2026 Reading Challenge

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Derick (30 Lists)



A People’s History of the United States by Howard Zinn
Best History Books
3,710 books — 3,743 voters
Dead Wake by Erik LarsonThe Victorian Internet by Tom StandageMint Condition by Dave Jamieson
Microhistory: Social Histories of Just One Thing
1,826 books — 2,216 voters

Red Mars by Kim Stanley RobinsonGreen Mars by Kim Stanley RobinsonBlue Mars by Kim Stanley Robinson
Mars Colonist's Reading List
165 books — 132 voters
Roman Britain by Peter Salway
The Oxford Very Short Introductions Series
592 books — 140 voters

Mistborn by Brandon SandersonThe Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson
Brandon Sanderson's Cosmere Books
39 books — 102 voters
The Way of Kings by Brandon SandersonMistborn by Brandon SandersonGardens of the Moon by Steven EriksonThe Black Company by Glen Cook
The Best Epic Fantasy (fiction)
4,192 books — 25,744 voters

Ahsoka by E.K. JohnstonThrawn by Timothy Zahn
New Star Wars Canon
146 books — 201 voters
Thrawn by Timothy ZahnAhsoka by E.K. Johnston
The New Star Wars Canon: Novels
104 books — 196 voters

The End of History by Alexander Freed
Best Star Wars Canon Short Stories
27 books — 4 voters
Thrawn by Timothy ZahnThrawn by Timothy ZahnAhsoka by E.K. Johnston
Best New Star Wars Canon Books
161 books — 581 voters

Neuromancer by William GibsonSnow Crash by Neal StephensonAltered Carbon by Richard K. MorganWhen Gravity Fails by George Alec Effinger
Best cyberpunk books
213 books — 452 voters
Ball Four by Jim Bouton
Baseball: Behind the Diamond
67 books — 10 voters

July 1914 by Sean McMeekin
The Great War
776 books — 599 voters
Storm Front by Jim ButcherThe Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott LynchThe Way of Kings by Brandon SandersonMistborn by Brandon Sanderson
Best Fantasy Series, Trilogies, and Duologies
2,082 books — 11,677 voters

Storm Front by Jim ButcherThe Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch
Best Fantasy Books of the 21st Century
3,060 books — 9,902 voters
Starfighters of Adumar by Aaron AllstonIsard's Revenge by Michael A. StackpoleThrawn by Timothy ZahnHeir to the Empire by Timothy ZahnStar Wars by Timothy Zahn
Best Star Wars Books
462 books — 1,299 voters

The Shock Doctrine by Naomi KleinConfessions of an Economic Hit Man by John PerkinsThe Big Short by Michael LewisAnti-Intellectualism in American Life by Richard Hofstadter
Best Books to Become an Informed Voter
935 books — 1,099 voters
Dark Money by Jane Mayer
Books for Post-Election Understanding
198 books — 141 voters

Neuromancer by William Gibson
Best Science Fiction
3,652 books — 6,974 voters
Washington by Ron ChernowGrant by Ron Chernow
Best Presidential Biographies (nonfiction)
467 books — 524 voters

The Shock Doctrine by Naomi Klein
Best Economics Books
451 books — 520 voters
The Rookie by Scott SiglerWhen Gravity Fails by George Alec Effinger
Most Under-rated Science Fiction
2,075 books — 2,162 voters

Neuromancer by William GibsonSnow Crash by Neal StephensonAltered Carbon by Richard K. MorganBurning Chrome by William GibsonWhen Gravity Fails by George Alec Effinger
Best of Cyberpunk
372 books — 1,183 voters
The Call of the Wild by Jack London
Best Books of the Decade: 1900s
466 books — 853 voters

Gravity’s Rainbow by Thomas PynchonThe Forever War by Joe Haldeman
Best Books of the Decade: 1970s
1,946 books — 1,879 voters
The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodEnder’s Game by Orson Scott CardHyperion by Dan SimmonsNeuromancer by William Gibson
Best Books of the Decade: 1980s
2,257 books — 2,433 voters

Fight Club by Chuck PalahniukSnow Crash by Neal Stephenson
Best Books of the Decade: 1990s
3,129 books — 3,679 voters
Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood
Best Books of the Decade: 2000s
7,188 books — 28,375 voters

Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
Best Books of the Decade: 2010s
7,686 books — 14,184 voters
People Get Ready by Robert W. McChesneyThe "S" Word by John Harrison NicholsDark Money by Jane Mayer
Democracy Now! 2016
92 books — 18 voters