2026 Reading Challenge

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Derek Dewitt (13 Lists)



Teaching Collocation by Michael LewisThe Lexical Approach by Michael LewisImplementing the Lexical Approach by Michael LewisMessaging by George WoolardThe Lexical Syllabus by Dave Willis
Good Reads for Teaching English with Lexical Chunks
13 books — 4 voters
Salt by Mark KurlanskyUncommon Grounds by Mark PendergrastThe Billionaire's Vinegar by Benjamin WallaceOne Good Turn by Witold RybczynskiOn Ugliness by Umberto Eco
You Read a Book about What?
4,048 books — 2,109 voters

The Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael PollanKitchen Confidential by Anthony BourdainFast Food Nation by Eric SchlosserIn Defense of Food by Michael PollanSalt by Mark Kurlansky
Food-Related Non-Fiction
1,227 books — 1,636 voters
Ulysses by James JoyceThe Trial by Franz KafkaWatchmen by Alan MooreThe Waste Land by T.S. EliotHouse of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,899 books — 49,786 voters

The Diamond Age by Neal StephensonThe Windup Girl by Paolo BacigalupiThe Man in the High Castle by Philip K. DickFlow My Tears, the Policeman Said by Philip K. DickAtlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand
Best Dystopian Books
523 books — 1,029 voters
Correction by Mark BartramThe Developing Teacher by Duncan FoordDesigning Tasks for the Communicative Classroom by David NunanPractical English Usage by Michael SwanEnglish Vocabulary in Use Upper-Intermediate & Advanced by Michael McCarthy
Cambridge DELTA Research Books
37 books — 8 voters

The Crying of Lot 49 by Thomas PynchonV. by Thomas PynchonMason & Dixon by Thomas PynchonGravity’s Rainbow by Thomas Pynchon
Ranking the works of Thomas Pynchon
10 books — 261 voters
Embassytown by China MiévilleThe Algebraist by Iain M. BanksMatter by Iain M. BanksSurface Detail by Iain M. BanksThe Hydrogen Sonata by Iain M. Banks
Best Science Fiction of the 21st Century
1,210 books — 8,953 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankAnimal Farm by George OrwellThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
31,596 books — 120,314 voters
The Stand by Stephen KingThe Road by Cormac McCarthyWorld War Z by Max Brooks1984 by George OrwellI Am Legend and Other Stories by Richard Matheson
Best Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
1,242 books — 3,410 voters

Ender’s Game by Orson Scott CardDune by Frank Herbert1984 by George OrwellFahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
Best Science Fiction & Fantasy Books
8,434 books — 24,669 voters
Nightfall and Other Stories by Isaac AsimovInversions by Iain M. BanksEnder’s Game by Orson Scott CardStars in My Pocket Like Grains of Sand by Samuel R. DelanyEmbassytown by China Miéville
Best Science Fiction
3,653 books — 6,974 voters

House of Leaves by Mark Z. DanielewskiIf on a Winter’s Night a Traveler by Italo CalvinoSlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead by Tom StoppardPale Fire by Vladimir Nabokov
Metafiction
442 books — 578 voters