2026 Reading Challenge

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Toni (16 Lists)



Anne of Green Gables by L.M. MontgomerySwallows and Amazons by Arthur RansomeCaddie Woodlawn by Carol Ryrie BrinkOn the Banks of Plum Creek by Laura Ingalls Wilder
Best Historical Fiction for Children
410 books — 97 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeA Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty SmithAnne of Green Gables by L.M. MontgomeryThe Pillars of the Earth by Ken FollettRoots by Alex Haley
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,801 books — 49,782 voters

Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe by Fannie FlaggBlessed Are the Cheesemakers by Sarah-Kate LynchThe Last Chinese Chef by Nicole MonesThe Lost Recipe for Happiness by Barbara O'NealEat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert
Nouvelle Cuisine
367 books — 249 voters
The Pillars of the Earth by Ken FollettRoots by Alex Haley
Best Historical Fiction
7,407 books — 25,587 voters

Anne of Green Gables by L.M. MontgomeryTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeA Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty SmithA Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled HosseiniThe Color Purple by Alice Walker
Best Female Lead Characters
4,847 books — 5,887 voters
Sybil by Flora Rheta Schreiber
Women and Mental Illness (fiction and nonfiction)
1,154 books — 2,272 voters

Anne of Green Gables by L.M. MontgomeryTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeLittle Women by Louisa May Alcott
Books With Unforgettable Characters
9,438 books — 8,416 voters
The Book of Negroes by Lawrence HillThe Help by Kathryn Stockett
Best historical fiction read in 2009
11 books — 27 voters

The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid by Bill Bryson
Books that Make you Laugh
3,505 books — 5,038 voters
Anne of Green Gables by L.M. MontgomeryTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeA Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty SmithThe Pillars of the Earth by Ken FollettAngela’s Ashes by Frank McCourt
Best Books Ever
76,257 books — 283,607 voters

The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer
Best Book Titles
11,482 books — 7,873 voters
Snow Falling on Cedars by David GutersonUndaunted Courage by Stephen E. AmbroseThe Egg and I by Betty MacDonaldSweetbriar by Brenda WilbeeA Clearing in the Wild by Jane Kirkpatrick
Pacific Northwest Books
913 books — 609 voters

Green Dolphin Street by Elizabeth GoudgeOnly fifty years ago by Gladys Hasty CarrollHow Green Was My Valley by Richard LlewellynThe Secret of Santa Vittoria by Robert CrichtonLet's Kill Uncle by Rohan O'Grady
The obscure: Best books most haven't read (or even heard of)
537 books — 361 voters
Anne of Green Gables by L.M. MontgomeryLittle Women by Louisa May AlcottSwallows and Amazons by Arthur RansomeCaddie Woodlawn by Carol Ryrie BrinkOn the Banks of Plum Creek by Laura Ingalls Wilder
Best Children's Historical Fiction
827 books — 829 voters