2026 Reading Challenge

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Josie Boyce (11 Lists)



The Difference Engine by William GibsonThe League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Vol. 1 by Alan MooreThe Strange Affair of Spring Heeled Jack by Mark HodderUn Lun Dun by China Miéville
Best Steampunk Books
1,247 books — 4,095 voters
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki MurakamiKitchen by Banana YoshimotoHard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World by Haruki MurakamiAfter Dark by Haruki MurakamiRashōmon and Seventeen Other Stories by Ryūnosuke Akutagawa
Best Japanese Books
771 books — 3,248 voters

Fahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyH.P. Lovecraft by H.P. LovecraftThe Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienStranger in a Strange Land by Robert A. HeinleinDune by Frank Herbert
Required Reading For Geeks
92 books — 39 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee1984 by George OrwellThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,801 books — 49,782 voters

Perdido Street Station by China MiévilleThe Lottery and Other Stories by Shirley JacksonThe Scar by China MiévilleThe John Varley Reader by John Varley
Where Would SF be with out these authors part 4
106 books — 19 voters
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsDirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency by Douglas AdamsOld Man's War by John ScalziGood Omens by Terry Pratchett
fun / funny Sci-Fi & Fantasy
205 books — 135 voters

1984 by George Orwell
Best Stand-Alone Science Fiction
261 books — 98 voters
Ringworld by Larry NivenTo Your Scattered Bodies Go by Philip José FarmerThe Stars My Destination by Alfred BesterThe Demolished Man by Alfred BesterFahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
Where would SF be without these authors?
138 books — 30 voters

Jude the Obscure by Thomas Hardy
Best of Thomas Hardy
71 books — 67 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
31,575 books — 120,236 voters

PoMoSexuals by Carol Queen
Best Gender-Bending Books
610 books — 457 voters