2026 Reading Challenge

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



Pale Fire by Vladimir NabokovLolita by Vladimir NabokovSwann's Way by Marcel ProustRomance of the Three Kingdoms, Vol. 2 of 2 by Luo GuanzhongThe Story of the Stone, or The Dream of the Red Chamber, Vol. 1 by Cao Xueqin
RF Schiller's Best Novels of All-Time
56 books — 5 voters
Lolita by Vladimir NabokovPnin by Vladimir NabokovSpeak, Memory by Vladimir Nabokov
Best of Vladimir Nabokov
18 books — 16 voters

Lolita by Vladimir NabokovPnin by Vladimir NabokovSpeak, Memory by Vladimir NabokovDespair by Vladimir NabokovThe Real Life of Sebastian Knight by Vladimir Nabokov
Best Works of Vladimir Nabokov
31 books — 28 voters
Up from Slavery by Booker T. WashingtonThe House of Mirth by Edith WhartonThe Souls of Black Folk by W.E.B. Du BoisSister Carrie by Theodore Dreiser
Best Books of the Decade: 1900s
466 books — 854 voters

My Ántonia by Willa Cather
Best Books of the Decade: 1910s
530 books — 775 voters
King, Queen, Knave by Vladimir NabokovMrs. Dalloway by Virginia WoolfBilly Budd, Sailor by Herman MelvilleMary by Vladimir Nabokov
Best Books of the Decade: 1920s
764 books — 1,131 voters

Despair by Vladimir NabokovBrave New World by Aldous HuxleyLaughter in the Dark by Vladimir Nabokov
Best Books of the Decade: 1930s
904 books — 1,254 voters
Speak, Memory by Vladimir NabokovRevolutionary Road by Richard YatesAda, or Ardor by Vladimir Nabokov
Best Books of the Decade: 1960s
1,356 books — 1,779 voters

Native Son by Richard WrightBlack Boy by Richard WrightAnimal Farm by George Orwell1984 by George Orwell
Best Books of the Decade: 1940s
819 books — 1,143 voters
The Remains of the Day by Kazuo IshiguroGlengarry Glen Ross by David MametThe Joy Luck Club by Amy TanMaus I by Art Spiegelman
Best Books of the Decade: 1980s
2,257 books — 2,434 voters

Lolita by Vladimir NabokovSpeak, Memory by Vladimir NabokovA Good Man Is Hard to Find and Other Stories by Flannery O'ConnorPnin by Vladimir Nabokov
Best Books of the Decade: 1950s
1,181 books — 1,508 voters
Pale Fire by Vladimir Nabokov
Books Set at Cornell University or in Ithaca, NY
10 books — 5 voters

Pale Fire by Vladimir Nabokov
Read The World - The Peirene 100 Essential Classics From Around The Globe
120 books — 61 voters
Lolita by Vladimir NabokovNotes from Underground, White Nights, The Dream of a Ridiculo... by Fyodor DostoevskyThe Death of Ivan Ilych by Leo TolstoyPnin by Vladimir NabokovNative Son by Richard Wright
Best Novels I've Read, so far
55 books — 9 voters

Lolita by Vladimir NabokovNative Son by Richard WrightWar and Peace by Leo TolstoyCrime and Punishment by Fyodor DostoevskyAnna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
The Novel 100: A Ranking of the Greatest Novels of All Time
107 books — 104 voters
Lolita by Vladimir NabokovThe Death of Ivan Ilyich, the Kreutzer Sonata, and Other Stories by Leo TolstoyMrs. Dalloway by Virginia WoolfWar and Peace by Leo TolstoyThe Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky
The Guardian Top 100 books of all time
100 books — 166 voters

Lolita by Vladimir NabokovA Good Man Is Hard to Find and Other Stories by Flannery O'ConnorNotes from Underground, White Nights, The Dream of a Ridiculo... by Fyodor DostoevskySpeak, Memory by Vladimir NabokovThe Death of Ivan Ilych by Leo Tolstoy
100 Books to Read in a Lifetime: Readers' Picks
15,266 books — 17,485 voters
Lolita by Vladimir NabokovA Good Man Is Hard to Find and Other Stories by Flannery O'ConnorSpeak, Memory by Vladimir NabokovNative Son by Richard WrightPnin by Vladimir Nabokov
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,807 books — 49,782 voters

Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov
Best Books Ever
76,220 books — 283,470 voters
Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
31,547 books — 120,177 voters