2026 Reading Challenge

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Cynthia (22 Lists)



This is Going to Hurt by Adam KayThe Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
Best Books for Medical Students
404 books — 576 voters
This is Going to Hurt by Adam Kay
2018 Books for Scientists and Engineers
51 books — 19 voters

A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled HosseiniThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakThe Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz ZafónOne Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García MárquezLife of Pi by Yann Martel
Around the World One Book from Each Country
1,068 books — 971 voters
The Book Thief by Markus ZusakFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyMatilda by Roald DahlTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Help by Kathryn Stockett
Stories For Book Lovers
8,343 books — 8,385 voters

The Book Thief by Markus ZusakThe Name of the Rose by Umberto EcoLike Water for Chocolate by Laura EsquivelThe Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
Best Historical Fiction
7,406 books — 25,586 voters
1984 by George OrwellThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyBrave New World by Aldous HuxleyLord of the Flies by William Golding
Smart Apocalyptic and Dystopian Fiction
532 books — 724 voters

The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodThe Help by Kathryn StockettThe Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniWater for Elephants by Sara GruenThe Book Thief by Markus Zusak
Best for Book Clubs
14,622 books — 18,463 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Help by Kathryn StockettThe Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini1984 by George OrwellThe Book Thief by Markus Zusak
Best Page-Turners with Redeeming Social Value
8,063 books — 5,740 voters

The House of the Spirits by Isabel AllendeLike Water for Chocolate by Laura EsquivelIf on a Winter’s Night a Traveler by Italo CalvinoOne Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García MárquezThe Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
Favorite Magical Realism Novels
1,304 books — 4,519 voters
The Sandman, Vol. 1 by Neil GaimanSaga, Volume 1 by Brian K. VaughanFables, Vol. 1 by Bill WillinghamY by Brian K. VaughanThe Unwritten, Vol. 1 by Mike Carey
Supernatural (Not Superhero) Comics
151 books — 107 voters

The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodThe Year of the Flood by Margaret AtwoodThe Heart Goes Last by Margaret AtwoodOryx and Crake by Margaret AtwoodCat’s Eye by Margaret Atwood
Best of Margaret Atwood
101 books — 251 voters
Blow-Up and Other Stories by Julio Cortázar
Short stories in English translation
31 books — 13 voters

The Sandman, Vol. 1 by Neil Gaiman
Best Graphic Novels
3,453 books — 6,768 voters
Animal Farm by George Orwell1984 by George Orwell
Government in Fiction
192 books — 55 voters

The Remains of the Day by Kazuo IshiguroMidnight’s Children by Salman RushdieLife of Pi by Yann Martel
Booker Prize Winners
60 books — 1,986 voters
A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens1984 by George OrwellThe Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre DumasAnimal Farm by George OrwellBrave New World by Aldous Huxley
100 Books to Read in a Lifetime: Readers' Picks
15,266 books — 17,479 voters

Hopscotch by Julio CortázarFicciones by Jorge Luis BorgesThe Aleph and Other Stories by Jorge Luis Borges
Argentinian Literature (Literatura argentina)
169 books — 121 voters
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
Best Science Books - Non-Fiction Only
1,837 books — 3,600 voters

Hopscotch by Julio CortázarThe Aleph and Other Stories by Jorge Luis BorgesFicciones by Jorge Luis BorgesThe Invention of Morel by Adolfo Bioy CasaresThe Book of Sand and Shakespeare's Memory by Jorge Luis Borges
Latin American Fiction
864 books — 1,157 voters
The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre DumasDon Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes SaavedraThe Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco
Big Fat Books Worth the Effort
1,874 books — 6,997 voters

A Pigeon and a Boy by Meir ShalevMy Russian Grandmother and Her American Vacuum Cleaner by Meir ShalevTo the End of the Land by David GrossmanA Tale of Love and Darkness by Amos Oz
Best Israeli Reads
128 books — 99 voters
Hopscotch by Julio CortázarFicciones by Jorge Luis Borges1984 by George Orwell
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,807 books — 49,785 voters