2026 Reading Challenge

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Misha (24 Lists)



A. D. 381 by Charles Freeman
The History of a Year
86 books — 2 voters
A. D. 381 by Charles Freeman
When Was That? Dates in Titles
667 books — 112 voters

A. D. 381 by Charles Freeman
Year books: Histories of a single year
47 books — 10 voters
A. D. 381 by Charles Freeman
Books About (Or Named After) Single Years
97 books — 21 voters

Roman Emperor Zeno by Peter CrawfordAnastasius I by F.K. HaarerAnastasios I. by Mischa MeierJustin the First by Alexander VasilievJustinian by Peter Sarris
Byzantine emperors
52 books — 2 voters
The Army of Flanders and the Spanish Road 1567–1659 by Geoffrey ParkerPhilip III and the Pax Hispanica, 1598-1621 by Paul C. AllenThe Road to Rocroi by Fernando González de LeónExercise of Arms by Marco van der HoevenDynasty and Diplomacy in the Court of Savoy by Toby Osborne
Books on the Thirty Years War (1618-1648)
71 books — 20 voters

The Habsburg Monarchy 1809-1918 by A.J.P. Taylor
Habsburger Dynasty
60 books — 7 voters
The Army of Flanders and the Spanish Road, 1567-1659 by Geoffrey ParkerThe Logistics of the Roman Army at War, 264 BC-235 AD by Jonathan P. RothThe Road to Rocroi by Fernando González de León
Books for Logisticians
8 books — 3 voters

The Courtier and the King by James M. BoydenAlba by William S. MaltbyPhilip II by Geoffrey ParkerEurope Divided, 1559 - 1598 by J.H. ElliottThe Road to Rocroi by Fernando González de León
European War and Diplomacy in the Age of Philip II (1559-1598)
70 books — 14 voters
The Campaigns of Napoleon by David G. Chandler
French Revolutionary & Napoleonic Wars (1792-1815)
210 books — 39 voters

Carthage by Serge LancelThe Carthaginians by Dexter HoyosThe Fall of Carthage by Adrian GoldsworthyDie Karthager by Werner HußCarthage Must Be Destroyed by Richard Miles
Carthage
41 books — 17 voters
The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon
Books on the Later Roman Empire
166 books — 45 voters

I, Claudius by Robert Graves
Best Historical Fiction About Ancient Rome
361 books — 597 voters
Wellington by Rory MuirWellington by Rory MuirWellington by Elizabeth Harman Pakenham L...Wellington by Elizabeth LongfordWellington by Richard Holmes
Wellington
30 books — 5 voters

Frederick II by David AbulafiaFederico II, imperatore by Ernst H. KantorowiczThe Emperor Frederick II Of Hohenstaufen, Immutator Mundi by Thomas Curtis Van CleveFrederick II by Richard D. BresslerIntellectual Life at the Court of Frederick II Hohenstaufen by William Tronzo
Frederick II: Stupor Mundi
11 books — 2 voters
The Crusades by Thomas AsbridgeGod's War by Christopher Tyerman
Best History Books on Crusades
115 books — 96 voters

The Iron Marshal by John G. GallaherBy Command of the Emperor by S.J. WatsonSoult by Peter HaymanMurat by Jean TulardBernadotte by Langley Russell, 2nd Baron ...
Marshals of the Empire
31 books — 4 voters
Revelation Space by Alastair Reynolds
Ruins and Artifacts
182 books — 43 voters

Metaplanetary by Tony DanielSuperluminal by Tony Daniel
Hidden Gems of Science Fiction
481 books — 433 voters
Revelation Space by Alastair ReynoldsA Fire Upon the Deep by Vernor Vinge
Best Ancient Alien Civilization Books
34 books — 25 voters

Revelation Space by Alastair ReynoldsA Fire Upon the Deep by Vernor VingeThe Broken God by David ZindellNeverness by David ZindellWar in Heaven by David Zindell
Books that Inspired Eclipse Phase
105 books — 11 voters
Radix by A.A. AttanasioSantiago by Mike ResnickNeverness by David Zindell
Most Under-rated Science Fiction
2,080 books — 2,169 voters

American Gods by Neil Gaiman
Best Outside-the-box Speculative Fiction
885 books — 490 voters
No Return by Zachary Jernigan
Space is Magic
54 books — 23 voters