2026 Reading Challenge

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by John Pinkney (12 Lists)



The Three Coffins by John Dickson CarrThe Sign of Four by Arthur Conan Doyle
Locked Room Mysteries
160 books — 150 voters
The Name of the Rose by Umberto EcoThe Professor and the Madman by Simon WinchesterA Gentle Madness by Nicholas A. BasbanesA Splendor of Letters by Nicholas A. BasbanesEditions and Impressions by Nicholas A. Basbanes
Books on Books: Bookmaking, Biblioclasm, Bibliophilia
425 books — 361 voters

The Great Game by Peter Hopkirk
Best Middle East Nonfiction
534 books — 373 voters
Scott's Last Expedition by Robert Falcon ScottExpedition to the Zambesi by David LivingstonThe Worst Journey in the World, Antarctica 1910-1913. Complet... by Apsley Cherry-Garrard
The Great Explorers
245 books — 92 voters

The Big Sleep by Raymond ChandlerThe Maltese Falcon by Dashiell HammettThe Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan DoyleThe Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco
Detective Fiction
1,187 books — 1,082 voters
A History of Reading by Alberto Manguel
Histories of the Everyday
368 books — 336 voters

A Gentle Madness by Nicholas A. BasbanesThe Professor and the Madman by Simon Winchester
Best Non-Fiction Books About Books and Reading
1,036 books — 529 voters
Homage to Catalonia by George OrwellGoodbye to All That by Robert GravesRetribution by Max HastingsAn Army at Dawn by Rick AtkinsonThe Guns of August by Barbara W. Tuchman
Best Non-fiction War Books
2,126 books — 2,363 voters

With the Old Breed by Eugene B. SledgeQuartered Safe Out Here by George MacDonald FraserRetribution by Max Hastings
Best Books on the Pacific War
235 books — 258 voters
The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,801 books — 49,782 voters

A Gentle Madness by Nicholas A. BasbanesA Splendor of Letters by Nicholas A. BasbanesAmong the Gently Mad by Nicholas A. BasbanesPatience and Fortitude by Nicholas A. Basbanes
Books about Books and Libraries
824 books — 388 voters
At Chrighton Abbey and Other Horror Stories by Mary Elizabeth BraddonThe Three Impostors and Other Stories by Arthur MachenBest Ghost Stories of J.S. Le Fanu by J. Sheridan Le FanuBlack Spirits and White by Ralph Adams Cram
The best gothic novels, ghost stories and early horror 1764-1937
361 books — 717 voters