2026 Reading Challenge

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by JennyB (15 Lists)



Ghost Wars by Steve CollWhy Nations Fail by Daron AcemoğluAll the Shah's Men by Stephen KinzerCommon Wealth by Jeffrey D. SachsOur Vietnam/Nước Việt Ta by A.J. Langguth
FSO Reading List
119 books — 59 voters
The God of Small Things by Arundhati RoyThe Satanic Verses by Salman RushdieMidnight’s Children by Salman RushdieThe Namesake by Jhumpa LahiriGhachar Ghochar by Vivek Shanbhag
India's best
142 books — 81 voters

In the Time of the Butterflies by Julia Alvarez
Caribbean/West Indian Diaspora Literature - Women (fiction)
205 books — 151 voters
Straphanger by Taras Grescoe
NextCity.org Book Club (fiction and nonfiction)
27 books — 24 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Prime of Miss Jean Brodie by Muriel SparkRebecca by Daphne du MaurierThe Group by Mary McCarthyThe Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, Aged 13 3/4 by Sue Townsend
100 Best 20th Century Books by Women
101 books — 34 voters
Are You Somebody? by Nuala O'FaolainThe Blackwater Lightship by Colm Tóibín
Best Irish Literature
632 books — 719 voters

The Geography of Nowhere by James Howard KunstlerTriumph of the City by Edward L. GlaeserSuburban Nation by Andrés DuanyCity Life by Witold RybczynskiTraffic by Tom Vanderbilt
Top Urban Planning Books of All Time
115 books — 157 voters
The Satanic Verses by Salman RushdieMidnight’s Children by Salman RushdieThe God of Small Things by Arundhati RoyThe Namesake by Jhumpa LahiriClear Light of Day by Anita Desai
Best Indian Fiction Books
913 books — 2,421 voters

Are You Somebody? by Nuala O'FaolainThe Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar WildeThe Blackwater Lightship by Colm TóibínAngela’s Ashes by Frank McCourtThe Glass Lake by Maeve Binchy
Best Irish Books
686 books — 603 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldBrave New World by Aldous HuxleyA Clockwork Orange by Anthony BurgessMidnight’s Children by Salman Rushdie
100 best novels - modern library
165 books — 109 voters

Disgrace by J.M. CoetzeeThe Cairo Trilogy by Naguib Mahfouz
African Fiction
600 books — 428 voters
John Adams by David McCulloughUndaunted Courage by Stephen E. AmbroseNicholas and Alexandra by Robert K. Massie
Best History Books
3,709 books — 3,739 voters

The Bone People by Keri HulmeThe God of Small Things by Arundhati RoyMidnight’s Children by Salman RushdieDisgrace by J.M. CoetzeeLife of Pi by Yann Martel
Booker Prize Winners
60 books — 1,985 voters