2026 Reading Challenge

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Nathan Timoteo (15 Lists)



The Sheltering Sky by Paul Bowles
Scariest Books
121 books — 96 voters
Les Misérables by Victor Hugo
Best European Literature
807 books — 304 voters

Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke
Disappointing Books
2,735 books — 4,604 voters
Eragon by Christopher PaoliniEldest by Christopher Paolini
Best Fantasy Books of the 21st Century
3,058 books — 9,898 voters

Twenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair by Pablo NerudaShakespeare's Sonnets by William ShakespeareThe Collected Poems by Langston HughesThe Collected Poems, Vol. 1 by William Carlos WilliamsThe Collected Poems by Theodore Roethke
Best Poetry Books
2,982 books — 2,423 voters
Thus Spoke Zarathustra by Friedrich Nietzsche
Best World Philosophy Book
953 books — 1,420 voters

Kitchen Confidential by Anthony BourdainFast Food Nation by Eric SchlosserSalt by Mark Kurlansky
Food-Related Non-Fiction
1,227 books — 1,636 voters
Les Misérables by Victor HugoLolita by Vladimir Nabokov
Books That Exceeded Your Expectations
14,778 books — 16,480 voters

The Sheltering Sky by Paul BowlesBlood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West by Cormac McCarthy
Best Philosophical Literature
1,167 books — 2,724 voters
Eragon & Eldest by Christopher Paolini
Best Audio Narration
1,520 books — 1,053 voters

Kitchen Confidential by Anthony BourdainGuns, Germs, and Steel by Jared DiamondStorm of Steel by Ernst Jünger
Best Non-Fiction (no biographies)
6,228 books — 8,060 voters
A People’s History of the United States by Howard ZinnLies My Teacher Told Me by James W. LoewenThe Unknown American Revolution by Gary B. Nash
Best American History Books
2,124 books — 2,495 voters

The Alchemist by Paulo CoelhoLonesome Dove by Larry McMurtryThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienDune by Frank Herbert
Favorite Books
14,374 books — 9,974 voters
Dune by Frank HerbertDo Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. DickSlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
Best Science Fiction & Fantasy Books
8,332 books — 24,670 voters

Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,807 books — 49,782 voters