2026 Reading Challenge

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Ancient Weaver (24 Lists)



Fierce Invalids Home from Hot Climates by Tom Robbins
Best Books You've Never Heard Of
1,267 books — 791 voters
Fear and Loathing by Hunter S. ThompsonFear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S. Thompson
The Best of Hunter S. Thompson
10 books — 25 voters

The Raw Shark Texts by Steven Hall
Best Books of the Decade: 2000s
7,188 books — 28,375 voters
Dreams from My Father by Barack ObamaA Long Way Gone by Ishmael Beah
Books That Exceeded Your Expectations
14,778 books — 16,482 voters

Naked by David SedarisMe Talk Pretty One Day by David SedarisAmerica (The Book) by Jon StewartAssassination Vacation by Sarah Vowell
Best Humorous Books
4,328 books — 7,909 voters
Human, All Too Human by Friedrich NietzscheThe Gay Science by Friedrich NietzscheDaybreak by Friedrich NietzscheTwilight of the Idols/The Antichrist by Friedrich NietzscheOn the Genealogy of Morals / Ecce Homo by Friedrich Nietzsche
Best/Favorite Books of Essays
554 books — 248 voters

Beyond Theology by Alan W. WattsThe Power of Myth by Joseph CampbellThe Flight of the Wild Gander by Joseph CampbellMeeting Jesus Again for the First Time by Marcus J. BorgEssays and Lectures by Ralph Waldo Emerson
Different Takes on Religion & Spirituality
1,389 books — 1,125 voters
Tao Te Ching by Lao TzuThe Upanishads by Anonymous
Best Holy Books
270 books — 535 voters

Batman by Frank MillerBatman by Frank MillerDaredevil by Frank MillerSwamp Thing, Vol. 1 by Alan Moore
Required Reading Graphic Novels
1,173 books — 2,012 voters
The Anti-Christ, Ecce Homo, Twilight of the Idols, and Other ... by Friedrich NietzscheSuperstition In All Ages by Jean MeslierThe Demon-Haunted World by Carl Sagan
Notable Atheist Books
547 books — 942 voters

Misery by Stephen KingThe Gunslinger by Stephen KingThe Long Walk by Richard BachmanThe Stand by Stephen King’Salem’s Lot by Stephen King
Best of Stephen King
178 books — 3,874 voters
The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward GibbonThe Anatomy of Melancholy by Robert Burton
Thickest Books Ever
889 books — 2,489 voters

1984 by George OrwellWhat Uncle Sam Really Wants by Noam Chomsky
This Is the End...
994 books — 1,590 voters
The Sorrows of Young Werther by Johann Wolfgang von GoetheLes Liaisons dangereuses by Pierre Choderlos de Laclos
Epistolary Fiction
855 books — 848 voters

Notes from Underground, White Nights, The Dream of a Ridiculo... by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Best Russian Literature
512 books — 2,276 voters
The Stranger by Albert CamusLes Fleurs du Mal by Charles BaudelaireThe Complete Essays by Michel de MontaigneMaxims by François de La RochefoucauldThe Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays by Albert Camus
Best French Literature
872 books — 1,572 voters

Batman by Frank MillerWatchmen by Alan MooreBatman by Frank MillerDaredevil Visionaries by Frank MillerV for Vendetta by Alan Moore
Best Graphic Novels
3,453 books — 6,768 voters
Crime and Punishment by Fyodor DostoevskyDon Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes SaavedraThe Waste Lands by Stephen KingThe Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. TolkienThe Two Towers by J.R.R. Tolkien
Disappointing Books
2,735 books — 4,604 voters

Notes from Underground & The Grand Inquisitor by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Books With Unforgettable Characters
9,438 books — 8,418 voters
Fight Club by Chuck PalahniukOne Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken KeseyFear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S. ThompsonThe Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienThe Godfather by Mario Puzo
The MOVIE was BETTER than the BOOK
1,134 books — 10,100 voters

The Invaders Plan by L. Ron HubbardMind Siege by Tim LaHayeThe Heart of Mid-Lothian by Walter Scott
The Worst Books of All Time
8,105 books — 19,873 voters
The Best Epic Fantasy (fiction)
4,187 books — 25,734 voters

1984 by George OrwellBrave New World by Aldous HuxleyAnimal Farm by George Orwell
Best Dystopian and Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
3,751 books — 25,984 voters
Heart of Darkness by Joseph ConradThe Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel HawthorneThe Gay Science by Friedrich NietzscheLes Fleurs du Mal by Charles Baudelaire
Best Books Ever
76,263 books — 283,663 voters