2026 Reading Challenge

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Jon (27 Lists)



The God Delusion by Richard DawkinsLies My Teacher Told Me by James W. Loewen
Best Non-Fiction (no biographies)
6,229 books — 8,063 voters
A Brief History of Time by Stephen W. HawkingCosmos by Carl SaganThe Selfish Gene by Richard DawkinsThe Demon-Haunted World by Carl SaganDeath by Black Hole by Neil deGrasse Tyson
Best Science Books - Non-Fiction Only
1,837 books — 3,600 voters

Darkly Dreaming Dexter by Jeff LindsayHigh Fidelity by Nick HornbyThe Shining by Stephen KingThe Children of Men by P.D. James
The MOVIE was BETTER than the BOOK
1,134 books — 10,099 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
I Should Probably Read This Sometime...
11,440 books — 10,184 voters

Lord of the Flies by William Golding
Forced to read in school, but hated
322 books — 560 voters
Animal Farm by George OrwellCatch-22 by Joseph HellerSlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
Best Books Ever
76,309 books — 283,854 voters

The Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler
Best of the Pulps
381 books — 203 voters
The Rum Diary by Hunter S. Thompson
Drunken Masters
281 books — 376 voters

Watchmen by Alan MooreV for Vendetta by Alan Moore
Best Graphic Novels
3,450 books — 6,766 voters
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S. ThompsonWatchmen by Alan Moore
Real Man Books
778 books — 309 voters

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S. ThompsonThe Mother Tongue by Bill Bryson
Humorous Memoirs and Non-Fiction
943 books — 1,247 voters
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S. ThompsonNapalm & Silly Putty by George CarlinBrain Droppings by George CarlinI Am America by Stephen ColbertThe Zombie Survival Guide by Max Brooks
Books that Make you Laugh
3,506 books — 5,052 voters

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S. ThompsonDarkly Dreaming Dexter by Jeff LindsayChoke by Chuck PalahniukNeuromancer by William Gibson
The Best Antiheroes
701 books — 585 voters
1984 by George OrwellTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyBrave New World by Aldous Huxley
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,899 books — 49,786 voters

Napalm & Silly Putty by George Carlin
Best Humorous Books
4,332 books — 7,916 voters
The God Delusion by Richard DawkinsThe End of Faith by Sam HarrisLetter to a Christian Nation by Sam Harris
favorite non-fiction
2,804 books — 1,164 voters

The Elegant Universe by Brian GreeneThe Fabric of the Cosmos by Brian Greene
Cosmology
215 books — 189 voters
Snow Crash by Neal StephensonFight Club by Chuck PalahniukTrainspotting by Irvine WelshHigh Fidelity by Nick HornbyNeuromancer by William Gibson
Talking 'Bout My Generation...
581 books — 444 voters

Fahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyWatchmen by Alan MooreV for Vendetta by Alan Moore1984 by George Orwell
Dystopia!
1,218 books — 2,747 voters
Snow Crash by Neal StephensonCryptonomicon by Neal StephensonThe Diamond Age by Neal Stephenson
Best Books of the Decade: 1990s
3,129 books — 3,680 voters

Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson
Best cyberpunk books
213 books — 452 voters
Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson1984 by George Orwell
Phobos Entertainment's "100 Science Fiction Books You Just Have to Read"
100 books — 261 voters

Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson
Best of Cyberpunk
372 books — 1,183 voters
1984 by George OrwellBrave New World by Aldous HuxleyFlowers for Algernon by Daniel KeyesAnimal Farm by George OrwellTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Best Banned, Censored, and Challenged Books
924 books — 2,380 voters

Hatchet by Gary Paulsen
Best Survival Stories
1,153 books — 1,606 voters
God Is Not Great by Christopher HitchensThe God Delusion by Richard DawkinsLetter to a Christian Nation by Sam HarrisThe End of Faith by Sam HarrisThe Demon-Haunted World by Carl Sagan
Notable Atheist Books
547 books — 942 voters

The Revolution by Ron PaulParliament of Whores by P.J. O'Rourke
Best Books to Become an Informed Voter
935 books — 1,099 voters