2026 Reading Challenge

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Bill (23 Lists)



One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez
Trippy Books
843 books — 897 voters
The Old Ways by Robert MacfarlaneDark Star Safari by Paul TherouxThe Songlines by Bruce ChatwinA Book of Travellers' Tales by Eric NewbyThree Men in a Boat by Jerome K. Jerome
Wanderlust
1,058 books — 1,151 voters

Johnno by David MaloufPraise by Andrew McGahanZigzag Street by Nick Earls
Brisbane Stories
44 books — 26 voters
The Master and Margarita by Mikhail BulgakovGorky Park by Martin Cruz Smith
Books set in Moscow
81 books — 40 voters

London by Peter Ackroyd
London Calling
1,231 books — 645 voters
The Complete Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi
Best Graphic Novels
3,450 books — 6,766 voters

The Devil and Commodity Fetishism in South America by Michael Taussig
Good Ethnography
140 books — 101 voters
The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerRomeo and Juliet by William ShakespeareLolita by Vladimir Nabokov
The Five Books I Would Require If I Taught an English Literature Class
625 books — 2,754 voters

Catch-22 by Joseph HellerThe Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienZen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance by Robert M. PirsigThe Satanic Verses by Salman RushdieLove in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García Márquez
The Most Begun "Read but Unfinished" (Started) book ever
2,608 books — 13,138 voters
Voice Of The Moon by Ermanno CavazzoniThe Nocturnal Library by Ermanno CavazzoniThe Name of the Rose by Umberto EcoFoucault’s Pendulum by Umberto Eco
Notable Novels by Italian Authors
347 books — 233 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee1984 by George OrwellAnimal Farm by George OrwellThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank
Best Banned, Censored, and Challenged Books
924 books — 2,380 voters
City of Thieves by Ian LivingstoneForest of Doom by Ian LivingstoneVault of the Vampire by Keith MartinIsland of the Undead by Keith Martin
Best Fighting Fantasy Books
57 books — 52 voters

Fever Pitch by Nick HornbyHow Soccer Explains the World by Franklin FoerInverting the Pyramid by Jonathan WilsonSheilas, Wogs and Poofters by Johnny WarrenBustin' Down the Door by Tim Baker
Top reads for sports fans
955 books — 769 voters
The Songlines by Bruce ChatwinThe Bonfire of the Vanities by Tom WolfeDown and Out in Paris and London by George OrwellLove in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García Márquez
Around the World in 100 Books
1,316 books — 705 voters

The Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienFox in Socks by Dr. SeussAnimalia by Graeme BaseSelby's Secret by Duncan BallUncanny! by Paul Jennings
Favorite books from my childhood
4,421 books — 7,429 voters
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael ChabonThe Alchemist by Paulo CoelhoLights Out in Wonderland by D.B.C. Pierre
Huh? I Thought That Book Would Be Better Than It Was
882 books — 750 voters

Dark Star Safari by Paul TherouxTristes Tropiques by Claude Lévi-StraussGoing Solo by Roald DahlThe Travels by Marco PoloThe Songlines by Bruce Chatwin
Favorite Travel Books
2,021 books — 3,941 voters
The Old Ways by Robert MacfarlaneLondon by Peter AckroydThe Poetics of Space by Gaston BachelardThe Perception of the Environment by Tim IngoldGuy Debord and the Situationist International by Tom McDonough
Psychogeography
210 books — 39 voters

Outline of a Theory of Practice by Pierre BourdieuTristes Tropiques by Claude Lévi-StraussComing of Age in Samoa by Margaret MeadThe Interpretation of Cultures by Clifford GeertzThe Perception of the Environment by Tim Ingold
Anthropology Great Books (Now Includes Books That Are Just OK)
80 books — 28 voters
The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor DostoevskyThe Idiot by Fyodor DostoevskyAnna Karenina by Leo TolstoyCalcio by john-footThe Death of Ivan Ilych by Leo Tolstoy
What To Read Next
20,294 books — 24,188 voters

Matilda by Roald DahlDanny the Champion of the World by Roald DahlBoy by Roald DahlGoing Solo by Roald DahlCharlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl
Roald Dahl
35 books — 180 voters
Fever Pitch by Nick HornbyInverting the Pyramid by Jonathan WilsonHow Soccer Explains the World by Franklin FoerSheilas, Wogs & Poofters by Johnny Warren
Best Football (Soccer) Books
514 books — 385 voters

Lolita by Vladimir NabokovThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger1984 by George OrwellA Brief History of Time by Stephen W. Hawking
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,801 books — 49,782 voters