2026 Reading Challenge

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The Elementary Particles by Michel HouellebecqNorwegian Wood by Haruki MurakamiThe Castle by Franz KafkaDeath in Venice and Other Stories by Thomas MannZen in the Art of Archery by Eugen Herrigel
Books that you must read in order to be alive
10 books — 1 voter
Cosmos by Carl SaganNorwegian Wood by Haruki MurakamiGuns, Germs, and Steel by Jared DiamondThinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman"Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!" by Richard P. Feynman
Books Read By Photon In A Double Slit In His Lifetime
401 books — 32 voters

Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel KahnemanNoise by Daniel KahnemanThe Coddling of the American Mind by Jonathan HaidtEnlightenment Now by Steven PinkerExercised by Daniel E. Lieberman
Edge.org
133 books — 11 voters
The Patience Stone by Atiq RahimiThe Year of the Hare by Arto PaasilinnaThe Exception by Christian JungersenThe Decapitated Chicken and Other Stories by Horacio QuirogaHouse of the Fortunate Buddhas by João Ubaldo Ribeiro
A tour of the world in 196 books
134 books — 10 voters

The Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniOne Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich by Aleksandr SolzhenitsynLike Water for Chocolate by Laura EsquivelPurge by Sofi OksanenThe Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Díaz
A year of reading the world
277 books — 51 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