2026 Reading Challenge

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Patti (7 Lists)



Narcissus and Goldmund by Hermann HesseBrave New World by Aldous HuxleyThe Croquet Player by H.G. WellsTender Is the Night by F. Scott FitzgeraldThe Journey to the East by Hermann Hesse
Best Books of the Decade: 1930s
904 books — 1,254 voters
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran FoerInfidel by Ayaan Hirsi AliHow Starbucks Saved My Life by Michael Gates GillThe Known World by Edward P. Jones
Best Books of the Decade: 2000s
7,188 books — 28,375 voters

Don't Shoot, It's Only Me by Bob HopeThe Art of Happiness by Dalai Lama XIVRabbit at Rest by John UpdikeRewrites by Neil Simon
Best Books of the Decade: 1990s
3,129 books — 3,677 voters
The Color Purple by Alice WalkerA Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole
Best Books of the Decade: 1980s
2,257 books — 2,434 voters

A Farewell to Arms by Ernest HemingwayThe Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway
Best Books of the Decade: 1920s
764 books — 1,131 voters
Franny and Zooey by J.D. SalingerThe Godfather by Mario PuzoRaise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters & Seymour by J.D. SalingerA Moveable Feast by Ernest HemingwayCat’s Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
Best Books of the Decade: 1960s
1,356 books — 1,779 voters

Go by John Clellon HolmesMaurice by E.M. ForsterRabbit Redux by John UpdikeJack's Book by Lawrence LeeThe Collected Plays, Vol. 4 by Neil Simon
Best Books of the Decade: 1970s
1,946 books — 1,880 voters