2026 Reading Challenge

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Julie (95 Lists)



Zeitoun by Dave Eggers
Best Southern Books
826 books — 739 voters
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy by John le CarréThe Honourable Schoolboy by John le CarréAdvise and Consent by Allen Drury
Political Thrillers
514 books — 551 voters

Time to Be in Earnest by P.D. James
Best Books of 1999
518 books — 262 voters
Poisonville by Massimo Carlotto
Best Hardboiled & Noir fiction
701 books — 879 voters

The Leopard by Giuseppe Tomasi di LampedusaSeize the Day by Saul BellowThe Mandarins by Simone de Beauvoir
Best Books of the Decade: 1950s
1,181 books — 1,508 voters
Wolf Hall by Hilary MantelStory of the Stone by Cao Xueqin
Best historical fiction novels
1,188 books — 1,001 voters

Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton
Books I Became So Obsessed With I Stopped Everything Else in My Life to Finish.
12,196 books — 9,930 voters
The Help by Kathryn Stockett
When the cable is out and Summer is about; Maribeth's Summer of 52 books
34 books — 13 voters

The Caine Mutiny by Herman WoukThe Cruel Sea by Nicholas Monsarrat
Nautical Novels
431 books — 331 voters
The Leopard by Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa
Italy
978 books — 496 voters

Saturday by Ian McEwan84, Charing Cross Road by Helene Hanff
Books Set in London
788 books — 318 voters
The Bone People by Keri Hulme
Best Lesser-Known Books
1,865 books — 1,120 voters

Midnight’s Children by Salman RushdieAnna Karenina by Leo TolstoyThe Forsyte Saga by John GalsworthyUlysses by James JoyceThe Tale of Genji by Murasaki Shikibu
Size Doesn't Matter - The Long and Large Classics of Literature
304 books — 399 voters
The Red Tent by Anita DiamantShōgun by James Clavell
Best Historical Fiction
7,406 books — 25,586 voters

Miles to Go by Miley CyrusThe Secret by Rhonda ByrneGoing Rogue by Sarah PalinDianetics by L. Ron Hubbard
Books I Have No Intention of Reading
1,637 books — 5,993 voters
The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk KiddSpecial Topics in Calamity Physics by Marisha PesslWhite Noise by Don DeLilloFoucault’s Pendulum by Umberto EcoGravity’s Rainbow by Thomas Pynchon
Disappointing Books
2,735 books — 4,605 voters

Unaccustomed Earth by Jhumpa LahiriThe Poisonwood Bible by Barbara KingsolverThe Joy Luck Club by Amy TanIf on a Winter's Night a Traveler by Italo Calvino
Light but not (too) dumb
845 books — 838 voters
Snow by Orhan PamukGravity’s Rainbow by Thomas PynchonThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. Tolkien
Abandoned Books
1,473 books — 1,465 voters

A Fine Balance by Rohinton MistryShōgun by James ClavellKing Rat by James ClavellMidnight’s Children by Salman Rushdie
Best Books on Asia
994 books — 817 voters
Infidel by Ayaan Hirsi AliThe Hot Zone by Richard PrestonThe Cairo Trilogy by Naguib Mahfouzأولاد حارتنا by Naguib Mahfouz
Africa (fiction and nonfiction)
1,759 books — 1,638 voters

Smiley's People by John le CarréThe Spy Who Came In from the Cold by John le CarréThe Kill Artist by Daniel SilvaTinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy by John le Carré
Espionage
985 books — 1,020 voters
Earthly Powers by Anthony BurgessIn This House of Brede by Rumer GoddenYear of Wonders by Geraldine Brooks
Vicars, Priests, Abbots, Fathers, Abbesses, Pastors, Nuns
782 books — 287 voters

Pride and Prejudice by Jane AustenThe Red Tent by Anita DiamantUlysses by James JoyceAnimal Farm by George OrwellTess of the D’Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy
books that should not be on the worst books of all time list
55 books — 78 voters
Midnight’s Children by Salman RushdieStaying On by Paul ScottInterpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri
India: Fiction
319 books — 322 voters

Mary Poppins by P.L. Travers
Umbrellas
491 books — 198 voters
Catch-22 by Joseph HellerAtonement by Ian McEwanThe Caine Mutiny by Herman WoukKing Rat by James Clavell
World War II Fiction
1,391 books — 2,020 voters

The Mandarins by Simone de Beauvoir
Best Books 1954
122 books — 58 voters
A Clockwork Orange by Anthony BurgessKing Rat by James ClavellThe Guns of August by Barbara W. TuchmanThe Golden Notebook by Doris Lessing
Best Books 1962
143 books — 92 voters

The Honourable Schoolboy by John le CarréThe Women's Room by Marilyn French
Best Books 1977
196 books — 62 voters
For Whom the Bell Tolls by Ernest HemingwayPat the Bunny by Dorothy Kunhardt
Best of 1940
48 books — 30 voters


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