2026 Reading Challenge

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Samuel Moss (24 Lists)



Magnetic Field by Ron LoewinsohnRiddance by Shelley JacksonOther Electricities by Ander MonsonWorse Than Myself by Adam GolaskiThe Dick Gibson Show by Stanley Elkin
Audio Mysticism
24 books — 1 voter
Annihilation by Jeff Vandermeer
r/horrorlit
214 books — 132 voters

An Individual Note by Daphne OramListening through the Noise by Joanna DemersFour Musical Minimalists by Keith PotterThe Soundscape by R. Murray SchaferMonolithic Undertow by Harry Sword
Ambient and Drone
14 books — 4 voters
Storm by George R. StewartFire by George R. StewartSheep Rock by George R. Stewart
Post-Human Literature
3 books — 1 voter

Collected Voices in the Expanded Field by Andrew J. WiltThree Hundred Million by Blake Butler
The Expanded Field
43 books — 13 voters
The Wasp Factory by Iain BanksLast Exit to Brooklyn by Hubert Selby Jr.Junky by William S. BurroughsThe Room by Hubert Selby Jr.
Best Transgressive Fiction
868 books — 966 voters

Cows by Matthew StokoeThe Blind Owl by Sadegh HedayatMaldoror and the Complete Works by Comte de LautréamontMolloy / Malone Dies / The Unnamable by Samuel BeckettThe Marbled Swarm by Dennis Cooper
Weirdest Books Ever
1,193 books — 1,184 voters
Essays by Peter Wessel ZapffeIn the Dust of This Planet by Eugene ThackerThe Blind Owl by Sadegh HedayatThe Conspiracy Against the Human Race by Thomas LigottiThe Quest for Consciousness by Christof Koch
Books Rustin Cohle would have read!
103 books — 25 voters

In the Dust of This Planet by Eugene Thacker
Ligottian
58 books — 22 voters
Partial List of People to Bleach by Garielle LutzFlorida by Christine SchuttProsperous Friends by Christine SchuttA DAY, A NIGHT, ANOTHER DAY, SUMMER by Christine SchuttNightwork by Christine Schutt
The Sentence is a Lonely Place
17 books — 5 voters

Suttree by Cormac McCarthyUnder the Volcano by Malcolm LowryThe Unconsoled by Kazuo IshiguroPilgrim at Tinker Creek by Annie DillardThe Recognitions by William Gaddis
A Post Gaduate DIY MFA Reading List
100 books — 11 voters
The Call of Cthulhu and Other Weird Stories by H.P. LovecraftAncient Sorceries and Other Weird Stories by Algernon BlackwoodIn the Land of Time and Other Fantasy Tales by Lord DunsanyThe Dark Eidolon and Other Fantasies by Clark Ashton SmithTitus Groan by Mervyn Peake
Best Weird Fiction Books
1,202 books — 1,092 voters

The Gulag Archipelago 1918–1956 by Aleksandr SolzhenitsynKolyma Tales by Varlam ShalamovOrdeal by Hunger by George R. StewartIn the Dust of This Planet by Eugene ThackerThe Conspiracy Against the Human Race by Thomas Ligotti
Nonfiction Horror
55 books — 14 voters
The Gulag Archipelago 1918–1956 by Aleksandr SolzhenitsynKolyma Tales by Varlam ShalamovSakhalin Island by Anton ChekhovKolyma by Robert Conquest
The Gulag Medley
220 books — 52 voters

J R by William GaddisInfinite Jest by David Foster WallaceWhite Noise by Don DeLilloIf on a Winter’s Night a Traveler by Italo Calvino
Postmodern Genius
519 books — 585 voters
The Fiction by H.P. LovecraftThe Wendigo by Algernon Blackwood
Cult fction
359 books — 205 voters

The Poems of Dylan Thomas by Dylan Thomas
Best New Directions Books
262 books — 179 voters
Infinite Jest by David Foster WallaceIn Search of Lost Time by Marcel ProustThe Tunnel by William H. GassArchipelag Gułag 1918-1956. Tomy 1-3 by Aleksandr SolzhenitsynNightwood by Djuna Barnes
Flavorwire's 50 Incredibly Tough Books for Extreme Readers
50 books — 105 voters

The Tunnel by William H. GassBreaking and Entering by Joy WilliamsThe Gormenghast Novels by Mervyn Peake
The obscure: Best books most haven't read (or even heard of)
537 books — 361 voters
Catch-22 by Joseph Heller1984 by George OrwellA Clockwork Orange by Anthony BurgessInfinite Jest by David Foster WallaceWhat We Talk About When We Talk About Love by Raymond Carver
Larry McCaffery: The 20th Century's Greatest Hits (English Language)
106 books — 51 voters

The Recognitions by William GaddisThe Tunnel by William H. GassChromos by Felipe Alfau
Best Dalkey Archive Titles
152 books — 86 voters
פתאום דפיקה בדלת by Etgar KeretBed by Tao LinHurt Others by Sam Pink
Contemporary Short Story Collections
551 books — 335 voters

The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen ChboskyThe Fuck-Up by Arthur Nersesian
Books I Regret Reading
2,300 books — 3,224 voters
Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace
Best Books Ever
76,217 books — 283,414 voters