2026 Reading Challenge

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Bryan (12 Lists)



True Grit by Charles PortisValdez Is Coming by Elmore LeonardFourteen Western Stories by Lloyd Fonvielle
Best Westerns
1,377 books — 1,502 voters
True Grit by Charles PortisNorwood by Charles PortisCockfighter by Charles Willeford
Best Southern Literature
1,342 books — 2,573 voters

Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë1984 by George OrwellMan's Search for Meaning by Viktor E. FranklTao Te Ching by Lao TzuThe Joy of Cooking by Irma S. Rombauer
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
31,567 books — 120,219 voters
The Gunslinger by Stephen King
The Best Epic Fantasy (fiction)
4,185 books — 25,731 voters

The Shipping News by Annie Proulx
The Worst Books of All Time
8,105 books — 19,873 voters
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis CarrollEmma by Jane Austen
Best Books of the 19th Century
1,704 books — 6,871 voters

The Road by Cormac McCarthy
Disappointing Books
2,735 books — 4,604 voters
The Second Sex by Simone de Beauvoir
Best Feminist Books
2,519 books — 3,524 voters

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald1984 by George OrwellEnder’s Game by Orson Scott CardThe Stranger by Albert CamusThe Stand by Stephen King
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,801 books — 49,782 voters
Ender’s Game by Orson Scott CardThe Divine Comedy by Dante AlighieriTanakh by AnonymousDon Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
Best Books Ever
76,258 books — 283,636 voters

Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card1984 by George OrwellThe Martian Chronicles by Ray BradburyA Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle
Best Science Fiction & Fantasy Books
8,331 books — 24,665 voters
L.A. Confidential by James Ellroy
Best Books of the Decade: 1990s
3,129 books — 3,676 voters