2026 Reading Challenge

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John Adams by David McCulloughThe Rise and Fall of the Third Reich by William L. Shirer1776 by David McCulloughTeam of Rivals by Doris Kearns GoodwinThe Guns of August by Barbara W. Tuchman
Best History Books
3,703 books — 3,737 voters
The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric CarleWhere the Wild Things Are by Maurice SendakGreen Eggs and Ham by Dr. SeussGoodnight Moon by Margaret Wise BrownThe Cat in the Hat by Dr. Seuss
Best Picture Books
3,081 books — 1,986 voters

The Arrival by Shaun TanFlotsam by David WiesnerTuesday by David WiesnerThe Snowman by Raymond BriggsGood Night, Gorilla by Peggy Rathmann
Wordless Picture Books
419 books — 381 voters
The Pragmatic Programmer by Andy HuntThe C Programming Language by Brian W. KernighanClean Code by Robert C. MartinDesign Patterns by Erich GammaCode Complete by Steve McConnell
Essential Programming Books
183 books — 525 voters

AI Doctor by Ronald M. RazmiLife 3.0 by Max TegmarkThe Book of Why by Judea PearlSuperintelligence by Nick BostromA Brief History of Intelligence by Max Solomon Bennett
Best Popular Computer Science Books on Goodreads
292 books — 129 voters
Stiff by Mary RoachSalt by Mark KurlanskyThe Professor and the Madman by Simon WinchesterThe Ghost Map by Steven JohnsonLongitude by Dava Sobel
Microhistory: Social Histories of Just One Thing
1,825 books — 2,213 voters

The Martian by Andy WeirThe Lost City of Z by David GrannThe Invention of Nature by Andrea WulfThe Gene by Siddhartha MukherjeeOn the Move by Oliver Sacks
Science Friday Radio Show/Podcast
106 books — 44 voters
Guns, Germs, and Steel by Jared DiamondThe Looming Tower by Lawrence WrightThe Guns of August by Barbara W. TuchmanThe Making of the Atomic Bomb by Richard RhodesThe Prize by Daniel Yergin
Pulitzer Winners: General Non-fiction
85 books — 343 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeePride and Prejudice by Jane AustenThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank1984 by George OrwellAnimal Farm by George Orwell
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
31,546 books — 120,163 voters
Sapiens by Yuval Noah HarariGuns, Germs, and Steel by Jared DiamondOutliers by Malcolm GladwellFactfulness by Hans RoslingThe Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
The Bill Gates Booklist
289 books — 206 voters

The Devil in the White City by Erik LarsonFreakonomics by Steven D. LevittA Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill BrysonGuns, Germs, and Steel by Jared DiamondOutliers by Malcolm Gladwell
Best Non-Fiction (no biographies)
6,226 books — 8,060 voters