2026 Reading Challenge

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Arn (19 Lists)



The Communist Manifesto by Karl MarxThe Odyssey by HomerThe Prince by Niccolò MachiavelliThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
The Most Influential Books
1,479 books — 5,285 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Unforgettables
11,710 books — 7,463 voters

War and Peace by Leo TolstoyThe Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniAlice’s Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis CarrollThe Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka
I Should Probably Read This Sometime...
11,447 books — 10,203 voters
1984 by George Orwell
Books that Changed the Way You View Life
10,502 books — 5,759 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienThe Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
Books With Unforgettable Characters
9,439 books — 8,419 voters
The Plague by Albert CamusFrankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft ShelleyThe Golden Compass by Philip PullmanThe Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark TwainTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
I'm glad someone made me read this book
10,733 books — 10,355 voters

The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
Best Humorous Books
4,336 books — 7,927 voters
The Ultimate Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
Big Fat Books Worth the Effort
1,874 books — 6,995 voters

The Communist Manifesto by Karl MarxThinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman
Best Non-Fiction (no biographies)
6,234 books — 8,064 voters
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
Books that Blew Me Away and that I Still Think About
14,483 books — 14,728 voters

Manufacturing Consent by Edward S. HermanManufacturing Consent by Mark AchbarManufacturing Consent by Michael BurawoyPropaganda in the Information Age by Alan MacleodManufacturing Babies and Public Consent by José van Dijck
"Consent"
97 books — 10 voters
Gender Queer by Maia KobabeThe Hate U Give by Angie ThomasThis Book Is Gay by Juno DawsonMaus I by Art SpiegelmanThe Complete Maus by Art Spiegelman
Best Teen/YA books that where banned, censored, challanged
11 books — 7 voters

This Book Is Gay by Juno DawsonMaus I by Art SpiegelmanThe Complete Maus by Art Spiegelman
Best Banned, Censored, and Challenged Books
924 books — 2,380 voters
The Golden Compass by Philip PullmanThe Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsPerfume by Patrick Süskind
The Book Was Better Than the Movie
1,561 books — 18,686 voters

Empowering Encounters with Audre Lorde by Marion KraftArbeit und Struktur by Wolfgang HerrndorfTschick by Wolfgang HerrndorfWir Kinder vom Bahnhof Zoo by Christiane V. FelscherinowDie Känguru-Chroniken by Marc-Uwe Kling
Berlin
316 books — 187 voters
Perfume by Patrick SüskindDie Physiker by Friedrich DürrenmattBuddenbrooks by Thomas MannDie Vermessung der Welt by Daniel Kehlmann
Best German Authors
606 books — 704 voters

The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman
Best Feminist Young Adult Books
1,321 books — 1,341 voters
Dracula by Bram StokerTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeAnimal Farm by George OrwellThe Golden Compass by Philip PullmanThe Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle
Best Books Ever
76,335 books — 283,987 voters

Animal Farm by George OrwellThe Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar WildeSlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.Brave New World by Aldous HuxleyPerfume by Patrick Süskind
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
31,596 books — 120,320 voters