2026 Reading Challenge

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



Work Won't Love You Back by Sarah Jaffe
Non-Fiction Published in Year: 2021
1,014 books — 202 voters
Stories of Your Life and Others by Ted Chiang
Collections of Short Stories
2,895 books — 2,039 voters

Soon I Will Be Invincible by Austin GrossmanArtemis Fowl by Eoin ColferThe Amulet of Samarkand by Jonathan StroudDark Lord of Derkholm by Diana Wynne Jones
Oh the Villainy!--Evil Geniuses, Super Villains and Overlords
285 books — 153 voters
Record of a Spaceborn Few by Becky ChambersThe Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le GuinThe Player of Games by Iain M. BanksSlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.The City & the City by China Miéville
Left-wing Science Fiction and Fantasy
335 books — 253 voters

The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil GaimanThe City & the City by China Miéville
Best Weird Fiction Books
1,200 books — 1,091 voters
Rogues by George R.R. Martin
Best Anthologies
1,122 books — 771 voters

Stories of Your Life and Others by Ted ChiangInvisible Cities by Italo Calvino
Best Short Story Collections
1,552 books — 856 voters
A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle
Generation Y Classics
27 books — 39 voters

The Name of the Wind by Patrick RothfussThe Graveyard Book by Neil GaimanThe Devil in the White City by Erik LarsonThe Complete Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi
Best Books of the 21st Century
9,833 books — 21,963 voters
Old Man's War by John ScalziWorld War Z by Max BrooksAncillary Justice by Ann Leckie
Best Science Fiction of the 21st Century
1,207 books — 8,948 voters

The Death and Life of Great American Cities by Jane JacobsLondon by Peter AckroydCity of Quartz by Mike DavisThe Power Broker by Robert A. CaroA Theory of Good City Form by Kevin Lynch
Urban Planning and City History
75 books — 33 voters
City of Quartz by Mike DavisLondon by Peter AckroydMaximum City by Suketu MehtaThe Death and Life of Great American Cities by Jane Jacobs
Histories of Cities
261 books — 106 voters

Alanna by Tamora PierceFirst Test by Tamora PierceMonstrous Regiment by Terry PratchettPage by Tamora PierceSquire by Tamora Pierce
Amazons, Valkyries, and Warrior Women
694 books — 534 voters
Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine PatersonThe Lovely Bones by Alice SeboldThe Velveteen Rabbit by Margery Williams Bianco
Books that Made You Cry!
3,358 books — 7,926 voters

The Van Gogh Cafe by Cynthia RylantA Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'EnglePippi Longstocking by Astrid LindgrenLittle House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls WilderHarry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone by J.K. Rowling
What Book Got You Hooked?
3,847 books — 10,517 voters
A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle
Best Science Fiction Books with Female Main Characters
896 books — 892 voters

The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton JusterThe Subtle Knife by Philip Pullman
Doors, Portals, Gates
506 books — 187 voters
Brave New World by Aldous HuxleyV for Vendetta by Alan MooreBlindness by José SaramagoSnow Crash by Neal Stephenson
Best Dystopian and Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
3,751 books — 25,984 voters

The Truth by Stephen BriggsMonstrous Regiment by Terry PratchettMaking Money by Terry PratchettPyramids by Terry PratchettUnseen Academicals by Terry Pratchett
The Best of Discworld!
90 books — 997 voters
Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice SendakA Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'EngleMatilda by Roald DahlLittle House in the Big Woods by Laura Ingalls WilderWhere the Sidewalk Ends by Shel Silverstein
Favorite books from my childhood
4,421 books — 7,428 voters

The Book of Lost Things by John ConnollyConfessions of an Ugly Stepsister by Gregory MaguireStardust by Neil GaimanSpindle's End by Robin McKinley
The Best Fairytales and Retellings
2,797 books — 9,157 voters
Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman
The Best Urban Fantasy
4,404 books — 12,548 voters

A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'EngleHoles by Louis SacharThe Golden Compass by Philip PullmanThe Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster
Best Young Adult Books
13,092 books — 80,177 voters