2026 Reading Challenge

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by John (15 Lists)



Point Counter Point by Aldous Huxley
Best Books of the Decade: 1920s
765 books — 1,131 voters
The Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienThe Maltese Falcon by Dashiell Hammett
Best Books of the Decade: 1930s
904 books — 1,254 voters

1984 by George OrwellFor Whom the Bell Tolls by Ernest Hemingway
Best Books of the Decade: 1940s
819 books — 1,143 voters
The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerLord of the Flies by William GoldingThe Old Man and the Sea by Ernest HemingwayProfiles In Courage by John Fitzgerald KennedyChurchill's History of the English-Speaking Peoples by Winston S. Churchill
Best Books of the Decade: 1950s
1,181 books — 1,510 voters

One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken KeseySlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.Catch-22 by Joseph HellerIn Cold Blood by Truman CapoteWhere the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak
Best Books of the Decade: 1960s
1,360 books — 1,779 voters
Where the Sidewalk Ends by Shel Silverstein
Best Books of the Decade: 1970s
1,954 books — 1,880 voters

A Time to Kill by John GrishamThe Bourne Identity by Robert LudlumWhat We Talk About When We Talk About Love by Raymond CarverThe Last Best Place by William KittredgeDavita's Harp by Chaim Potok
Best Books of the Decade: 1980s
2,259 books — 2,433 voters
Angela’s Ashes by Frank McCourtThe Bad Beginning by Lemony SnicketThe Green Mile by Stephen KingTuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom
Best Books of the Decade: 1990s
3,129 books — 3,679 voters

The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonChoke by Chuck PalahniukMe Talk Pretty One Day by David SedarisThe Emperor of Ocean Park by Stephen L. CarterThe City of Falling Angels by John Berendt
Best Books of the Decade: 2000s
7,189 books — 28,372 voters
The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins
Best Books of the Decade: 2010s
7,685 books — 14,184 voters

An Elephant? by Lorna Balian
Obscure Children's Vintage Gems
661 books — 238 voters
1984 by George OrwellAnimal Farm by George OrwellThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerLord of the Flies by William Golding
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
31,594 books — 120,359 voters

Jude the Obscure by Thomas Hardy
Best Books of the Decade: 1890s
466 books — 499 voters
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark TwainAnna Karenina by Leo TolstoyTent Life in Siberia by George Kennan
Best Books of the Decade: 1870s
258 books — 345 voters

Goforth Of China by Rosalind GoforthThe Hiding Place by Corrie ten BoomShadow of the Almighty by Elisabeth ElliotA Chance to Die by Elisabeth ElliotBill Wallace of China by Jesse C. Fletcher
Great Missionary Stories
147 books — 181 voters