2026 Reading Challenge

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Wayne (16 Lists)



The IX by Andrew P. WestonWorking for Bigfoot by Jim Butcher
Nebula Reading List 2015
50 books — 41 voters
On Writing by Stephen KingThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. Tolkien
Best Audio Books
322 books — 297 voters

A Christmas Carol by Charles DickensOn Writing by Stephen KingThe Wee Free Men by Terry PratchettThe Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis
Best Audio Narration
1,519 books — 1,051 voters
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca SklootA Christmas Carol by Charles DickensOn Writing by Stephen King
Best Audiobooks
1,563 books — 1,108 voters

Starship Troopers by Robert A. HeinleinDauntless by Jack CampbellThe Forever War by Joe HaldemanOn Basilisk Station by David Weber2010 by Arthur C. Clarke
Best Military Science Fiction
109 books — 75 voters
Starship Troopers by Robert A. HeinleinEnder’s Game by Orson Scott CardThe Forever War by Joe HaldemanThe Moon Is a Harsh Mistress by Robert A. HeinleinA Hymn Before Battle by John Ringo
Great Military Science Fiction
66 books — 65 voters

Ender’s Game by Orson Scott CardOn Basilisk Station by David Weber
Best Military Science Fiction Thrillers
24 books — 32 voters
The Sacred Band by Janet E. MorrisThe Fish the Fighters and the Song-Girl by Janet E. MorrisThe Way of Shadows by Brent WeeksThe Black Company by Glen CookShadow's Edge by Brent Weeks
Dark Heroic Fantasy
66 books — 109 voters

Creatures of Light and Darkness by Roger ZelaznyVenus on the Half-Shell by Kilgore TroutThe Big Time by Fritz LeiberThe Curse of Chalion by Lois McMaster Bujold
Books that most influenced you
2,650 books — 1,239 voters
The Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer BradleySailing to Sarantium by Guy Gavriel KayStardust by Neil Gaiman
Best Historical Fantasy
324 books — 282 voters

1984 by George OrwellThe Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. LewisAnimal Farm by George OrwellFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyBrave New World by Aldous Huxley
Books You Would Recommend to Strangers
12,462 books — 7,954 voters
Sparks in the Wind by Shirley MeierBridge Over Hell by Michael A. ArmstrongThe Savage Tales of Solomon Kane by Robert E. HowardSwords in the Mist by Fritz LeiberJirel of Joiry by C.L. Moore
Best Science Fiction & Fantasy Books
8,359 books — 24,670 voters

Dreamers in Hell by Janet E. MorrisThe Coming of Conan the Cimmerian by Robert E. HowardThe Battle of Ebulon by Shane PorteousThe Fish the Fighters and the Song-Girl by Janet E. MorrisSwords Against Darkness II by Andrew J. Offutt
Best Heroic Anthologies
51 books — 78 voters
Dreamers in Hell by Janet E. MorrisLawyers in Hell by Janet E. MorrisThe Little Helliad by Janet E. MorrisCrusaders in Hell by Janet E. MorrisAngels in Hell by Janet E. Morris
Hellish Humor
56 books — 74 voters

Dead Until Dark by Charlaine HarrisOn the Edge by Ilona AndrewsStorm Front by Jim Butcher
Best ADULT Urban Fantasy, Fantasy and Paranormal Romance
4,345 books — 10,087 voters
An Angels Ascent by Christina M. Worrell
Best Vampire Books from "New" Authors
878 books — 1,583 voters