2026 Reading Challenge

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Miriam (24 Lists)



King Kong théorie by Virginie Despentes
Best Feminist Books
2,519 books — 3,524 voters
How I Became a Nun by César AiraNo Longer Human by Osamu DazaiNightwood by Djuna Barnes
Best New Directions Books
262 books — 179 voters

The Broom of the System by David Foster WallaceThe Girls' Guide to Hunting and Fishing by Melissa Bank
Penguin Ink Editions
21 books — 10 voters
Like Water for Chocolate by Laura EsquivelLove in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García MárquezEl túnel by Ernesto SabatoChronicle of a Death Foretold by Gabriel García Márquez
Libros en Español
727 books — 650 voters

Lolita by Vladimir NabokovThe Metamorphosis by Franz KafkaMrs. Dalloway by Virginia WoolfInfinite Jest by David Foster WallaceThe Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,801 books — 49,783 voters
Skylark by Dezső KosztolányiFatelessness by Imre Kertész
20th Century Hungarian Literature
146 books — 189 voters

Mira Corpora by Jeff JacksonHow to Get into the Twin Palms by Karolina WaclawiakBinary Star by Sarah GerardThe Orange Eats Creeps by Grace Krilanovich
Two Dollar Radio
67 books — 44 voters
Macbeth by William ShakespeareHamlet by William ShakespeareA Midsummer Night’s Dream by William ShakespeareMuch Ado About Nothing by William ShakespeareThe Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare
The Complete Shakespeare
51 books — 31 voters

The Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel BarberyThe Hottest Dishes of the Tartar Cuisine by Alina Bronsky
Europa Edition Books
126 books — 140 voters
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami1Q84 by Haruki Murakami
Magical Realism
442 books — 639 voters

Memories of My Melancholy Whores by Gabriel García MárquezThe Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami
Favorite Magical Realism Novels
1,304 books — 4,519 voters
No Longer Human by Osamu DazaiThe Bell Jar by Sylvia PlathMrs. Dalloway by Virginia WoolfInfinite Jest by David Foster Wallace
Writers who committed suicide
455 books — 285 voters

A Country Doctor's Notebook by Mikhail Bulgakov
Neversink Library
40 books — 39 voters
Kitchen by Banana YoshimotoThe Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki MurakamiSputnik Sweetheart by Haruki MurakamiThe Ruined Map by Kōbō AbeThe Box Man by Kōbō Abe
An Unusual Japanese Book List
219 books — 178 voters

Lolita by Vladimir NabokovEverything is Illuminated by Jonathan Safran FoerThe Bell Jar by Sylvia PlathMrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf1984 by George Orwell
The Best Use of Stylistic Language (best form/language)
560 books — 544 voters
After Dark by Haruki MurakamiNorwegian Wood by Haruki MurakamiThe Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki MurakamiA Wild Sheep Chase by Haruki MurakamiDance Dance Dance by Haruki Murakami
Best Japanese Books
771 books — 3,249 voters

Ada, or Ardor by Vladimir NabokovLolita by Vladimir Nabokov
Best of Vladimir Nabokov
18 books — 16 voters
The Stand by Stephen KingWhere the Sidewalk Ends by Shel SilversteinThe Lorax by Dr. Seuss
Best Books of the Decade: 1970s
1,946 books — 1,879 voters

Everything is Illuminated by Jonathan Safran FoerExtremely Loud & Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran FoerHarry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. RowlingHarry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. RowlingHarry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling
Best Books of the Decade: 2000s
7,188 books — 28,374 voters
The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. LewisThe Screwtape Letters by C.S. LewisThe Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. LewisJ.R.R. Tolkien 4-Book Boxed Set by J.R.R. TolkienThe Circle Trilogy by Ted Dekker
Best Christian Fiction
2,616 books — 2,597 voters

Ada, or Ardor by Vladimir NabokovLolita by Vladimir NabokovDespair by Vladimir Nabokov
Best Nabokov Novel
19 books — 26 voters
Lolita by Vladimir NabokovThe Idiot by Fyodor DostoevskyCrime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Best Russian Literature
512 books — 2,276 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeWuthering Heights by Emily BrontëCrime and Punishment by Fyodor DostoevskyLolita by Vladimir Nabokov
Best Books Ever
76,243 books — 283,558 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeWuthering Heights by Emily BrontëLolita by Vladimir NabokovAda, or Ardor by Vladimir NabokovCrime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
31,564 books — 120,213 voters