2026 Reading Challenge

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Xander (58 Lists)



Infinite Jest by David Foster WallaceGravity’s Rainbow by Thomas PynchonUlysses by James JoyceConsider the Lobster and Other Essays by David Foster WallaceCloud Atlas by David Mitchell
Waiting For....Classic Post Modern Literature
156 books — 42 voters
The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre DumasA Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled HosseiniTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Books That I Could Read Over and Over Again
7,316 books — 1,684 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeAlice’s Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis CarrollThe Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien
Re-Readable
7,651 books — 2,345 voters
The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien
I Wish I Could Read it Again for the First Time
11,207 books — 7,349 voters

A Writer's Diary 1873-1881 by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Author Biographies and Memoirs
426 books — 125 voters
Catch-22 by Joseph HellerGravity's Rainbow by Thomas Pynchon
Essential wordcore
46 books — 10 voters

Ulysses by James JoyceOn the Road by Jack KerouacGravity’s Rainbow by Thomas PynchonHeart of Darkness by Joseph ConradMrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf
The Most Begun "Read but Unfinished" (Started) book ever
2,608 books — 13,138 voters
All the Pretty Horses by Cormac McCarthy
Best Westerns
1,378 books — 1,502 voters

Twilight by Stephenie MeyerThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldHeart of Darkness by Joseph ConradOn the Road by Jack KerouacThe Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown
MOST BORING BOOK EVER!
894 books — 470 voters
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis CarrollA Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled HosseiniA Tale of Two Cities by Charles DickensThe Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. TolkienThe Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Best Books Ever
76,303 books — 283,823 voters

Light in August by William Faulkner
The Labyrinth of Imaginative Literature
47 books — 20 voters
The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Best Russian Literature
512 books — 2,276 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienThe Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-ExupéryThe Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas
1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die
1,318 books — 5,844 voters
The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre DumasAlice’s Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis Carroll
Books I think are great
915 books — 354 voters

The Hobbit by J.R.R. TolkienHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingA Christmas Carol by Charles DickensThe Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain
Books I Will Give My Children To Read
232 books — 98 voters
The Green Mile by Stephen King
Books Made into Movies
1,099 books — 447 voters

A Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin
Books That Are Also TV Shows
528 books — 217 voters
A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
Books That Exceeded Your Expectations
14,780 books — 16,489 voters

The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienGreat Expectations by Charles DickensAlice in Wonderland by Jane CarruthTo the Lighthouse by Virginia WoolfMrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf
BBC Culture Worldwide 100 Greatest British Novels
100 books — 26 voters
Infinite Jest by David Foster WallaceGravity’s Rainbow by Thomas PynchonUlysses by James Joyce
Encyclopedic Narratives
37 books — 15 voters

In Siberia by Colin ThubronAmong the Russians by Colin Thubron
A Little Travel in a Big Country (Russia) (nonfiction)
101 books — 18 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
200 Best American Novels pt 1
100 books — 9 voters

Catch-22 by Joseph HellerThe Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark TwainAs I Lay Dying by William FaulknerAbsalom, Absalom! by William FaulknerThe Sound and the Fury by William Faulkner
200 Best American Novels pt 2 of 3
100 books — 8 voters
Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace
Books that Make Readers Work
34 books — 13 voters

Gravity’s Rainbow by Thomas PynchonInfinite Jest by David Foster Wallace
Anti-novel
113 books — 73 voters
Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia WoolfTo the Lighthouse by Virginia WoolfAs I Lay Dying by William Faulkner
Great Stream of Consciousness Novels
132 books — 193 voters

A Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin
Different Perspective Books
268 books — 210 voters
Catch-22 by Joseph Heller
Corruption in High Places
437 books — 326 voters


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