2026 Reading Challenge

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Chris (28 Lists)



Melmoth by Sarah PerryUtz by Bruce Chatwin
Best Books Set in Prague
137 books — 131 voters
The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakNineteen Eighty-Four by George OrwellNeverwhere by Neil GaimanThe Princess Bride by William Goldman
World Book Night 2017
235 books — 131 voters

The Oxford Book of Ballads by Arthur Quiller-CouchPerelandra by C.S. LewisThe 101 Dalmatians by Dodie SmithKim by Rudyard KiplingThe War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells
Books From 'Fire and Hemlock'
30 books — 11 voters
RSPB Pocket Birds by Desmond SewardCollins Complete British Birds Photoguide by Paul Sterry
British Birds
127 books — 16 voters

Bella Tuscany by Frances MayesUnder the Tuscan Sun by Frances MayesThe Oxford Guide to Arthurian Literature and Legend by Alan LupackThe Virgin and the Grail by Joseph W. GoeringThe Medieval Quest for Arthur by Robert Allen Rouse
The Last 10 Nonfiction Books I Read
2,991 books — 1,156 voters
The Name of the Rose by Umberto EcoApocalypse by D.H. LawrenceThe Pursuit of the Millennium by Norman Cohn
The Book of Revelation
75 books — 61 voters

The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz ZafónFoucault’s Pendulum by Umberto Eco
Writers Who Write About Writers
378 books — 107 voters
The Glass Bead Game by Hermann Hesse
Best European Science Fiction Books
257 books — 208 voters

Power of Three by Diana Wynne JonesThe Time of the Ghost by Diana Wynne JonesBlack Maria by Diana Wynne JonesA Tale of Time City by Diana Wynne JonesHowl’s Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones
Favourite Diana Wynne Jones
39 books — 389 voters
The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells
Aliens Among Us
284 books — 240 voters

The Mabinogion by UnknownYwain and Gawain - Sir Percyvell of Gales - The Anturs of Arther by Maldwyn MillsBeowulf and Its Analogues by G.N.Garmonsway; Jacqueline ...The Anglo Saxon Chronicle by Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
Everyman Library Classics
174 books — 96 voters
Arthur's Britain by Leslie AlcockRoman Britain and Early England, 55 BC-AD871 by Peter Hunter BlairThe Quest for Arthur's Britain by Geoffrey AsheAn Age of Tyrants by Christopher A. SnyderWas This Camelot? Excavations at Cadbury Castle, 1966 - 1970 by Leslie Alcock
Dark age European history
202 books — 67 voters

The Monsters and the Critics and Other Essays by J.R.R. TolkienThe Audience of Beowulf by Dorothy WhitelockA Beowulf Handbook by Robert E. BjorkBeowulf and Its Analogues by G.N.Garmonsway; Jacqueline ...
Books on Beowulf and Old English heroic epic.
114 books — 11 voters
The Nibelungenlied by UnknownThe Saga of the Volsungs by AnonymousThe Prose Edda by Snorri Sturluson
Nibelungen-Volsung Tradition
72 books — 9 voters

The Celts by Nora Kershaw ChadwickGods and Myths of Northern Europe by H.R. Ellis DavidsonThe Nibelungenlied by UnknownAncient Europe by Stuart PiggottThe Bog People by P.V. Glob
Northern Mists; Prehistoric Europe;The Archaeological Imagination
218 books — 39 voters
The Táin by AnonymousThe Mabinogion by UnknownThe Arthur of the Welsh by Rachel BromwichThe Celtic sources for the Arthurian legend by Jon B. CoeArthur's Britain by Leslie Alcock
Medieval Welsh and Irish literature
80 books — 52 voters

The Mabinogion by UnknownThe Romance of Tristan and Iseult by Joseph BédierArthurian Period Sources, Volume 7 by GildasSir Gawain and the Green Knight, Pearl, and Sir Orfeo by J.R.R. TolkienThe Quest of the Holy Grail by Unknown
Medieval Arthurian romance
153 books — 36 voters
The Nibelungenlied by UnknownTristan by Gottfried von StrassburgParzival & Titurel by Wolfram von Eschenbach
Best books on Old and Middle High German in English.
129 books — 13 voters

Gods and Myths of Northern Europe by H.R. Ellis Davidson
Old Norse-Icelandic literature
164 books — 50 voters
The Borrowers by Mary NortonThe Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienThe Earthsea Quartet by Ursula K. Le GuinThe Gift by Alison Croggon
Books To Read After Chronicles of Narnia
261 books — 179 voters

Powers by Ursula K. Le GuinVoices by Ursula K. Le GuinGifts by Ursula K. Le Guin
Best Fantasy: Characters and Character Development
192 books — 120 voters
Coraline by Neil GaimanThe Golden Compass by Philip PullmanFive Children and It by E. NesbitWatership Down by Richard AdamsHowl’s Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones
Best Children's Fantasy
967 books — 1,110 voters

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. RowlingLord of the Flies by William Golding
Most Popular Young Adult Books
35 books — 14 voters
The Thief Lord by Cornelia Funke
Thieves
659 books — 1,257 voters

The Tough Guide to Fantasyland by Diana Wynne Jones
Hidden Gems: YA-Fantasy Novels
2,203 books — 2,748 voters
His Dark Materials by Philip Pullman
The Best Epic Fantasy (fiction)
4,190 books — 25,742 voters

Sabriel by Garth NixHowl’s Moving Castle by Diana Wynne JonesHis Dark Materials by Philip PullmanLirael by Garth NixAbhorsen by Garth Nix
Best "Strong Female" Fantasy Novels
4,462 books — 18,221 voters
The Singing by Alison CroggonThe Riddle by Alison CroggonTales from Earthsea by Ursula K. Le GuinThe Crow by Alison Croggon
Best Fantasy Books of the 21st Century
3,060 books — 9,902 voters