2026 Reading Challenge

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by M.E. (20 Lists)



Complications by Atul GawandeEats, Shoots & Leaves by Lynne Truss
Must Read Non-Fiction
5,263 books — 4,440 voters
The Book of Mormon by Joseph Smith Jr.The Holy Bible by AnonymousTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniGoodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown
Books on the Worst Books of All Time List That I Love
265 books — 890 voters

John Adams by David McCulloughNarrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass by Frederick DouglassMaus I by Art SpiegelmanInto the Wild by Jon Krakauer
Best Memoir / Biography / Autobiography
5,836 books — 6,362 voters
Things Fall Apart by Chinua AchebeHeart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad
Best books for an African Safari
476 books — 525 voters

John Adams by David McCullough1776 by David McCulloughMayflower by Nathaniel Philbrick
Best American History Books
2,126 books — 2,498 voters
The Constitution of the United States of America by Founding FathersThe Revolution by Ron PaulA Republic, Not an Empire by Patrick J. Buchanan
Best Books to Become an Informed Voter
940 books — 1,099 voters

The Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniI Am Legend and Other Stories by Richard MathesonA Walk to Remember by Nicholas Sparks
The Book Was Better Than the Movie
1,561 books — 18,685 voters
The Road by Cormac McCarthyGilead by Marilynne RobinsonMiddlesex by Jeffrey EugenidesA Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
Best Books of the Decade: 2000s
7,189 books — 28,370 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeAll the King's Men by Robert Penn WarrenThe Road by Cormac McCarthyGilead by Marilynne RobinsonMiddlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides
Pulitzer Winners: Fiction & Novels
99 books — 951 voters
Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice SendakThe Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric CarleGreen Eggs and Ham by Dr. SeussHow the Grinch Stole Christmas! by Dr. SeussThe Cat in the Hat by Dr. Seuss
Best Picture Books
3,086 books — 1,990 voters

The Giver by Lois LowryHoles by Louis SacharThe Outsiders by S.E. Hinton
Best Young Adult Books
13,114 books — 80,182 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeMere Christianity by C.S. LewisLord of the Flies by William GoldingFahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,899 books — 49,787 voters

The Prestige by Christopher PriestThe Children of Men by P.D. James
The MOVIE was BETTER than the BOOK
1,133 books — 10,099 voters
Going Postal by Terry PratchettThe Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents by Terry PratchettThud! by Terry PratchettThief of Time by Terry PratchettMaking Money by Terry Pratchett
The Best of Discworld!
90 books — 997 voters

The Vintage Bradbury by Ray BradburyThe October Country by Ray BradburyThe Best American Short Stories 2007 by Stephen KingMasterpieces by Orson Scott CardThe Best American Short Stories of the Century by John Updike
Best Short Story Collections
1,552 books — 856 voters
The Road by Cormac McCarthyGilead by Marilynne RobinsonThe Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
Best Books of the 21st Century
9,828 books — 21,991 voters

Ender’s Game by Orson Scott CardFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyFoundation by Isaac AsimovThe Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury
Best Science Fiction & Fantasy Books
8,432 books — 24,675 voters
Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes SaavedraEats, Shoots & Leaves by Lynne Truss
Best Humorous Books
4,336 books — 7,934 voters

The Compleat Works of Wllm Shkspr by Reduced Shakespeare CompanyThe Odyssey by Homer
Best Books Ever
76,425 books — 284,235 voters
The Children of Men by P.D. JamesOld Man's War by John ScalziSomething from the Nightside by Simon R. Green
The Worst Books of All Time
8,096 books — 19,877 voters