2026 Reading Challenge

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Lex Poot (14 Lists)



Kringe in 'n Bos by Dalene MattheeRumours Of Rain by André Brink
Beste Afrikaanse boeke
56 books — 83 voters
Sing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn WardSalvage the Bones by Jesmyn WardThe Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead
National Book Award Winners
241 books — 204 voters

Het parfum; De geschiedenis van een moordenaar by Patrick SüskindSchaaknovelle by Stefan Zweig
Dutch translations of German books
120 books — 14 voters
De ster van Josef Roubíček by Jiří WeilOnbepaald door het lot by Imre KertészHet slot by Franz KafkaHet proces by Franz Kafka
Literature translated into Dutch, by authors whose birthplace was (or became part of) the former Eastern Bloc, excluding the former USSR
107 books — 8 voters

The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Díaz
Books I Regret Reading
2,300 books — 3,224 voters
One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García MárquezPerfume by Patrick SüskindThe Secret History by Donna TarttCry, the Beloved Country by Alan PatonSiddhartha by Hermann Hesse
Favorites from 1001 Books You Should Read Before You Die
503 books — 1,055 voters

The Woman in the Dunes by Kōbō AbeSnow Country by Yasunari KawabataThe Temple of the Golden Pavilion by Yukio MishimaThe Silent Cry by Kenzaburō ŌeDeep River by Shūsaku Endō
Best Japanese Books
771 books — 3,249 voters
Perfume by Patrick Süskind
Best Historical Fiction
7,406 books — 25,587 voters

Deus Lo Volt! by Evan S. ConnellThe Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot DíazThe Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey ChaucerFreddy and Fredericka by Mark Helprin
Books That You Couldn't Finish
397 books — 162 voters
The Name of the Rose by Umberto EcoOne Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García MárquezWaiting for Godot by Samuel BeckettThe English Patient by Michael OndaatjeThe Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael Chabon
Metafiction
442 books — 578 voters

Heren van de thee by Hella S. HaasseDe Atlasvlinder by Aya ZikkenEilandgasten / De avondboot / Laatste seizoen by Vonne van der MeerZeepijn by Charlotte Mutsaers
Best books by female Dutch authors
182 books — 49 voters
The Day Laid on the Altar by Adria Bernardi
Books Set in Venice
310 books — 272 voters

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling
ONE DAY Best Summer Reads
1,666 books — 5,992 voters
One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez
Best Books Ever
76,198 books — 283,381 voters