2026 Reading Challenge

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



To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Civil Rights Reading List
143 books — 44 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeePride and Prejudice by Jane AustenThe Help by Kathryn StockettThe Thorn Birds by Colleen McCulloughThe Color Purple by Alice Walker
Best Novels in Female Perspective
640 books — 419 voters

The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency by Alexander McCall SmithA Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled HosseiniEat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth GilbertInfidel by Ayaan Hirsi AliThe Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
Foreign Lands
2,348 books — 2,192 voters
The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankInfidel by Ayaan Hirsi AliBossypants by Tina FeyEat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth GilbertReading Lolita in Tehran by Azar Nafisi
Memoirs by Women
3,015 books — 3,030 voters

Twelfth Night by William ShakespeareA Midsummer Night’s Dream by William ShakespeareThe Tempest by William ShakespeareHamlet by William ShakespeareMuch Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare
Best of William Shakespeare
103 books — 1,239 voters
Dispatches by Michael HerrThe Second World War by John KeeganNight by Elie WieselThe Rise and Fall of the Third Reich by William L. Shirer
Best Non-fiction War Books
2,126 books — 2,362 voters

The English Patient by Michael OndaatjeThe Help by Kathryn StockettThe Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniReading Lolita in Tehran by Azar NafisiThe Book Thief by Markus Zusak
Books about Books
1,384 books — 1,519 voters
A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William ShakespeareThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldOthello by William ShakespeareWuthering Heights by Emily BrontëSense and Sensibility by Jane Austen
Literary Love Triangles (Non-YA)
529 books — 1,888 voters

Anna Karenina by Leo TolstoyLes Misérables by Victor HugoGreat Expectations by Charles Dickens
Most Difficult Novels
588 books — 2,043 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingHarry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. RowlingThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankHarry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling
Best Banned, Censored, and Challenged Books
924 books — 2,380 voters

The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankThe Autobiography of Malcolm X by Malcolm XTruman by David McCulloughBossypants by Tina FeyAnne Frank Remembered by Miep Gies
Best Memoir / Biography / Autobiography
5,820 books — 6,348 voters