2026 Reading Challenge

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Michael Brown (25 Lists)



Mr Salary by Sally Rooney
Faber Stories
31 books — 28 voters
1Q84 by Haruki Murakami
Best Japanese Books
771 books — 3,249 voters

1Q84 by Haruki MurakamiChronic City by Jonathan Lethem1984 by George Orwell
Best Surrealist Literature
263 books — 213 voters
East of Eden by John SteinbeckThe Grapes of Wrath by John SteinbeckCannery Row by John SteinbeckOf Mice and Men by John SteinbeckTravels with Charley by John Steinbeck
John Steinbeck
44 books — 209 voters

The Remains of the Day by Kazuo IshiguroMidnight’s Children by Salman RushdieLife of Pi by Yann MartelSchindler’s List by Thomas KeneallyLincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders
Booker Prize Winners
60 books — 1,986 voters
The Corrections by Jonathan FranzenUnderworld by Don DeLilloThe Poisonwood Bible by Barbara KingsolverThe Pale King by David Foster WallaceThe Ghost Writer by Philip Roth
Pulitzer Prize Finalists
81 books — 103 voters

Tinkers by Paul Harding
Pulitzer Prize Nominees for Fiction 2010
3 books — 2 voters
The Pale King by David Foster Wallace
Pulitzer Prize Nominees for Fiction 2012
3 books — 2 voters

The Orphan Master's Son by Adam Johnson
Pulitzer Prize Nominees for Fiction 2013
3 books — 3 voters
The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt
Pulitzer Prize Nominees for Fiction 2014
3 books — 2 voters

The Sympathizer by Viet Thanh Nguyen
Pulitzer Prize Nominees for Fiction 2016
3 books — 4 voters
All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
Pulitzer Prize Nominees for Fiction 2015
4 books — 3 voters

War and Peace by Leo TolstoyCatch-22 by Joseph HellerDon Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes SaavedraA Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy TooleThe Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne
The Most Begun "Read but Unfinished" (Started) book ever
2,606 books — 13,137 voters
Born a Crime by Trevor NoahThe Hate U Give by Angie ThomasThe Nightingale by Kristin HannahThe Help by Kathryn StockettThe Book of Negroes by Lawrence Hill
Highest Rated Books With a Goodreads Average Rating of 4.4 and Above (with at least 25,000 ratings)
158 books — 41 voters

The Nightingale by Kristin HannahFacing the Lion by Simone Arnold Liebster
Books With a Goodreads Average Rating of 4.5 and above and With At Least 100 Ratings
1,934 books — 2,692 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniAnimal Farm by George OrwellThe Fault in Our Stars by John Green
Best Books Ever
76,176 books — 283,259 voters

Beartown by Fredrik BackmanLittle Fires Everywhere by Celeste NgLincoln in the Bardo by George SaundersDragon Teeth by Michael Crichton
Best Books of 2017
1,734 books — 3,084 voters
Beartown by Fredrik BackmanLittle Fires Everywhere by Celeste NgLincoln in the Bardo by George SaundersInto the Water by Paula HawkinsDragon Teeth by Michael Crichton
Goodreads Picks for Tournament of Books 2018
174 books — 384 voters

Messenger by Lois LowrySon by Lois LowryGathering Blue by Lois LowryBrian's Return by Gary PaulsenBrian's Winter by Gary Paulsen
Lesser-Known Sequels To Classic Novels
85 books — 16 voters
The Secret History by Donna TarttDune by Frank HerbertThe Outsiders by S.E. HintonThe Call of the Wild by Jack LondonDon Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
100 Books to Read in a Lifetime: Readers' Picks
15,266 books — 17,478 voters

The Goldfinch by Donna TarttThe Grapes of Wrath by John SteinbeckThe Caine Mutiny by Herman WoukAll the Light We Cannot See by Anthony DoerrThe Orphan Master's Son by Adam Johnson
Pulitzer Prize Winners-Fiction
99 books — 270 voters
The Grapes of Wrath/The Moon Is Down/Cannery Row/East of Eden... by John SteinbeckLonesome Dove by Larry McMurtryThe Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark TwainTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeGone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
Americana Fiction
62 books — 52 voters

The Giver by Lois LowryThe Fault in Our Stars by John GreenTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienHoles by Louis Sachar
Best Young Adult Books
13,096 books — 80,175 voters
The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodThe Restaurant at the End of the Universe by Douglas AdamsThe Giver by Lois LowryThe Road by Cormac McCarthyLife, the Universe and Everything by Douglas Adams
Most Popular Science Fiction on Goodreads
267 books — 508 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee1984 by George OrwellThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankAnimal Farm by George OrwellThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
31,546 books — 120,127 voters