonThe Color Purple by Alice WalkerSchindler’s List by Thomas Keneally
The MOVIE was BETTER than the BOOK
1,134 books — 10,099 voters
The Dark Side of Camelot by Seymour M. Hersh
Politics
491 books — 460 voters

Alex–The Life of a Child by Frank Deford
Heartbreaking Memoirs
68 books — 52 voters
Ghost Story by Peter Straub
Best Horror Books by People Other Than Stephen King
1,552 books — 1,503 voters

Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë
Rooting for the Bad Guy
683 books — 1,467 voters
Miles to Go by Miley Cyrus
Books I Have No Intention of Reading
1,637 books — 5,993 voters

A Child Called "It" by Dave Pelzer
Most Depressing Book of All Time
1,241 books — 3,909 voters
The Color Purple by Alice WalkerThe Silence of the Lambs by Thomas HarrisThe Hotel New Hampshire by John IrvingThe Accidental Tourist by Anne TylerMisery by Stephen King
Best Books of the Decade: 1980s
2,257 books — 2,434 voters

Shutter Island by Dennis LehaneMystic River by Dennis LehaneA Cruel Madness by Colin Thubron
Books With Twist Endings
105 books — 81 voters
If I Did It by O.J. Simpson
Dealbreakers: If You Like This Book, We Won't Get Along
2,028 books — 5,324 voters

The Shining by Stephen King
Thrillers
4,605 books — 5,600 voters
The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
The Book Was Better Than the Movie
1,561 books — 18,687 voters

The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
Best Historical Fiction of the 21st Century
1,427 books — 2,346 voters
The Killing fields by Sydney SchanbergAll the President’s Men by Carl Bernstein
Best Books by Journalists
287 books — 96 voters

Gone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellLord of the Flies by William Golding
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
31,546 books — 120,137 voters
The Velveteen Rabbit by Margery Williams Bianco
What Book Got You Hooked?
3,848 books — 10,515 voters

Interview with the Vampire by Anne Rice
Quality Dark Fiction
2,508 books — 3,229 voters
The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
Great Debut Novels
1,575 books — 1,473 voters

Crime and Punishment by Fyodor DostoevskyWar and Peace by Leo Tolstoy
Most Difficult Novels
588 books — 2,043 voters
The Shoemaker by Flora Rheta SchreiberDeranged by Harold Schechter
The Most Disturbing Books Ever Written
3,196 books — 11,298 voters

Gone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerThe Old Man and the Sea by Ernest HemingwaySiddhartha by Hermann HesseThe Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,807 books — 49,785 voters
Gone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellSiddhartha by Hermann HesseWuthering Heights by Emily BrontëLord of the Flies by William Golding
Best Books Ever
76,191 books — 283,324 voters