2026 Reading Challenge

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The Wrath and the Dawn by Renée AhdiehThe Rose & the Dagger by Renée AhdiehA Thousand Nights by E.K. JohnstonThe Storyteller's Daughter by Cameron DokeyThe Forbidden Wish by Jessica Khoury
One Thousand and One Nights Retellings
137 books — 167 voters
Eversea by Natasha BoydDon't Close Your Eyes by Lynessa JamesComplicated Moonlight by Lynessa LayneScary Modsters…and Creepy Freaks by Diane RinellaPunk 57 by Penelope Douglas
Books and Music
122 books — 120 voters

Beyond Oria Falls by Sheryl SealBeyond the World of Man by Sheryl SealBeyond Bridalveil Fall by Sheryl SealDwellers of Ahwahnee by Sheryl SealCatori's Worlds by Murielle Cyr
Native American Lore
136 books — 87 voters
Daisy Jones & The Six by Taylor Jenkins ReidLost Highway by Peter GuralnickBetween a Heart and a Rock Place by Pat BenatarThanks to Life by Ericka Kim VerbaUtopia Avenue by David Mitchell
Best Books about Musicians, Singers, and Bands
290 books — 76 voters

The Power of Shamanism and Energy Medicine by Sheldon ShalleyThe Kybalion by Three InitiatesThe Secret Teachings of All Ages by Manly P. HallThe Enneads by PlotinusThe Emerald Tablets of Thoth The Atlantean by Maurice Doreal
Library of Gnosis
146 books — 50 voters
The Moorchild by Eloise Jarvis McGrawThe Stolen Child by Keith DonohueRosemary and Rue by Seanan McGuireSwitched by Amanda HockingThe Replacement by Brenna Yovanoff
Changelings
97 books — 43 voters

The Complete Grimm's Fairy Tales by Jacob GrimmThe Bloody Chamber and Other Stories by Angela CarterRussian Fairy Tales by Alexander AfanasyevThe Theater of Dusk by Lizbeth GabrielThe Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
The Night Kitchen
171 books — 21 voters
De Rerum Natura by David HillstromMillionaire Janitor by Lorn BergstresserTHE CONJUROR'S BOX by Ann LawrenceHow Many Miles to Babylon? by Violet NeedhamMore Tales in the Land of Nursery Rhyme by Ada M. Marzials
Juvenile Fiction based upon a Nursery Rhyme, Poem or Folk Song
13 books — 20 voters

Aphrodite's Tears by Hannah FieldingNine Minutes by Beth FlynnMistral's Daughter by Judith Krantz84, Charing Cross Road by Helene HanffLet It Shine by Alyssa Cole
Romance Novels set in the 1970s (fiction)
23 books — 13 voters
Every Tongue Got to Confess by Zora Neale HurstonHer Stories by Virginia HamiltonThe Book of Negro Folklore by Langston HughesThe People Could Fly by Virginia HamiltonMules and Men by Zora Neale Hurston
Myths, Legends, and Folklore of African-Americans
102 books — 12 voters

Vintage Smoking Stands - Uncovering an American Folk Art Trea... by Cheryl AlpertCunning Folk by Adam L.G. NevillFishes of Fancy by Robinson PhilThe Otherworld in Myth, Folklore, Cinema, and Brain Science by Jim KlineNovel Folklore by Jason Reza Jorjani
"Folks!" Don't Stand Around Crying... Let's All Do The Charleston While We're Dying
235 books — 12 voters
Never Enough by Lauren DaneBlindsight by Tina WainscottBeautiful Scars by Shiloh WalkerOver the Line by Cindy GerardHotter Than Wildfire by Lisa Marie Rice
Best Singers in Contemporary Romance
119 books — 10 voters

Естетика українського рукописного шрифту by Віталій МітченкоСвітогляд українського народу. Ескіз української міфології by Іван Нечуй-Левицький65 українських шедеврів. Визнані й неявні by Діана КлочкоThe Peasant Art of Ukraine - Українське народне мистецтво by Mykola BiliashivskyiCossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales by Unknown
Ukrainian culture - Українська культура
142 books — 6 voters
Children of the Corn by Stephen KingThe Lottery by Shirley JacksonTurner by Karl DrinkwaterRed Shift by Alan GarnerThe Wendigo by Algernon Blackwood
Folk Horror And The Old Ways
32 books — 6 voters

World Music by Simon BroughtonWorlds of Sound by Richard CarlinThe NPR Curious Listener's Guide to World Music by Chris NicksonWorld Music by Philip V. BohlmanWorld Music by Michael B. Bakan
World Music
62 books — 5 voters
Uprooted by Naomi NovikThe Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine ArdenThe Girl in the Tower by Katherine ArdenThe Winter of the Witch by Katherine ArdenSpinning Silver by Naomi Novik
Russian Folkloric Fantasy
10 books — 5 voters

DANCING SPOONS AND KHACHAPURI by Sherry Marie GallagherThe Slow Farm by Tarn WilsonSummer of '69 by Todd StrasserDowneyoshun by A. YoungBoulder Blues by Sherry Marie Gallagher
Boulder Blues
9 books — 4 voters
Maumau American Cantos by Tom WeatherlyShort History of the Saxophone by Tom Weatherly
Tom Campion List
2 books — 3 voters

There But for Fortune by Michael SchumacherThe Complete Phil Ochs by Phil OchsThe War is Over by Phil OchsDeath of a Rebel by Marc EliotSongs of Phil Ochs by Phil Ochs
Phil Ochs' Books
13 books — 3 voters
Fairy Science by Ashley SpiresThe Three Vikings by Adam AuerbachThe Three Little Yogis and the Wolf Who Lost His Breath by Susan Verde
La Crosse County Library Youth Services Book Talks – Folk Tales, Fairy Tales, Fantasy, Oh My!
3 books — 1 voter

Drop on Down in Florida by Dwight DevaneOpika Pende by Opika PendeAin't No Grave by Macel Ely IIWashington Phillips and His Manzarene Dreams by Washington PhillipsExcavated Shellac by Jonathan Ward
Dust-to-Digital CD box sets, books, and booklets
7 books — 1 voter
Singing in the African American Tradition - Volume 2 by Ysaye M. BarnwellHappy Traum's Complete Fingerpicking Method by Homespun TapesFive-String Banjo for Beginners by Happy TraumAn Easy Guide to Tuning Your Guitar by Happy TraumGuitar for the Absolute Beginner by Happy Traum
Homespun: Tapes, Audio, Video, teaching tools for music
38 books — 1 voter

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