2026 Reading Challenge

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Cliff Sinn (15 Lists)



1984 by George OrwellAnimal Farm by George OrwellSiddhartha by Hermann HesseFrankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft ShelleyWalden or, Life in the Woods by Henry David Thoreau
Best Books To Frame Thinking
1,280 books — 1,421 voters
The Book Thief by Markus ZusakAnimal Farm by George OrwellThe Giving Tree by Shel SilversteinOf Mice and Men by John SteinbeckDracula by Bram Stoker
Best Books Ever
76,283 books — 283,721 voters

The Book Thief by Markus ZusakThe Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonThe Road by Cormac McCarthyThe Girl Who Played with Fire by Stieg LarssonThe Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest by Stieg Larsson
Best Books of the Decade: 2000s
7,188 books — 28,375 voters
The Dreaming Void by Peter F. HamiltonRendezvous with Rama by Arthur C. ClarkeA Talent for War by Jack McDevittRingworld by Larry Niven
Excellent Space Opera
1,018 books — 3,643 voters

Fahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyAnimal Farm by George Orwell1984 by George OrwellThe Road by Cormac McCarthyThe Time Machine by H.G. Wells
Best Dystopian and Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
3,751 books — 25,987 voters
The Dark Beyond the Stars by Frank M. Robinson
Best Forgotten Science Fiction of the 20th Century
559 books — 113 voters

Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury1984 by George Orwell2001 by Arthur C. ClarkeRingworld by Larry NivenRed Mars by Kim Stanley Robinson
Best Science Fiction of the 20th Century
555 books — 481 voters
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest by Stieg Larsson
Swedish authors
352 books — 117 voters

The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonThe Road by Cormac McCarthyThe Complete Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan DoyleHeart of Darkness by Joseph ConradIn Cold Blood by Truman Capote
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
31,575 books — 120,236 voters
To Your Scattered Bodies Go by Philip José Farmer1984 by George OrwellFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyThe Martian Chronicles by Ray BradburyThe Time Machine by H.G. Wells
Science Fiction and Fantasy Must Reads
3,943 books — 5,012 voters

Alien by Alan Dean Foster2001 by Arthur C. ClarkeAliens by Alan Dean Foster
FAVORITE MOVIE-TIE-INS (NOVELIZATIONS)
155 books — 77 voters
Polaris by Jack McDevittFirebird by Jack McDevittDune by Frank HerbertThe Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams1984 by George Orwell
Best Science Fiction
3,651 books — 6,974 voters

Into Thin Air by Jon KrakauerInto the Wild by Jon KrakauerThe Call of the Wild by Jack London
Near Death Adventure
31 books — 32 voters
Frankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft ShelleyDracula by Bram StokerThe Turn of the Screw by Henry James
Best Books of the 19th Century
1,704 books — 6,871 voters

The Martian Chronicles by Ray BradburyThe Wind in the Willows by Kenneth GrahameInto the Wild by Jon Krakauer
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,801 books — 49,782 voters