2026 Reading Challenge

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Timo (23 Lists)



A Clockwork Orange by Anthony BurgessOn the Road by Jack KerouacFear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S. ThompsonTrainspotting by Irvine Welsh
Cult Classics
1,567 books — 2,120 voters
Trainspotting by Irvine Welsh
Best Books of the Decade: 1990s
3,129 books — 3,676 voters

So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish by Douglas AdamsLife, the Universe and Everything by Douglas AdamsThe Restaurant at the End of the Universe by Douglas AdamsA Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving
Best Books of the Decade: 1980s
2,257 books — 2,433 voters
The Silmarillion by J.R.R. TolkienFear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S. ThompsonThe World According to Garp by John IrvingThe Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
Best Books of the Decade: 1970s
1,946 books — 1,879 voters

2001 by Arthur C. ClarkeA Clockwork Orange by Anthony BurgessSlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
Best Books of the Decade: 1960s
1,356 books — 1,778 voters
Foundation by Isaac AsimovFlowers for Algernon by Daniel KeyesOn the Road by Jack Kerouac
Best Books of the Decade: 1950s
1,181 books — 1,507 voters

For Whom the Bell Tolls by Ernest HemingwayAnimal Farm by George Orwell1984 by George Orwell
Best Books of the Decade: 1940s
819 books — 1,142 voters
At the Mountains of Madness by H.P. LovecraftDown and Out in Paris and London by George OrwellBrave New World by Aldous HuxleyThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. Tolkien
Best Books of the Decade: 1930s
904 books — 1,253 voters

The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka
Best Books of the Decade: 1910s
530 books — 774 voters
The Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan Doyle
Best Books of the Decade: 1900s
466 books — 853 voters

De stille kracht by Louis Couperus
Best Books of the Decade: 1890s
466 books — 499 voters
Max Havelaar, or the Coffee Auctions of the Dutch Trading Com... by Multatuli
Best Books of the Decade: 1860s
235 books — 398 voters

Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell
Big Fat Books Worth the Effort
1,874 books — 6,996 voters
Foundation by Isaac AsimovSlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.2001 by Arthur C. ClarkeFlowers for Algernon by Daniel KeyesThe Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien
Best Science Fiction & Fantasy Books
8,331 books — 24,665 voters

The Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerFahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,801 books — 49,782 voters
Cloud Atlas by David MitchellNo Country for Old Men by Cormac McCarthy
Best Books of the Decade: 2000s
7,188 books — 28,374 voters

The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga
Best Books of the 21st Century
9,833 books — 21,963 voters
De donkere kamer van Damokles by Willem Frederik HermansKaas by Willem ElsschotNooit meer slapen by Willem Frederik HermansDe Uitvreter ~ Titaantjes ~ Dichtertje ~ Mene Tekel by Nescio
Beste Nederlandse Literatuur
208 books — 56 voters

De donkere kamer van Damokles by Willem Frederik HermansKaas by Willem ElsschotDe stille kracht by Louis CouperusNooit meer slapen by Willem Frederik Hermans
Dutch fiction in Dutch (no children or YA books)
135 books — 44 voters
The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. TolkienThe Metamorphosis by Franz KafkaThe World According to Garp by John IrvingFear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S. ThompsonThe Silmarillion by J.R.R. Tolkien
Best Books Ever
76,258 books — 283,624 voters

Lord of the Flies by William GoldingThe Last Question by Isaac AsimovThe White Tiger by Aravind AdigaThe World According to Garp by John IrvingThe Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Six More by Roald Dahl
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
31,566 books — 120,217 voters