2026 Reading Challenge

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Nicole (20 Lists)



Witz by Joshua Cohen
What should be my first book of 2016
17 books — 42 voters
Invitation to the Waltz by Rosamond Lehmann
Modernism - An Alternate Canon
101 books — 37 voters

Selections From English Wycliffite Writings by Anne HudsonThomas Hoccleve's Complaint and Dialogue by Thomas HoccleveThe Testament of Cresseid & Seven Fables by Robert Henryson
Fifteenth Century List
6 books — 5 voters
Pig Tales by Marie Darrieussecq
Europe Minus Men and English
856 books — 225 voters

The Golden Notebook by Doris Lessing
The Best by Nobel Prize Authors
376 books — 281 voters
Middlemarch by George EliotInfinite Jest by David Foster WallaceA Suitable Boy by Vikram SethThe Instructions by Adam LevinThe Recognitions by William Gaddis
The 800+ page Gorillaz
459 books — 518 voters

The Instructions by Adam LevinMoby-Dick or, The Whale by Herman MelvilleMiddlemarch by George EliotMidnight’s Children by Salman RushdieThe Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas
Big Fat Fiction - Best of the Heavyweights
292 books — 156 voters
The Age of Innocence by Edith WhartonThe Professor's House by Willa Cather
Best Books of the Decade: 1920s
764 books — 1,130 voters

Middlemarch by George EliotThe Bell Jar by Sylvia PlathThe Age of Innocence by Edith WhartonNorth and South by Elizabeth GaskellCat’s Eye by Margaret Atwood
Great Women Authors
1,228 books — 334 voters
The Headmistress by Angela ThirkellNo Way to Treat a First Lady by Christopher BuckleyCrampton Hodnet by Barbara PymHigh Fidelity by Nick HornbyThe Berlin Novels by Christopher Isherwood
Light Reads for Heavy Readers
128 books — 42 voters

The Gate of Angels by Penelope FitzgeraldAmongst Women by John McGahernLies of Silence by Brian MooreSolomon Gursky Was Here by Mordecai RichlerTime's Arrow by Martin Amis
Man Booker Shortlist
272 books — 81 voters
The Crying of Lot 49 by Thomas PynchonPnin by Vladimir Nabokov
50 Best short novels under 200 pages (Flavorwire)
54 books — 110 voters

Moby-Dick or, The Whale by Herman MelvilleThe Iliad by HomerJonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna ClarkeThe Poisonwood Bible by Barbara KingsolverThe Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas
Big Fat Books Worth the Effort
1,874 books — 6,996 voters
Bel Canto by Ann PatchettThe Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael ChabonJonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna ClarkeOryx and Crake by Margaret AtwoodThe Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael Pollan
Best Books of the Decade: 2000s
7,188 books — 28,374 voters

The Quiet American by Graham GreeneThe Honorary Consul by Graham GreeneOur Man in Havana by Graham Greene
Best Graham Greene novels
25 books — 205 voters
White Noise by Don DeLilloThe Satanic Verses by Salman Rushdie
Best Books of the Decade: 1980s
2,257 books — 2,433 voters

Pride and Prejudice by Jane AustenAlice’s Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis CarrollThe Odyssey by HomerThe Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre DumasLolita by Vladimir Nabokov
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
31,573 books — 120,221 voters
The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret AtwoodThe Age of Innocence by Edith WhartonA Room with a View by E.M. ForsterA Suitable Boy by Vikram SethShame by Salman Rushdie
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,801 books — 49,783 voters