2026 Reading Challenge

Listopia > Book Lists Liked by Vanessa (10 Lists)



Minima Moralia by Theodor W. AdornoNegative Dialectics by Theodor W. AdornoCivilization and Its Discontents by Sigmund FreudPostmodernism or the Cultural Logic of Late Capitalism by Fredric JamesonOne-Dimensional Man by Herbert Marcuse
Critical Theory
83 books — 36 voters
The Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le Guin1984 by George OrwellThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodThe Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le GuinBrave New World by Aldous Huxley
Left-wing Science Fiction and Fantasy
335 books — 253 voters

The Shock Doctrine by Naomi KleinA People’s History of the United States by Howard Zinn1984 by George OrwellThe Communist Manifesto by Karl MarxManufacturing Consent by Edward S. Herman
Best Left-Texts
669 books — 360 voters
Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit by Jeanette WintersonFingersmith by Sarah WatersPerks of Office by Liz RainThe True Queen by Zen ChoCirkeln by Mats Strandberg
Non-American Lesbian Fiction/non-fiction by Non-American Authors
85 books — 25 voters

Red Sorghum by Mo YanDream of Ding Village by Yan LiankeThe Republic of Wine by Mo YanThe Garlic Ballads by Mo YanFrog by Mo Yan
Contemporary Chinese Fiction
51 books — 8 voters
Bridge of Birds by Barry HughartThe Tales of the Otori Trilogy by Lian HearnThe Twelve Kingdoms by Fuyumi OnoEon by Alison GoodmanThe Twelve Kingdoms by Fuyumi Ono
Chinese and Japanese Fantasy
309 books — 440 voters

Norwegian Wood by Haruki MurakamiKafka on the Shore by Haruki MurakamiThe Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki MurakamiBattle Royale by Koushun Takami1Q84 by Haruki Murakami
Best Japanese Books
771 books — 3,249 voters
粵語的政治：香港語言文化的異質與多元 by 文潔華粵語詞彙講義 by 邵慧君香港粵語 二百年滄桑探索 by 張洪年中文解毒 by 陳雲Dialect and Nationalism in China, 1860-1960 by Gina Anne Tam
粵語 / 廣東話 Cantonese
45 books — 1 voter

The Three-Body Problem by Liu CixinTo Live by Yu HuaWolf Totem by Jiang RongBalzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress by Dai SijieThe Four Books by Yan Lianke
Modern Chinese Literature
80 books — 37 voters
The Invisible Game by Zoltan AndrejkovicsReality is Broken by Jane McGonigalConsole Wars by Blake J. HarrisExtra Lives by Tom BissellThe Classic Gamer's Bible by Alexei Maxim Russell
Nonfiction About Video Games and Virtual Reality
130 books — 83 voters