2026 Reading Challenge

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Jan (11 Lists)



The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel van der KolkComplex PTSD by Pete Walker
Reading List for Gifted Adults with Chronic Illness Exploring Trauma
69 books — 20 voters
The First Scientist by Carlo Rovelli
Philosophy of science
90 books — 24 voters

Trop intelligent pour être heureux? L'adulte surdoué by Jeanne Siaud-FacchinThe Highly Sensitive Person by Elaine N. AronYour Rainforest Mind by Paula ProberBeing Me by Jennifer Harvey Sallin
Gifted Adults
38 books — 14 voters
The Narrow Road to the Deep North by Richard Flanagan10 by Ben Lerner
2015 Tournament of Books Long List
72 books — 158 voters

The God of Small Things by Arundhati RoyMidnight’s Children by Salman RushdieThe English Patient by Michael OndaatjeHalf of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieRemembering Babylon by David Malouf
Best Postcolonial Literature (fiction and nonfiction)
186 books — 141 voters
Born to Run by Christopher McDougallWhat I Talk About When I Talk About Running by Haruki Murakami
Best Running (non-instructional) Books
227 books — 553 voters

The Drunkard's Walk by Leonard MlodinowThe Richness of Life by Stephen Jay GouldHow the Universe Got Its Spots by Janna LevinMicrocosm by Carl ZimmerSix Easy Pieces by Richard P. Feynman
Best Science Books - Non-Fiction Only
1,837 books — 3,600 voters
Unaccustomed Earth by Jhumpa Lahiri
Best Books of 2008
1,643 books — 6,780 voters

Midnight’s Children by Salman RushdieDisgrace by J.M. CoetzeeThe God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy
Booker Prize Winners
61 books — 1,986 voters