2026 Reading Challenge

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Ben Cela (9 Lists)



Sex and Rage by Eve BabitzPlay It As It Lays by Joan DidionMy Year of Rest and Relaxation by Ottessa MoshfeghThe Bell Jar by Sylvia PlathEileen by Ottessa Moshfegh
women vs the void
234 books — 584 voters
Gone Girl by Gillian FlynnThe Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonThe Girl Who Played with Fire by Stieg LarssonThe Girl Who Kicked The Hornet's Nest by Stieg LarssonPretty Girls by Karin Slaughter
Recommended Mystery/Thriller Books
15 books — 1 voter

The Girls by Emma ClineThe Nest by Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney
Anticipated 2016 Literary Fiction
329 books — 700 voters
The Girls by Emma ClineLaRose by Louise ErdrichThe Nest by Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney
The Millions' Most Anticipated: The Great 2016 Book Preview I - Spring and Summer
93 books — 201 voters

Frankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft ShelleyThe Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel HawthorneThe Crucible by Arthur MillerThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Best Isolation Books
22 books — 17 voters
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerA Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee WilliamsThe Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar WildeAs I Lay Dying by William Faulkner
The Five Books I Would Require If I Taught an English Literature Class
625 books — 2,752 voters

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldThe Giving Tree by Shel SilversteinThe Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,807 books — 49,783 voters
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonThe Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest by Stieg LarssonThe Girl Who Played with Fire by Stieg LarssonMy Sweet Audrina by V.C. Andrews
Most Messed Up
849 books — 520 voters

The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonThe Silver Linings Playbook by Matthew QuickThe Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen ChboskyBeautiful Creatures by Kami GarciaDesde mi cielo by Alice Sebold
Your Top 5 Reads in 2012
715 books — 799 voters