2026 Reading Challenge

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Viktor (20 Lists)



Circe by Madeline MillerThe Song of Achilles by Madeline MillerA Thousand Ships by Natalie HaynesMythos by Stephen Fry
Mythology Books For The Grown Folks
340 books — 199 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeAnimal Farm by George OrwellThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienThe Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
31,594 books — 120,286 voters

Demon Copperhead by Barbara KingsolverYellowface by R.F. KuangJames by Percival EverettShuggie Bain by Douglas Stuart
Best Books of the Decade: 2020's
2,922 books — 5,458 voters
Misery by Stephen KingThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodA Clockwork Orange by Anthony BurgessThe Road by Cormac McCarthy
The Most Disturbing Books Ever Written
3,206 books — 11,312 voters

The Martian by Andy Weir
Best Science Fiction & Fantasy Books
8,434 books — 24,669 voters
Let the Right One In by John Ajvide Lindqvist
Swedish authors
352 books — 117 voters

The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
Best Books Ever
76,323 books — 283,923 voters
Atlas Shrugged by Ayn RandBreaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer
Disappointing Books
2,735 books — 4,603 voters

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldA Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,899 books — 49,785 voters
A Clockwork Orange by Anthony BurgessJaws by Peter BenchleyThe Hobbit by J.R.R. TolkienCatch-22 by Joseph Heller
Iconic Book Covers
26 books — 38 voters

Spring Snow by Yukio MishimaKafka on the Shore by Haruki MurakamiThe Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami
Best Japanese Books
772 books — 3,250 voters
Kafka on the Shore by Haruki MurakamiThe Road by Cormac McCarthyEverything is Illuminated by Jonathan Safran Foer
Best Books of the 21st Century
9,834 books — 21,981 voters

A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess
Books you must read to be considered well read
184 books — 49 voters
Kafka on the Shore by Haruki MurakamiThe Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki MurakamiEverything is Illuminated by Jonathan Safran Foer1Q84 by Haruki Murakami
Favorite Magical Realism Novels
1,304 books — 4,524 voters

A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess
Dystopics, Utopics, & Apocalyptics
386 books — 92 voters
The Road by Cormac McCarthySlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess1984 by George OrwellFahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
Best Dystopian and Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
3,754 books — 25,989 voters

The Road by Cormac McCarthyCat’s Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
Best Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
1,242 books — 3,410 voters
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran FoerEverything is Illuminated by Jonathan Safran Foer
YA Holocaust & WWII Novels
495 books — 790 voters

Kafka on the Shore by Haruki MurakamiThe Road by Cormac McCarthyThe Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey NiffeneggerThe Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonNo Country for Old Men by Cormac McCarthy
Best Books of the Decade: 2000s
7,189 books — 28,376 voters
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki MurakamiKafka on the Shore by Haruki MurakamiThe Tin Drum by Günter GrassThe Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón
Best Magic Realism
162 books — 319 voters