2026 Reading Challenge

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Michael Davis (11 Lists)



The Iliad / The Odyssey by HomerThe Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark TwainBlood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West by Cormac McCarthyThe Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael ChabonRabbit, Run by John Updike
The 75 Books Every Man Should Read (from Esquire)
129 books — 147 voters
King Lear by William ShakespeareTwelfth Night by William Shakespeare
Best Books of the 17th Century
326 books — 702 voters

The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer
Best Books of the 14th Century
63 books — 354 voters
Gulliver’s Travels by Jonathan SwiftRobinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe
Best Books of the 18th Century
375 books — 1,008 voters

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark TwainFrankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft ShelleyA Tale of Two Cities by Charles DickensThe Invisible Man by H.G. WellsOliver Twist by Charles Dickens
Best Books of the 19th Century
1,704 books — 6,872 voters
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael ChabonBlood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West by Cormac McCarthyLolita by Vladimir NabokovThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. Tolkien
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,807 books — 49,785 voters

A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer EganMiddlesex by Jeffrey EugenidesThe Road by Cormac McCarthyThe Complete Persepolis by Marjane SatrapiThe Art of Fielding by Chad Harbach
Best Books of the 21st Century
9,832 books — 21,957 voters
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark TwainOliver Twist by Charles DickensThe Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark TwainThe Merry Adventures of Robin Hood by Howard PyleThe Story of Doctor Dolittle by Hugh Lofting
What Book Got You Hooked?
3,848 books — 10,516 voters

The Iliad / The Odyssey by HomerThe Odyssey by HomerJ.R.R. Tolkien 4-Book Boxed Set by J.R.R. TolkienThe Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark TwainLolita by Vladimir Nabokov
Best Books Ever
76,191 books — 283,330 voters
The Pigeon Finds a Hot Dog! by Mo WillemsEveryone Poops by Taro GomiWhere the Red Fern Grows by Wilson RawlsThe Best Thing That Can Happen to a Croissant by Pablo TussetThe Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
In Your Pants
842 books — 225 voters

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark TwainThe Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael ChabonLonesome Dove by Larry McMurtryMoby-Dick or, The Whale by Herman MelvilleBlood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West by Cormac McCarthy
The Great American Novel
670 books — 1,091 voters