2026 Reading Challenge

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



Snow Crash by Neal StephensonKing Leopold's Ghost by Adam HochschildGet Shorty by Elmore LeonardHomicide by David SimonA Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin
Best Books of the Decade: 1990s
3,129 books — 3,677 voters
The Name of the Wind by Patrick RothfussThe Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael ChabonWorld War Z by Max BrooksExhalation by Ted ChiangThe Three-Body Problem by Liu Cixin
Best Books of the Decade: 2000s
7,188 books — 28,376 voters

The Martian by Andy WeirThe Boys in the Boat by Daniel James BrownBarbarian Days by William FinneganAn Absolutely Remarkable Thing by Hank GreenThe Wise Man's Fear by Patrick Rothfuss
Best Books of the Decade: 2010s
7,686 books — 14,171 voters
The House in the Cerulean Sea by T.J. KluneProject Hail Mary by Andy WeirSea of Tranquility by Emily St. John MandelPoverty, by America by Matthew DesmondDungeon Crawler Carl by Matt Dinniman
Best Books of the Decade: 2020's
2,927 books — 5,452 voters

A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill BrysonKing Leopold's Ghost by Adam HochschildEndurance by Alfred LansingThe Writing of the Gods by Edward DolnickFour Lost Cities by Annalee Newitz
Big History
266 books — 108 voters
Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.Kindred by Octavia E. ButlerThis Is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-MohtarSea of Tranquility by Emily St. John MandelSphere by Michael Crichton
Best Time Travel Fiction
1,957 books — 5,244 voters

Dune by Frank HerbertShōgun by James ClavellThe Name of the Wind by Patrick RothfussMusashi by Eiji YoshikawaThey Marched Into Sunlight by David Maraniss
Big Fat Books Worth the Effort
1,874 books — 6,997 voters
A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill BrysonNight by Elie WieselHomicide by David SimonPoverty, by America by Matthew DesmondThey Marched Into Sunlight by David Maraniss
Best Non-Fiction (no biographies)
6,226 books — 8,060 voters

The Philosopher's Flight by Tom MillerThey Marched Into Sunlight by David MaranissThe Killer Department by Robert CullenMs. Adventure by Jess PhoenixBlood Done Sign My Name by Timothy B. Tyson
Books You Wish More People Knew About
17,385 books — 10,359 voters
The Name of the Wind by Patrick RothfussThe Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienSphere by Michael CrichtonWe Are Legion (We Are Bob) by Dennis E. Taylor
Best Science Fiction & Fantasy Books
8,326 books — 24,669 voters

Jinx by Brian Michael BendisFrank Miller's Ronin by Frank MillerBatman by Jeph LoebThe Complete Maus by Art SpiegelmanWatchmen by Alan Moore
Best One-Off Graphic Novels
421 books — 120 voters
The House in the Cerulean Sea by T.J. KluneThe Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael ChabonThe Name of the Wind by Patrick RothfussThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Best Books Ever
76,197 books — 283,348 voters