2026 Reading Challenge

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Larry (29 Lists)



Hillbilly Elegy by J.D. VanceAlienated America by Timothy P. CarneyThe Law by Frédéric BastiatWealth, Poverty and Politics by Thomas SowellAnatomy of the State by Murray N. Rothbard
Books for Post-Election Understanding
198 books — 141 voters
Economics in One Lesson by Henry Hazlitt
Best Non-Fiction (no biographies)
6,229 books — 8,063 voters

A Farewell to Arms by Ernest HemingwayFor Whom the Bell Tolls by Ernest HemingwayRobinson Crusoe by Daniel DefoeWar and Peace by Leo Tolstoy
Books with ratings from 200,000 to 500,000
963 books — 146 voters
The Eye of the World by Robert JordanThe Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien
The Most Popular Fantasy on Goodreads
671 books — 1,288 voters

The 39 Steps by John BuchanThe Valley of Fear by Arthur Conan DoyleA Princess of Mars by Edgar Rice BurroughsTarzan of the Apes by Edgar Rice Burroughs
Best Books of the Decade: 1910s
530 books — 774 voters
For Whom the Bell Tolls by Ernest HemingwayThe Road to Serfdom by Friedrich A. Hayek
Best Books of the Decade: 1940s
819 books — 1,142 voters

The Selfish Gene by Richard DawkinsPost Office by Charles BukowskiThe Stories of John Cheever by John CheeverAll Creatures Great and Small / All Things Bright and Beautiful by James Herriot
Best Books of the Decade: 1970s
1,946 books — 1,879 voters
Magician by Raymond E. Feist
Popular Fantasy on Goodreads with between 50000 and 99999 ratings
669 books — 84 voters

The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor DostoevskyFight Club by Chuck PalahniukThe Outsiders by S.E. HintonLolita by Vladimir NabokovMoby-Dick or, The Whale by Herman Melville
100 Books to Read in a Lifetime: Readers' Picks
15,305 books — 17,514 voters
The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre DumasThe Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar WildeThe Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark TwainMoby-Dick or, The Whale by Herman MelvilleWar and Peace by Leo Tolstoy
Best Books of the 19th Century
1,704 books — 6,872 voters

Most Rated Books by Year of the 20th Century
100 books — 724 voters
Journey to the End of the Night by Louis-Ferdinand CélineAda, or Ardor by Vladimir NabokovThe Maltese Falcon by Dashiell HammettCasino Royale by Ian FlemingTender Is the Night by F. Scott Fitzgerald
1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die
1,318 books — 5,844 voters

Don't Put Me In, Coach by Mark TitusTowers of Midnight by Robert JordanThe Way of Men by Jack DonovanThe Way of Kings by Brandon SandersonWords of Radiance by Brandon Sanderson
Best Books of the Decade: 2010s
7,686 books — 14,184 voters
The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre DumasThe Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas
Best Books of the Decade: 1840s
280 books — 383 voters

The Call of the Wild by Jack LondonThe Wind in the Willows by Kenneth GrahameThe Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan Doyle
Best Books of the Decade: 1900s
466 books — 853 voters
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldThe Diamond as Big as the Ritz, and Other Stories by F. Scott FitzgeraldThe Short Stories by F. Scott FitzgeraldA Farewell to Arms by Ernest HemingwayThis Side of Paradise by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Best Books of the Decade: 1920s
764 books — 1,130 voters

Tender Is the Night by F. Scott FitzgeraldOf Mice and Men by John SteinbeckBrave New World by Aldous HuxleyThe Maltese Falcon by Dashiell HammettThe Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
Best Books of the Decade: 1930s
904 books — 1,253 voters
Lolita by Vladimir NabokovThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerLord of the Flies by William GoldingAtlas Shrugged by Ayn RandCasino Royale by Ian Fleming
Best Books of the Decade: 1950s
1,181 books — 1,508 voters

The Godfather by Mario PuzoThe Outsiders by S.E. HintonWhere the Wild Things Are by Maurice SendakAda, or Ardor by Vladimir NabokovOn Her Majesty's Secret Service by Ian Fleming
Best Books of the Decade: 1960s
1,356 books — 1,779 voters
Watchmen by Alan MooreEnder’s Game by Orson Scott CardV for Vendetta by Alan MooreBatman by Alan MooreThe Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco
Best Books of the Decade: 1980s
2,257 books — 2,433 voters

Fight Club by Chuck PalahniukThe Eye of the World by Robert JordanThe Great Hunt by Robert Jordan
Best Books of the Decade: 1990s
3,129 books — 3,679 voters
The Way of Men by Jack DonovanThe Rational Male by Rollo Tomassi
AOM - 34 Books About Being a Man
56 books — 34 voters

The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas
Big Fat Books Worth the Effort
1,874 books — 6,995 voters
A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole
The Worst Books of All Time
8,105 books — 19,874 voters

Magician by Raymond E. FeistPawn of Prophecy by David Eddings
The Best Epic Fantasy (fiction)
4,192 books — 25,744 voters
Lolita by Vladimir NabokovThe Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre DumasThe Three Musketeers by Alexandre DumasFight Club by Chuck PalahniukTender Is the Night by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
31,578 books — 120,258 voters

Fight Club by Chuck PalahniukThe Godfather by Mario PuzoAnimal Farm by George OrwellRomeo and Juliet by William ShakespeareThe Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
Best Books Ever
76,302 books — 283,833 voters
Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk1984 by George OrwellThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerAnimal Farm by George Orwell
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,801 books — 49,782 voters

Italian Folktales by Italo Calvino
What To Read Next
20,294 books — 24,189 voters