2026 Reading Challenge

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Madeleine Acton (10 Lists)



Pride and Prejudice by Jane AustenWuthering Heights by Emily BrontëJohn Keats by John KeatsThe Portrait of a Lady by Henry James
Romance Books Everyone Should Read
3,289 books — 3,037 voters
Atlas Shrugged by Ayn RandWar and Peace by Leo TolstoyUlysses by James Joyce
The Most Begun "Read but Unfinished" (Started) book ever
2,609 books — 13,138 voters

Shakespeare's Sonnets by William ShakespeareHowl by Allen GinsbergDo Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night by Dylan ThomasThe Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey ChaucerBeowulf by Unknown
Goodreads Top 100 Poems of All Time
260 books — 233 voters
1984 by George OrwellFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyBrave New World by Aldous HuxleyThe Giver by Lois LowrySlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
Best Science Fiction & Fantasy Books
8,331 books — 24,664 voters

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerBright Lights, Big City by Jay McInerney
Best Books Set in New York City
379 books — 393 voters
The Road by Cormac McCarthyA Game of Thrones by George R.R. MartinA Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius by Dave Eggers
Fantastic Dads and Father-figures
720 books — 737 voters

1984 by George OrwellBrave New World by Aldous HuxleyFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyThe Road by Cormac McCarthyLord of the Flies by William Golding
Best Dystopian and Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
3,751 books — 25,983 voters
1984 by George OrwellThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldFahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,801 books — 49,783 voters

1984 by George OrwellThe Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-ExupéryThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldSlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
31,573 books — 120,223 voters
The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerAtlas Shrugged by Ayn RandA Clockwork Orange by Anthony BurgessLes Misérables by Victor HugoThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Best Book Cover Art
12,382 books — 7,090 voters