2026 Reading Challenge

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Dyan Slowik (9 Lists)



The Dreamers by Gilbert AdairOne Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich by Aleksandr SolzhenitsynRoom by Emma DonoghueThe Insult by Rupert Thomson
Judge A Book By Its Cover!
15,191 books — 17,085 voters
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich by Aleksandr SolzhenitsynTampa by Alissa NuttingDarkly Dreaming Dexter by Jeff LindsayBig Sur by Jack KerouacAs I Lay Dying by William Faulkner
Re-Readable
7,653 books — 2,347 voters

The Piano Teacher by Elfriede JelinekCosmic Banditos by A.C. WeisbeckerReheated Cabbage by Irvine WelshThe Drowned World by J.G. BallardThe Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco
Books I Have Every Intention Of Reading This Year
7,785 books — 2,668 voters
Tropic of Capricorn by Henry MillerImperial Bedrooms by Bret Easton EllisThe New York Trilogy by Paul AusterLast Exit to Brooklyn by Hubert Selby Jr.One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
The Most Disturbing Books Ever Written
3,196 books — 11,301 voters

Mygale by Thierry JonquetRoom by Emma DonoghueMy Loose Thread by Dennis CooperThe Elephant Tree by R.D. RonaldThe Dice Man by Luke Rhinehart
Books that Blew Me Away and that I Still Think About
14,463 books — 14,681 voters
The Drowned World by J.G. BallardThe Insult by Rupert ThomsonThe Corrections by Jonathan FranzenRunning Wild by J.G. BallardThe New York Trilogy by Paul Auster
Books That Exceeded Your Expectations
14,778 books — 16,478 voters

As I Lay Dying by William FaulknerThe Killer Inside Me by Jim ThompsonBeautiful You by Chuck PalahniukOne Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich by Aleksandr SolzhenitsynBig Sur by Jack Kerouac
Books I Became So Obsessed With I Stopped Everything Else in My Life to Finish.
12,196 books — 9,931 voters