2026 Reading Challenge

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Yarnkettle (39 Lists)



The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre DumasMurder on the Orient Express by Agatha ChristieThe Beekeeper's Apprentice by Laurie R. KingStill Life by Louise PennyAnd Then There Were None by Agatha Christie
Best Literary Mysteries
2,551 books — 4,596 voters
The Unlikely Disciple by Kevin RooseWild by Cheryl Strayed
A Year in the Life
206 books — 323 voters

Simon's Cat in Kitten Chaos by Simon Tofield
Cat Lovers List
1,234 books — 536 voters
The Beekeeper's Apprentice by Laurie R. KingA Beautiful Blue Death by Charles FinchThe Mischief of the Mistletoe by Lauren WilligSilent in the Grave by Deanna RaybournIndia Black by Carol K. Carr
Regency and Victorian Mysteries
671 books — 468 voters

Lending a Paw by Laurie CassThe Cat, the Quilt and the Corpse by Leann SweeneyTailing a Tabby by Laurie CassPouncing on Murder by Laurie CassBorrowed Crime by Laurie Cass
Cozy Cat Mystery Books
333 books — 155 voters
Lending a Paw by Laurie Cass
Animal Sidekicks
163 books — 66 voters

Lending a Paw by Laurie Cass
Mysteries with Animal Main Characters
193 books — 54 voters
To Sir Phillip, With Love by Julia QuinnJust Like Heaven by Julia QuinnBet Me by Jennifer CrusieThe Duke and I by Julia Quinn
Books with Witty Banter/Dialogue
1,070 books — 864 voters

Death by Darjeeling by Laura ChildsThe Quiche of Death by M.C. BeatonMurder on the Rocks by Karen MacInerneyGunpowder Green by Laura Childs
Mysteries in Good Taste!
552 books — 331 voters
Cocaine Blues by Kerry GreenwoodThe Beekeeper's Apprentice by Laurie R. KingMaisie Dobbs by Jacqueline WinspearFlying Too High by Kerry GreenwoodSilent in the Grave by Deanna Raybourn
Women who Solve Crimes
863 books — 333 voters

The Castlemaine Murders by Kerry GreenwoodThe Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre DumasThe Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann ShafferA Beautiful Blue Death by Charles FinchThe Beekeeper's Apprentice by Laurie R. King
Best Books to Make into a PBS Series
461 books — 384 voters
Black Beauty by Anna Sewell
Best Animal Books of All Time!
206 books — 70 voters

The Inheritance by Charles FinchA Great Reckoning by Louise PennyThe Murder of Mary Russell by Laurie R. King
Most Anticipated Mysteries 2016
102 books — 360 voters
A Dirty Job by Christopher MooreFool by Christopher MooreThe Essential Calvin and Hobbes by Bill WattersonFluke by Christopher MooreFried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe by Fannie Flagg
Books that Make you Laugh
3,505 books — 5,033 voters

Word Freak by Stefan FatsisWhat Jane Austen Ate and Charles Dickens Knew by Daniel PoolThe Poisoner's Handbook by Deborah Blum
You Read a Book about What?
4,049 books — 2,110 voters
Better Homes and Gardens New Cook Book by Better Homes and GardensThe Moosewood Cookbook by Mollie KatzenThe King Arthur Flour Baker's Companion by King Arthur Baking CompanyMoosewood Restaurant New Classics by The Moosewood CollectiveThe Bread Lover's Bread Machine Cookbook by Beth Hensperger
Best Cookbooks
1,439 books — 1,105 voters

A Beautiful Blue Death by Charles FinchThe Mischief of the Mistletoe by Lauren WilligSilent in the Grave by Deanna RaybournThe Beekeeper's Apprentice by Laurie R. KingA Poisoned Season by Tasha Alexander
Victorian and Regency Mystery Novels
274 books — 167 voters
Cocaine Blues by Kerry GreenwoodThe Amazing Mrs. Pollifax by Dorothy GilmanThe Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax by Dorothy GilmanStill Life by Louise PennyThe Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie
Best Cozy Mystery Series
2,532 books — 2,677 voters

Knitting Rules! by Stephanie Pearl-McPheeThe Knitter's Book of Yarn by Clara ParkesThe Knitter's Book of Wool by Clara ParkesCables Untangled by Melissa LeapmanCast On, Bind Off by Leslie Ann Bestor
Knitting Nonfiction
81 books — 82 voters
Knitting Rules! by Stephanie Pearl-McPheeThe Knitter's Book of Yarn by Clara ParkesThe Knitter's Book of Wool by Clara ParkesCast On, Bind Off by Leslie Ann BestorFavorite Socks by Ann Budd
Must-have Knitting Books
189 books — 195 voters

The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency by Alexander McCall SmithThe Beekeeper's Apprentice by Laurie R. KingMaisie Dobbs by Jacqueline WinspearThe Surgeon by Tess GerritsenCocaine Blues by Kerry Greenwood
Fearless Females
768 books — 921 voters
Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer
Favorite Travel Books
2,022 books — 3,944 voters

Wish You Were Here by Rita Mae BrownMaisie Dobbs by Jacqueline WinspearThe No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency by Alexander McCall SmithDeath by Darjeeling by Laura ChildsHer Royal Spyness by Rhys Bowen
First books of some good cozy series
671 books — 751 voters
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann ShafferSilent in the Grave by Deanna RaybournMaisie Dobbs by Jacqueline WinspearThe Cater Street Hangman by Anne Perry
Best Historical Fiction Set in UK and Ireland
1,356 books — 1,586 voters

King of the Wind by Marguerite HenryThe Black Stallion by Walter FarleyBlack Beauty by Anna SewellMisty of Chincoteague by Marguerite HenryStormy, Misty's Foal by Marguerite Henry
Best Horse Books
609 books — 367 voters
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann ShafferThe Little House Collection by Laura Ingalls Wilder
Books That You Will Never Forget
3,168 books — 1,226 voters

The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann ShafferMr. Churchill's Secretary by Susan Elia MacNeal
Smart Summer Reads
12,703 books — 10,626 voters
Cocaine Blues by Kerry GreenwoodA Beautiful Blue Death by Charles FinchThe September Society by Charles FinchCrocodile on the Sandbank by Elizabeth PetersAnd Only to Deceive by Tasha Alexander
Favorite Historical Mystery Series
945 books — 1,197 voters


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