2026 Reading Challenge

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Thomas Engelhardt (8 Lists)



Lolita by Vladimir NabokovTo the Lighthouse by Virginia WoolfDon Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
Most Difficult Novels
588 books — 2,042 voters
The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre DumasLamb by Christopher Moore
I Should Probably Read This Sometime...
11,425 books — 10,162 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre DumasThe Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon
100 Books to Read in a Lifetime: Readers' Picks
15,297 books — 17,493 voters
Shantaram by Gregory David Roberts
Big Fat Books Worth the Effort
1,874 books — 6,996 voters

The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,801 books — 49,782 voters
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark HaddonTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeEndurance by Alfred LansingLast Chance to See by Douglas AdamsInvisible Man by Ralph Ellison
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
31,567 books — 120,219 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakJ.R.R. Tolkien 4-Book Boxed Set by J.R.R. TolkienCrime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Best Books Ever
76,255 books — 283,641 voters
The Book Thief by Markus ZusakLife of Pi by Yann MartelThe Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark HaddonJonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna ClarkeKafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami
Best Books of the Decade: 2000s
7,188 books — 28,374 voters