2026 Reading Challenge

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Vendula Dvorackova (24 Lists)



The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan KunderaThe Idiot by Fyodor DostoevskySelected Stories of Anton Chekhov by Anton Chekhov
Greatest Eastern European Classics
440 books — 257 voters
Les Misérables by Victor Hugo
Victor Hugo
40 books — 14 voters

The Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienLove in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García MárquezFlowers for Algernon by Daniel KeyesThe Dead Zone by Stephen KingThe Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
Books I Could Not Put Down
254 books — 92 voters
Stardust by Neil Gaiman
Best of Neil Gaiman
114 books — 506 voters

Les Misérables by Victor HugoWuthering Heights by Emily BrontëFrankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft ShelleyThe Idiot by Fyodor DostoevskyPinocchio by Carlo Collodi
Best Books of the 19th Century
1,704 books — 6,871 voters
The Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniThe Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsHarry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. RowlingHarry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. RowlingThe Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon
Best Books of the 21st Century
9,833 books — 21,965 voters

1984 by George OrwellThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyOne Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,801 books — 49,783 voters
Richard III by William ShakespeareThe Merchant of Venice by William ShakespeareThe Tempest by William ShakespeareMuch Ado About Nothing by William ShakespeareHamlet by William Shakespeare
Best of William Shakespeare
103 books — 1,239 voters

Pride and Prejudice by Jane AustenHarry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. RowlingJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëBridget Jones’s Diary by Helen Fielding
I Fell In Love With The Man Or Men Of These Books!
1,692 books — 1,143 voters
The Lovely Bones by Alice SeboldThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerOn the Road by Jack KerouacHarry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling
Disappointing Books
2,735 books — 4,604 voters

The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
Best books for Spring reading
186 books — 104 voters
Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
Best Books to Read When the Snow Is Falling
13,712 books — 9,617 voters

The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston LerouxMacbeth by William ShakespeareAnna Karenina by Leo TolstoyDeath Note, Vol. 1 by Tsugumi OhbaHarry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone by J.K. Rowling
Best Books To Read In Autumn
876 books — 518 voters
Dracula by Bram StokerThe Stepford Wives by Ira Levin
Best Books to Read for Halloween
1,176 books — 1,248 voters

J.R.R. Tolkien 4-Book Boxed Set by J.R.R. TolkienHis Dark Materials by Philip PullmanGood Omens by Terry PratchettThe Earthsea Trilogy by Ursula K. Le Guin
The Best Epic Fantasy (fiction)
4,187 books — 25,733 voters
Howl’s Moving Castle by Diana Wynne JonesThe Golden Compass by Philip PullmanLittle Women by Louisa May AlcottMisery by Stephen KingCharlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl
The Movie Made You Want to Read the Book
634 books — 494 voters

Dune by Frank Herbert1984 by George OrwellFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyDo Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. DickThe Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury
Best Science Fiction & Fantasy Books
8,331 books — 24,664 voters
Spalovač mrtvol by Ladislav FuksDům o tisíci patrech by Jan WeissAngel of the West Window by Gustav MeyrinkWar with the Newts by Karel ČapekCirkus Humberto by Eduard Bass
Best Czech Books
161 books — 117 voters

The Face of Another by Kōbō AbeIn Praise of Shadows by Jun'ichirō TanizakiKafka on the Shore by Haruki MurakamiRashōmon and Seventeen Other Stories by Ryūnosuke AkutagawaThe Pillow Book by Sei Shōnagon
Best Japanese Books
771 books — 3,248 voters
Monkey by Wu Cheng'enThe Story of the Stone, or The Dream of the Red Chamber, Vol. 1 by Cao XueqinThe Story of the Stone, or The Dream of the Red Chamber, Vol. 2 by Cao XueqinShangai Baby by HuiThe Story of the Stone, or The Dream of the Red Chamber, Vol. 4 by Cao Xueqin
Best Novels That Take Place in China
414 books — 1,096 voters

The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsA Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy TooleThe Restaurant at the End of the Universe by Douglas AdamsMort by Terry PratchettHogfather by Terry Pratchett
Best Humorous Books
4,328 books — 7,909 voters
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingThe World of Winnie-the-Pooh by A.A. MilnePippi Longstocking by Astrid LindgrenThe Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. LewisThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. Tolkien
Best Children's Books
5,307 books — 6,706 voters

One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García MárquezThe Master and Margarita by Mikhail BulgakovKafka on the Shore by Haruki MurakamiDance Dance Dance by Haruki Murakami
Favorite Magical Realism Novels
1,304 books — 4,521 voters
J.R.R. Tolkien 4-Book Boxed Set by J.R.R. TolkienDune by Frank HerbertThe Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan DoyleThe Color Purple by Alice Walker
Best Books Ever
76,263 books — 283,663 voters