2026 Reading Challenge
Genres

Weirdcore


Weirdcore Books

Earthlings
Brave New World
Ripe
Paradise Rot
Lapvona
House of Leaves
Tender Is the Flesh
Life Ceremony
Piranesi
The Employees
Dead Inside
Tampa
Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke
The Hounding
Box Girls
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Lists

DallerGut Dream Department Store by Miye LeeThe Tatami Galaxy by Tomihiko MorimiYours Celestially by Al HessOf Thunder & Lightning by Kimberly WangProkaryote Season by Leo Fox
Weirdcore Reads
7 books — 1 voter
Artificial Condition by Martha WellsRing Shout by P. Djèlí ClarkConvenience Store Woman by Sayaka MurataThe Empress of Salt and Fortune by Nghi VoWay Station by Clifford D. Simak
Fantasy, Horror, and Sci-Fi Novellas
157 books — 23 voters

Third Shift Society, Vol. One by Meredith MoriartyThird Shift Society, Vol. 2 by Meredith MoriartyTwistwood Tales by A.C. MacdonaldFLCL Omnibus by GainaxProkaryote Season by Leo Fox
Fiction and Referenced Artworks with Object-Headed Folk
16 books — 1 voter
All Systems Red by Martha WellsThis Is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-MohtarThe Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil GaimanTo Be Taught, If Fortunate by Becky ChambersThe Strange Library by Haruki Murakami
More Fantasy, Horror, and Sci-Fi Novellas
74 books — 7 voters