2026 Reading Challenge

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by James Lord (6 Lists)



The Tin Drum by Günter GrassSong of Solomon by Toni Morrison
Favorite Magical Realism Novels
1,304 books — 4,519 voters
A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy TooleAt Swim-Two-Birds by Flann O'BrienA Clockwork Orange by Anthony BurgessVile Bodies by Evelyn WaughOne Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey
Penguin Modern Classics
411 books — 486 voters

War with the Newts by Karel ČapekI Served the King of England by Bohumil HrabalThe Joke by Milan KunderaR.U.R. by Karel ČapekImmortality by Milan Kundera
Best Czech Books
161 books — 117 voters
Whit by Iain BanksComing up for Air by George OrwellHangover Square by Patrick HamiltonThe End of the Affair by Graham GreeneWise Children by Angela Carter
Best Novels Set in 20th-century Britain
397 books — 212 voters

The Passion of New Eve by Angela CarterBrave New World by Aldous HuxleyThe Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar WildeOne Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken KeseyThe Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov
The Guardian's "1000 Novels Everyone Must Read"
1,016 books — 594 voters
Ulysses by James JoyceThe Master and Margarita by Mikhail BulgakovBrave New World by Aldous Huxley1984 by George OrwellOne Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken Kesey
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,807 books — 49,784 voters