2026 Reading Challenge

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Toon (10 Lists)



Freakonomics by Steven D. LevittCosmos by Carl SaganGödel, Escher, Bach by Douglas R. Hofstadter
Best Non-Fiction (no biographies)
6,228 books — 8,061 voters
The Name of the Rose by Umberto EcoThe Decameron by Giovanni BoccaccioThe Divine Comedy by Dante AlighieriThe Nibelungenlied by UnknownIn a Dark Wood Wandering by Hella S. Haasse
Best Middle Ages Books
1,222 books — 1,703 voters

The Name of the Rose by Umberto EcoPerfume by Patrick SüskindRoman Blood by Steven SaylorAtonement by Ian McEwan
Best Historical Mystery
2,077 books — 4,538 voters
African Artists by Phaidon PressNa die geliefde land by Karel SchoemanMoffie by André Carl van der MerweDie Afrikaanse Poësie in 'n Duisend en Enkele Gedigte by Gerrit KomrijVerwoerdburg by Johann Rossouw
Africa (fiction and nonfiction)
1,762 books — 1,642 voters

Bridget Jones’s Diary by Helen Fielding
The MOVIE was BETTER than the BOOK
1,134 books — 10,099 voters
Ready Player One by Ernest ClineThe Martian by Andy Weir
Best Science Fiction of the 21st Century
1,209 books — 8,951 voters

The Monk by Matthew Gregory LewisBonjour Tristesse by Françoise SaganThe Leopard by Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa
Best Underrated/Overlooked Classics
174 books — 91 voters
I, Claudius by Robert GravesRoma by Steven SaylorRoman Blood by Steven SaylorArms of Nemesis by Steven SaylorThe Venus Throw by Steven Saylor
Best Books About Ancient Rome
738 books — 1,084 voters