2026 Reading Challenge

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Hannah (12 Lists)



Animal Farm by George OrwellThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldMrs Dalloway by Virginia WoolfOne Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken KeseyThe Waves by Virginia Woolf
Penguin Modern Classics
411 books — 486 voters
The Master and Margarita by Mikhail BulgakovThe French Lieutenant’s Woman by John FowlesMidnight’s Children by Salman RushdieThe Name of the Rose by Umberto EcoOrlando by Virginia Woolf
Postmodern Genius
519 books — 584 voters

The Witches of Eastwick by John UpdikeThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldNineteen Eighty-Four by George OrwellBreakfast at Tiffany's by Truman CapoteOne Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey
Popular Penguins
200 books — 102 voters
The Master and Margarita by Mikhail BulgakovThe Name of the Rose by Umberto EcoThe Bad Girl by Mario Vargas LlosaLove in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García MárquezThe Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera
Best Foreign Language (non English) Book
1,078 books — 622 voters

The English Patient by Michael OndaatjeBeatrice and Virgil by Yann MartelThe Blind Assassin by Margaret AtwoodLife of Pi by Yann MartelThe Year of the Flood by Margaret Atwood
Great Canadian Books
195 books — 26 voters
La ciudad y los perros by Mario Vargas LlosaTravesuras de la niña mala by Mario Vargas LlosaAunt Julia and the Scriptwriter by Mario Vargas LlosaDeath in the Andes by Mario Vargas LlosaIn Praise of the Stepmother by Mario Vargas Llosa
All about Vargas Llosa
29 books — 35 voters

The Master and Margarita by Mikhail BulgakovThe Cider House Rules by John IrvingThe Bad Girl by Mario Vargas LlosaThe Thorn Birds by Colleen McCulloughGone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
Best Love Stories
5,173 books — 9,634 voters
The Name of the Rose by Umberto EcoGone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellThe English Patient by Michael OndaatjeThe French Lieutenant’s Woman by John FowlesFried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe by Fannie Flagg
Best Historical Fiction
7,410 books — 25,591 voters

The Master and Margarita by Mikhail BulgakovRoadside Picnic by Arkady StrugatskyFlowers for Algernon by Daniel KeyesAnimal Farm by George OrwellHard to Be a God by Arkady Strugatsky
Best Science Fiction & Fantasy Books
8,331 books — 24,665 voters
The Master and Margarita by Mikhail BulgakovLove in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García MárquezThe House of the Spirits by Isabel AllendeChocolat by Joanne Harris
Favorite Magical Realism Novels
1,304 books — 4,521 voters

The Cider House Rules by John IrvingA Prayer for Owen Meany by John IrvingThe World According to Garp by John IrvingThe Hotel New Hampshire by John Irving
Best of John Irving
27 books — 345 voters
The Master and Margarita by Mikhail BulgakovThe Cider House Rules by John IrvingDandelion Wine by Ray BradburyMrs. Dalloway by Virginia WoolfThe Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway
Best Books Ever
76,282 books — 283,739 voters