2026 Reading Challenge

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by KarenO (14 Lists)



Guns, Germs, and Steel by Jared DiamondUnbroken by Laura HillenbrandA Distant Mirror by Barbara W. TuchmanThe Devil in the White City by Erik LarsonTruman by David McCullough
Best History Books
3,709 books — 3,739 voters
The Disappearing Spoon by Sam KeanThe Alchemy of Air by Thomas HagerOxygen by Nick LaneMauve by Simon GarfieldSalt by Mark Kurlansky
Chemistry - best books
174 books — 99 voters

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. LewisCharlotte’s Web by E.B. WhiteMan's Search for Meaning by Viktor E. FranklThe Yellow Wall-Paper by Charlotte Perkins GilmanHeart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad
Best Books Under 200 Pages
950 books — 420 voters
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyThe Old Man and the Sea by Ernest HemingwayOf Mice and Men by John SteinbeckHeart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad
50 Best short novels under 200 pages (Flavorwire)
54 books — 110 voters

Parasite Rex by Carl ZimmerGuns, Germs, and Steel by Jared DiamondThe Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca SklootThe Hot Zone by Richard PrestonThe Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales by Oliver Sacks
Best Science Books - Non-Fiction Only
1,837 books — 3,600 voters
Destiny of the Republic by Candice MillardSalt by Mark KurlanskyAstrophysics for People in a Hurry by Neil deGrasse TysonDead Wake by Erik LarsonThe Hidden Life of Trees by Peter Wohlleben
[ATY 2021] - Nonfiction That's Not A Memoir or Biography
934 books — 118 voters

A Sand County Almanac and Sketches Here and There by Aldo LeopoldThe Hidden Life of Trees by Peter Wohlleben
Best of Natural History
361 books — 68 voters
A World Lit Only by Fire by William ManchesterSilence by Shūsaku Endō
Best Unappreciated Books
4,356 books — 2,202 voters

Medea by EuripidesVenus in Fur by David IvesJulius Caesar by William ShakespeareHamlet by William ShakespeareMacbeth by William Shakespeare
Goodreads Top 100 Stage Plays of All Time
415 books — 435 voters
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran FoerThe Devil in the White City by Erik LarsonBlink by Malcolm GladwellThe Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael PollanUnbroken by Laura Hillenbrand
Best Books of the 21st Century
9,833 books — 21,968 voters

The Imitation of Christ by Thomas à KempisIntroduction to the Devout Life by Francis de SalesMere Christianity by C.S. LewisThe Screwtape Letters by C.S. LewisConfessions by Augustine of Hippo
The Christian Intellect
1,272 books — 837 voters
Anna Karenina by Leo TolstoyTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee1984 by George OrwellThe Giver by Lois LowryLittle Women by Louisa May Alcott
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
31,575 books — 120,237 voters

Anna Karenina by Leo TolstoyThe Giver by Lois LowryLittle Women by Louisa May AlcottThe Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway
Best Books Ever
76,288 books — 283,731 voters
Blink by Malcolm GladwellThe Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael PollanA Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill BrysonThe Tipping Point by Malcolm GladwellThe Devil in the White City by Erik Larson
Best Books of the Decade: 2000s
7,188 books — 28,375 voters