2026 Reading Challenge

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Cal Lee (13 Lists)



The Family Chao by Lan Samantha ChangRemembering Water by Tuan PhanThe Namesake by Jhumpa LahiriSigh, Gone by Phuc Tran
Asian-American Books
544 books — 328 voters
Paradise by Abdulrazak GurnahAn African in Greenland by Tété-Michel Kpomassie
Decolonization Book Club Reading List
26 books — 6 voters

Logavina Street by Barbara Demick
Histories of Cities
261 books — 106 voters
The Man Who Loved Only Numbers by Paul Hoffman
Mathematics in the Title
249 books — 27 voters

The Man Who Loved Only Numbers by Paul Hoffman
Mathematical Biography
62 books — 44 voters
Embers by Sándor Márai
A Single Day
141 books — 105 voters

Embers by Sándor Márai
[ATY 2021] - Are You Well Read in World Literature?
456 books — 216 voters
Nothing to Envy by Barbara DemickBlood-Dark Track by Joseph O'NeillThe Last Empire by Serhii PlokhySaladin by John ManThe First Filipino by León María Guerrero
Best History Books
3,703 books — 3,737 voters

The Midnight Library by Matt Haig
Best Books of the Decade: 2020's
2,927 books — 5,452 voters
Liar's Poker by Michael LewisEducated by Tara WestoverGenghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World by Jack Weatherford
Thought Provoking
2,864 books — 1,488 voters

The World of Yesterday by Stefan ZweigDreams from My Father by Barack ObamaCrying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner
Best Memoir / Biography / Autobiography
5,820 books — 6,348 voters
River Town by Peter HesslerPachinko by Min Jin LeeThe Motorcycle Diaries by Ernesto Che GuevaraAn African in Greenland by Tété-Michel Kpomassie
Foreign Lands
2,348 books — 2,192 voters

Up to the Mountains and Down to the Countryside by Quincy Carroll
China Expat Books
99 books — 109 voters