2026 Reading Challenge

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Dennis (26 Lists)



Der Zauberberg by Thomas MannThe Castle by Franz KafkaDas Totenschiff by B. TravenDer fromme Tanz by Klaus MannTraumnovelle by Arthur Schnitzler
Der SPIEGEL-Literaturkanon
100 books — 1 voter
Gender Queer by Maia KobabeLe bleu est une couleur chaude by Jul MarohQueer by Meg-John BarkerFun Home by Alison Bechdel
Graphic Novels Featuring LGBTIQ+ Themes
1,058 books — 1,039 voters

Akira, Vol. 1 by Katsuhiro Otomo
Best Manga Book Ever
1,253 books — 3,942 voters
The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor DostoevskyLolita by Vladimir NabokovDoctor Zhivago by Boris PasternakThe Idiot by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Best Russian Literature
512 books — 2,277 voters

The Color Purple by Alice WalkerThe Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar WildeGiovanni’s Room by James Baldwin
Best Gay Fiction
2,663 books — 3,866 voters
Go Set a Watchman by Harper LeeFun Home by Alison BechdelCity of Glass by Paul KarasikThe Martian by Andy Weir
Your Top 5 Reads in 2015
1,518 books — 875 voters

1984 by George OrwellThe Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar WildeThe Color Purple by Alice WalkerFrankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft ShelleyLolita by Vladimir Nabokov
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
31,546 books — 120,145 voters
The Color Purple by Alice WalkerBrokeback Mountain by Annie ProulxThe Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
Best LGBTQIA literature
1,772 books — 2,168 voters

The Color Purple by Alice WalkerThe Bell Jar by Sylvia PlathA Doll's House by Henrik Ibsen
Best Feminist Fiction
1,504 books — 2,674 voters
The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar WildeFrankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft ShelleyA Doll's House by Henrik Ibsen
Best Books of the 19th Century
1,704 books — 6,872 voters

Measuring the World by Daniel KehlmannIch werde hier sein im Sonnenschein und im Schatten by Christian KrachtRuhm. Ein Roman in neun Geschichten by Daniel KehlmannArbeit und Struktur by Wolfgang HerrndorfDie 13½ Leben des Käpt'n Blaubär by Walter Moers
Young / Contemporary German Literature
77 books — 57 voters
Life of Pi by Yann Martel1984 by George OrwellThe Bell Jar by Sylvia PlathLolita by Vladimir NabokovSiddhartha by Hermann Hesse
Books That Exceeded Your Expectations
14,772 books — 16,473 voters

Frankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft ShelleyDr. Faustus by Christopher MarloweOthello by William ShakespeareThe Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis StevensonThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Books I Read At University/College
1,010 books — 142 voters
Lolita by Vladimir NabokovFRANKENSTEIN by Mary Wollstonecraft ShelleySteppenwolf by Hermann HessePerfume by Patrick Süskind
The Best Use of Stylistic Language (best form/language)
560 books — 544 voters

And Then There Were None by Agatha ChristieThe Name of the Rose by Umberto EcoPerfume by Patrick Süskind
Best Crime & Mystery Books
7,316 books — 15,562 voters
And Then There Were None by Agatha ChristieMurder on the Orient Express by Agatha ChristieDeath on the Nile by Agatha ChristieThe Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha ChristiePeril at End House by Agatha Christie
Best Agatha Christie Book
111 books — 1,375 voters

Perfume by Patrick SüskindThe 13½ Lives of Captain Bluebear by Walter MoersSiddhartha by Hermann HesseThe Threepenny Opera by Bertolt Brecht
Best German Authors
608 books — 703 voters
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
The Worst Books of All Time
8,105 books — 19,873 voters

The Winds of Winter by George R.R. MartinA Dream of Spring by George R.R. Martin
Hurry Up and Release It!!!
252 books — 3,789 voters
The Umbrella Academy, Vol. 1 by Gerard WayThe Complete Maus by Art SpiegelmanJimmy Corrigan by Chris WareBerlin, Vol. 1 by Jason LutesDaytripper by Fábio Moon
Best Graphic Novels
3,453 books — 6,768 voters

1984 by George OrwellSiddhartha by Hermann HesseAnd Then There Were None by Agatha ChristiePerfume by Patrick SüskindWatchmen by Alan Moore
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,807 books — 49,784 voters
Perfume by Patrick SüskindThe Threepenny Opera by Bertolt BrechtSpring's Awakening by Frank WedekindDer Schimmelreiter by Theodor StormDie Physiker by Friedrich Dürrenmatt
Best German/Austrian/Swiss Literature
1,029 books — 954 voters

The Odyssey by HomerMetamorphoses by OvidThe Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien1984 by George Orwell
The Most Influential Books
1,479 books — 5,285 voters
Brokeback Mountain by Annie Proulx
The MOVIE was BETTER than the BOOK
1,134 books — 10,099 voters

1984 by George OrwellThe Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar WildeFrankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft ShelleyLife of Pi by Yann MartelThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
50 books to read before you die
51 books — 169 voters
Catch-22 by Joseph HellerPride and Prejudice by Jane AustenParadise Lost by John Milton
The Most Begun "Read but Unfinished" (Started) book ever
2,606 books — 13,136 voters