2026 Reading Challenge

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Marc Williams (13 Lists)



The Name of the Rose by Umberto EcoOne Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García MárquezPerfume by Patrick SüskindAll the Light We Cannot See by Anthony DoerrLove in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García Márquez
Best Historical Fiction
7,408 books — 25,588 voters
The Thin Red Line by James Jones
World War II Fiction
1,393 books — 2,023 voters

The Food of Spain by Claudia Roden
Best Spanish Cookbooks
72 books — 10 voters
American Pastoral by Philip RothOne Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García MárquezLove in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García MárquezBlood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West by Cormac McCarthy
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,801 books — 49,782 voters

Treasure Island by Robert Louis StevensonRobinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe
Best Classic Adventure Novels
28 books — 18 voters
Treasure Island by Robert Louis StevensonThe Call of the Wild by Jack LondonInto the Wild by Jon KrakauerRobinson Crusoe by Daniel DefoeThe Thin Red Line by James Jones
100 Books for men
114 books — 26 voters

Treasure Island by Robert Louis StevensonWhite Fang by Jack LondonRobinson Crusoe by Daniel DefoeThe Call of the Wild by Jack London
Best Books for Guys / Men
180 books — 48 voters
Snow Crash by Neal StephensonThe Diamond Age by Neal StephensonHyperion by Dan SimmonsWorld War Z by Max BrooksOld Man's War by John Scalzi
Best Audiobooks
1,563 books — 1,108 voters

On Death and Dying by Elisabeth Kübler-RossAwareness, Dialogue and Process by Gary M. YontefGestalt Therapy by Frederick Salomon PerlsCreative Process in Gestalt Therapy by Joseph Zinker
Books Every Psychology and/or Counseling Doctoral Student Should Read
1,350 books — 1,473 voters
Radix by A.A. Attanasio
Best Science Fiction & Fantasy Books
8,331 books — 24,665 voters

Radix by A.A. AttanasioLogan's Run by William F. Nolan
Most Under-rated Science Fiction
2,075 books — 2,162 voters
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S. ThompsonOne Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken KeseyThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger1984 by George OrwellAnimal Farm by George Orwell
Cult Classics
1,567 books — 2,120 voters

The Snow Leopard by Peter MatthiessenThis Thing of Darkness by Harry ThompsonAnimal Farm by George OrwellAlice’s Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis CarrollLord of the Flies by William Golding
Best Books Ever
76,255 books — 283,639 voters