2026 Reading Challenge

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Tom Torkelson (17 Lists)



In the Heart of the Sea by Nathaniel Philbrick
Microhistory: Social Histories of Just One Thing
1,825 books — 2,213 voters
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
Jews in Literature
884 books — 312 voters

Life of Pi by Yann MartelThe Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood
Booker Prize Winners
60 books — 1,986 voters
Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtryAll the Pretty Horses by Cormac McCarthyThe Crossing by Cormac McCarthyCities of the Plain by Cormac McCarthyDead Man's Walk by Larry McMurtry
Best Westerns
1,376 books — 1,501 voters

American Psycho by Bret Easton EllisRequiem for a Dream by Hubert Selby Jr.Blood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West by Cormac McCarthyThe Long Walk by Richard Bachman
The Most Disturbing Books Ever Written
3,196 books — 11,300 voters
The Book Thief by Markus ZusakThe Road by Cormac McCarthy
Most Depressing Book of All Time
1,241 books — 3,909 voters

The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest by Stieg Larsson
Characters Whose Story You Wish Would Continue
1,322 books — 672 voters
No Country for Old Men by Cormac McCarthyA Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer EganLife of Pi by Yann MartelThe Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonThe Girl Who Played with Fire by Stieg Larsson
Best Books of the 21st Century
9,832 books — 21,956 voters

Gone for Good by Harlan CobenSnow Angels by James ThompsonThe Coffin Dancer by Jeffery DeaverHelsinki White by James ThompsonLucifer's Tears by James Thompson
Best Detective/Mystery Series
2,206 books — 2,294 voters
The Coffin Dancer by Jeffery DeaverThe Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonJack & Jill by James PattersonThe Girl Who Played with Fire by Stieg LarssonAlong Came a Spider by James Patterson
Thrillers
4,605 books — 5,600 voters

The White Lioness by Henning MankellThe Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonHelsinki White by James ThompsonMiss Smilla's Feeling for Snow by Peter HøegSnow Angels by James Thompson
Murder Most Cold
234 books — 396 voters
Moby-Dick or, The Whale by Herman MelvilleOne Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García MárquezNaked Lunch by William S. Burroughs
The Most Begun "Read but Unfinished" (Started) book ever
2,606 books — 13,136 voters

Helsinki White by James Thompson
My Favorite Reads of 2012
31 books — 9 voters
Helsinki White by James Thompson
Best Books of 2012
3,521 books — 9,203 voters

Solo Faces by James SalterLife of Pi by Yann MartelThe Lincoln Lawyer by Michael ConnellyThe Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest by Stieg LarssonMind's Eye by Håkan Nesser
2012: What the Over 35s Have Read So Far
3,300 books — 728 voters
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonThe Girl Who Played with Fire by Stieg Larsson
Kick-Butt Heroines
2,351 books — 2,427 voters

The Road by Cormac McCarthyThe Girl Who Played with Fire by Stieg Larsson
Best Books of the Decade: 2000s
7,188 books — 28,376 voters