2026 Reading Challenge

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The Western Canon by Harold BloomIlluminations by Walter BenjaminAspects of the Novel by E.M. ForsterPoetics by AristotleWhy Read the Classics? by Italo Calvino
Works of Literary Criticism
463 books — 107 voters
Stoner by John WilliamsChess Story by Stefan ZweigThe Summer Book by Tove JanssonThe Invention of Morel by Adolfo Bioy CasaresA Month in the Country by J.L. Carr
New York Review Books - Classics
531 books — 891 voters

The Master and Margarita by Mikhail BulgakovInvisible Cities by Italo CalvinoFicciones by Jorge Luis BorgesThe Woman in the Dunes by Kōbō AbeWe by Yevgeny Zamyatin
100 Must-Read Works of Speculative Fiction In Translation
100 books — 61 voters
I Curse the River of Time by Per PettersonPuhdistus by Sofi OksanenThe Ice Palace by Tarjei VesaasThe Blue Fox by SjónThe Half Brother by Lars Saabye Christensen
Winners of the Nordic Council Literature Prize
58 books — 38 voters

The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonThe Girl Who Played with Fire by Stieg LarssonThe Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest by Stieg LarssonThe Snowman by Jo NesbøThe Redbreast by Jo Nesbø
Scandinavian/Nordic Mysteries
318 books — 680 voters
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonThe Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest by Stieg LarssonThe Girl Who Played with Fire by Stieg LarssonThe Snow Queen by Hans Christian AndersenPuhdistus by Sofi Oksanen
Best Nordic Fiction
320 books — 117 voters

Pippi Longstocking by Astrid LindgrenThe Summer Book by Tove JanssonThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankBonjour tristesse by Françoise SaganMemoirs of Hadrian by Marguerite Yourcenar
Europe Minus Men and English
856 books — 225 voters
The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini1984 by George OrwellA Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled HosseiniCrime and Punishment by Fyodor DostoevskyThings Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe
Non-American books that every American should read
693 books — 493 voters