2026 Reading Challenge

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Xdyj (31 Lists)



Capital by Karl MarxThe Black Jacobins by C.L.R. JamesThe Wretched of the Earth by Frantz Fanon
Emancipatory Left
130 books — 62 voters
Nights at the Circus by Angela Carter
Circus/Carnival Books
700 books — 1,081 voters

On Liberty by John Stuart Mill
Free Speech!
105 books — 60 voters
Deathless by Catherynne M. ValenteThe Woman Who Flew by Nasreen JahanHalf Life by Shelley JacksonHeath by Tan Lin
Unheralded Books
74 books — 46 voters

The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael ChabonNights at the Circus by Angela CarterThe God of Small Things by Arundhati RoyThe House of the Spirits by Isabel AllendeOne Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez
Books That I Think About Long After I've Finished Reading Them
212 books — 83 voters
Autobiography of Red by Anne Carson
Books with Innovative Book Design / Structure
304 books — 549 voters

The Diamond Age by Neal Stephenson
Best Books About Nanotechnology
182 books — 659 voters
The Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingAngels & Demons by Dan BrownLife of Pi by Yann MartelThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
Books You Are Tired Of Hearing About
734 books — 1,011 voters

The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael ChabonThe God of Small Things by Arundhati RoyAmong Others by Jo WaltonDoomsday Book by Connie WillisSanta Olivia by Jacqueline Carey
Books that should be made into a movie/tv show
1,535 books — 1,101 voters
The Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le GuinBeloved by Toni MorrisonUse of Weapons by Iain M. BanksAtlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand
"50 Fantasy & Science Fiction Works That Socialists Should Read" by China Miéville
52 books — 112 voters

Beloved by Toni Morrison
Seeing Red
2,180 books — 462 voters
Palimpsest by Catherynne M. ValenteA Fistful of Sky by Nina Kiriki HoffmanBig Breasts & Wide Hips by Mo YanHeart of Iron by Ekaterina SediaFamiliar Scars by Christy Leigh Stewart
embodiment
109 books — 7 voters

In the Night Garden by Catherynne M. ValenteThe Bloody Chamber and Other Stories by Angela CarterHowl’s Moving Castle by Diana Wynne JonesAlice in Wonderland by Jane Carruth
The Best Fairytales and Retellings
2,797 books — 9,158 voters
China Mountain Zhang by Maureen F. McHughA Billion Days of Earth by Doris Piserchia
Most Under-rated Science Fiction
2,080 books — 2,169 voters

Let the Right One In by John Ajvide LindqvistThe Passage by Justin Cronin
Bloody/Gory Vampire Book
38 books — 29 voters
In the Night Garden by Catherynne M. ValenteIn the Cities of Coin and Spice by Catherynne M. ValenteAmong Others by Jo WaltonDoomsday Book by Connie WillisThe Years of Rice and Salt by Kim Stanley Robinson
Speculative Fiction that Passes the Bechdel Test
841 books — 830 voters

On Liberty by John Stuart MillThe Second Sex by Simone de BeauvoirJustice as Fairness by John RawlsCommon Sense by Thomas PaineTwo Treatises of Government by John Locke
Best Progressive Reads
1,063 books — 710 voters
1984 by George OrwellLord of the Flies by William GoldingThe Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
Best Dystopian and Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
3,751 books — 25,988 voters

Doomsday Book by Connie WillisBeggars in Spain by Nancy KressThe Diamond Age by Neal StephensonCyteen by C.J. CherryhArchangel Protocol by Lyda Morehouse
Best Science Fiction Books with Female Main Characters
898 books — 895 voters
The Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley
Best Arthurian Fiction
476 books — 1,442 voters

The Years of Rice and Salt by Kim Stanley RobinsonThe Man in the High Castle by Philip K. Dick
Best Alternate History Novels and Stories
768 books — 1,293 voters
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis CarrollOne Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García MárquezThe Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-ExupéryIn the Night Garden by Catherynne M. ValenteIn the Cities of Coin and Spice by Catherynne M. Valente
Highbrow Fantasy Books
419 books — 624 voters

In the Night Garden by Catherynne M. ValenteHarry Potter Series Box Set by J.K. RowlingSunshine by Robin McKinley
Mythopoeic Fantasy Award Winners
83 books — 270 voters
Consider Phlebas by Iain M. BanksHarry Potter Series Box Set by J.K. RowlingThe Diamond Age by Neal StephensonMarked by P.C. CastThe Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum
What Book Would You Like To Live In?
8,744 books — 8,881 voters

Snow Crash by Neal StephensonCyteen by C.J. CherryhJane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
Books With Nerdy, Geeky, or Genius Heroes and Heroines
1,145 books — 1,046 voters
The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien
The MOVIE was BETTER than the BOOK
1,134 books — 10,099 voters

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling
Fantasy - Best Character Set
108 books — 106 voters
A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
London
224 books — 64 voters

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingHarry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. RowlingHarry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. RowlingHarry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. RowlingHarry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. Rowling
I Saw the Movie & Read the Book
1,921 books — 1,761 voters
Doomsday Book by Connie WillisThe Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey NiffeneggerOutlander by Diana GabaldonThe Time Machine by H.G. Wells
Best Time Travel Fiction
1,957 books — 5,244 voters


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