2026 Reading Challenge

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Terence (30 Lists)



Madame Bovary by Gustave FlaubertThe Painted Veil by W. Somerset MaughamEffi Briest by Theodor FontaneWhat Maisie Knew by Henry JamesIrretrievable by Theodor Fontane
Unhappy Marriages
484 books — 288 voters
Dark Mirror by Diane DuaneEnterprise by Vonda N. McIntyreThe Final Reflection by John M. FordThe Entropy Effect by Vonda N. McIntyreCrossroad by Barbara Hambly
Star Trek Books That Don't Actually Suck
213 books — 126 voters

Lolly Willowes by Sylvia Townsend WarnerMock's Curse by T.F. Powys
I Will Read Absolutely Anything S/He Writes
1,028 books — 341 voters
Summer Will Show by Sylvia Townsend Warner
REALLY Underrated Books (Fewer than 1,000 Ratings)
3,182 books — 765 voters

Dune by Frank HerbertWhit by Iain BanksThe Year of the Flood by Margaret AtwoodParable of the Sower by Octavia E. ButlerGardens of the Moon by Steven Erikson
Best Author-Created Religions
100 books — 110 voters
Treasure Island by Fiona MacdonaldThe Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel HawthorneThe Name of the Rose by Umberto EcoMaster & Commander by Patrick O'BrianThe Scarlet Pimpernel by Emmuska Orczy
Recommended Historical Fiction
3,649 books — 3,591 voters

False Dawn by Chelsea Quinn Yarbro
Apocalypse: It's Over, Dude.
626 books — 774 voters
The Final Reflection by John M. FordThe Entropy Effect by Vonda N. McIntyreEnterprise by Vonda N. McIntyreThe Romulan Way by Diane DuaneStar Trek Star Fleet Technical Manual by Franz Joseph
Best Star Trek Books
395 books — 275 voters

Tailchaser's Song by Tad WilliamsThe Complete Calvin and Hobbes by Bill WattersonThe Golden Cat by Gabriel KingThe Wild Road by Gabriel KingThe Tiger in the House by Carl van Vechten
Great Cat Books
1,578 books — 950 voters
Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes SaavedraThe Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri
The Great Classics You Have Not Read Yet
745 books — 1,811 voters

The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral... by Julian Jaynes
Books that Blew Me Away and that I Still Think About
14,463 books — 14,677 voters
Summer Will Show by Sylvia Townsend WarnerWatchtower by Elizabeth A. LynnOranges Are Not the Only Fruit by Jeanette WintersonTales of the City by Armistead Maupin
Best LGBTQIA literature
1,772 books — 2,168 voters

Revelation Space by Alastair ReynoldsConsider Phlebas by Iain M. BanksThe Gap Into Conflict by Stephen R. Donaldson
Excellent Space Opera
1,017 books — 3,644 voters
The House in the High Wood by Jeffrey E. BarloughDracula by Bram Stoker’Salem’s Lot by Stephen KingThe Stand by Stephen KingThe Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson
The Definitive Horror Book List
1,368 books — 1,975 voters

The House in the High Wood by Jeffrey E. BarloughDracula by Bram Stoker’Salem’s Lot by Stephen KingThe Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson
Best Horror Novels
1,987 books — 5,448 voters
Lincoln by David Herbert DonaldLincoln at Gettysburg by Garry Wills
Best Books on Abraham Lincoln
119 books — 78 voters

All the Windwracked Stars by Elizabeth BearThe Swordswoman by Jessica Amanda SalmonsonThe Morgaine Saga by C.J. CherryhThe Paladin by C.J. CherryhButterfly and Hellflower by Eluki bes Shahar
Amazons, Valkyries, and Warrior Women
694 books — 534 voters
War and Peace by Leo TolstoyJonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna ClarkeThe Curse of the Mistwraith by Janny WurtsAgainst the Day by Thomas Pynchon
Abandoned Books
1,473 books — 1,465 voters

The Spellcoats by Diana Wynne Jones
Favourite Diana Wynne Jones
39 books — 389 voters
Jaws by Peter BenchleyPrince Caspian by C.S. LewisThe Crow by James O'BarrEaters of the Dead by Michael Crichton
The MOVIE was BETTER than the BOOK
1,134 books — 10,099 voters

Death Comes for the Archbishop by Willa Cather
I'm glad someone made me read this book
10,709 books — 10,319 voters
A Canticle for Leibowitz by Walter M. Miller Jr.The Forever War by Joe HaldemanThe Shadow of the Torturer by Gene WolfeThe Claw of the Conciliator by Gene WolfeThe Sword of the Lictor by Gene Wolfe
Golden Age & New Wave SF
270 books — 207 voters

Sargasso of Space by Andre NortonStarship Troopers by Robert A. HeinleinThe Time Trilogy by Madeleine L'Engle
Best Intro to Science Fiction for Young Readers
1,388 books — 1,638 voters
Behold the Man by Michael Moorcock
SF & Theology
241 books — 292 voters

House Atreides by Brian Herbert
The Worst Books of All Time
8,105 books — 19,873 voters
Toll the Hounds by Steven Erikson
2008 DGLA Fantasy Book Nominees
98 books — 222 voters

Dust of Dreams by Steven EriksonA Dance with Dragons by George R.R. MartinThe Judging Eye by R. Scott BakkerBest Served Cold by Joe AbercrombieThe Gathering Storm by Robert Jordan
Books for 2009
580 books — 2,397 voters
The Name of the Rose by Umberto EcoI, Claudius by Robert Graves
Best Historical Fiction
7,406 books — 25,586 voters

Downbelow Station by C.J. Cherryh
Best Science Fiction & Fantasy Books
8,326 books — 24,668 voters
Charlotte’s Web by E.B. White
What Book Got You Hooked?
3,848 books — 10,516 voters