2026 Reading Challenge
Long Walk to Freedom by Nelson MandelaCry, the Beloved Country by Alan PatonDisgrace by J.M. CoetzeeMy Traitor's Heart by Rian MalanBorn a Crime by Trevor Noah
Best South African reads
13th out of 313 books — 172 voters
Things Fall Apart by Chinua AchebeThe Poisonwood Bible by Barbara KingsolverHalf of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieHeart of Darkness by Joseph ConradCry, the Beloved Country by Alan Paton
Africa (fiction and nonfiction)
214th out of 1,759 books — 1,638 voters

Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel KahnemanSurely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman! by Richard P. FeynmanNight by Elie WieselLong Walk to Freedom by Nelson MandelaRelativity by Albert Einstein
Nobel Prize in ANYTHING BUT Literature
17th out of 147 books — 58 voters
The Shock Doctrine by Naomi KleinA People’s History of the United States by Howard ZinnNickel and Dimed by Barbara EhrenreichThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankBury My Heart at Wounded Knee by Dee Brown
Essential Non-Fiction Reading Re: Human Rights
195th out of 622 books — 417 voters

Night by Elie WieselAngela’s Ashes by Frank McCourtA Walk in the Woods by Bill BrysonRunning with Scissors by Augusten BurroughsMe Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris
Memoirs by Men
909th out of 1,703 books — 670 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeA People’s History of the United States by Howard ZinnThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodThe Color Purple by Alice WalkerNickel and Dimed by Barbara Ehrenreich
Social Justice: Books on Racism, Sexism, and Class
548th out of 2,128 books — 1,535 voters

Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee by Dee BrownHow to Make A Winning College Application Video Essay by Max KieferSilent Spring by Rachel CarsonGuns, Germs, and Steel by Jared DiamondMythology by Edith Hamilton
Non Fiction - Outstanding Books for the College Bound
28th out of 120 books — 47 voters
Beezus and Ramona by Beverly ClearyThe Phantom Tollbooth by Norton JusterLonesome Dove by Larry McMurtryThe Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric CarleJust as I Am by Cicely Tyson
Dead in 2021: The Authors We Lost
232nd out of 609 books — 49 voters

Theory of People by Jakub LasakThe Autobiography of Malcolm X by Malcolm XI Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya AngelouReform or Revolution & Other Writings by Rosa LuxemburgLong Walk to Freedom by Nelson Mandela
The Revolution Starts Here
53rd out of 136 books — 92 voters
Blood River by Tim ButcherThe Scramble for Africa by Thomas PakenhamKing Leopold's Ghost by Adam HochschildAfrica Has a Future by Peter MutandaThe Fate of Africa by Martin Meredith
Non-Fiction Books about Africa
80th out of 170 books — 31 voters

Thus Spoke Zarathustra by Friedrich NietzscheThe Republic by PlatoSiddhartha by Hermann HesseThe Outsider by Albert CamusNausea by Jean-Paul Sartre
Reading List For Philosophy And Religion
102nd out of 146 books — 35 voters
Autobiography of a Yogi by Paramahansa YoganandaMy God and My All by Elizabeth GoudgeBe Here Now by Ram DassFreedom in Exile by Dalai Lama XIVMasters of Meditation and Miracles by Tulku Thondup
Best Spiritual Biographies/Autobiographies
18th out of 76 books — 9 voters

A Memory of Solferino by Henry DunantMedemer by Abiy AhmedFruit of the Lips by Abin Ahmed, PM of EthiopiaThe Last Girl by Nadia MuradPlaidoyer pour la vie by Denis Mukwege
Books by Nobel Peace Prize Winners
78th out of 98 books — 1 voter
Just Mercy by Bryan StevensonJesus and John Wayne by Kristin Kobes Du MezI'm Still Here by Austin Channing BrownBe the Bridge by LaTasha MorrisonAmerica's Original Sin by Jim Wallis
Social Justice and Christianity Good Reads
99th out of 284 books — 39 voters

Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman! by Richard P. FeynmanNight by Elie WieselDreams from My Father by Barack ObamaThe Last Girl by Nadia MuradHow to Stand Up to a Dictator by Maria Ressa
Books by Non-Lit Nobel Laureates
40th out of 100 books — 3 voters
The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. LewisMere Christianity by C.S. LewisThe Screwtape Letters by C.S. LewisThe Hiding Place by Corrie ten BoomThe Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan
Recommended Books (Besides the Bible) Written by Christian Authors
1781st out of 4,313 books — 3,514 voters

Women Without Morals by Richard F. GallagherMan Without a Shadow by Colin WilsonDays Without End by Sebastian BarryWithout Getting Killed or Caught by Tamara SavianoFifty Works of English Literature We Could Do Without by Brigid Brophy
"W/O"
325th out of 326 books — 10 voters
Our Tribal Future by David R. SamsonHomo Deus by Yuval Noah HarariNeuroTribes by Steve SilbermanThe Sixth Extinction by Richard E. LeakeyChesapeake Oysters by Kate Livie
Books about the Future
21st out of 125 books — 18 voters

The Autobiography of Martin Luther King, Jr. by Martin Luther King Jr.I Am Malala by Malala YousafzaiNight by Elie WieselFreedom in Exile by Dalai Lama XIVMother Teresa by Mother Teresa
Books by Nobel Peace Prize Laureates
17th out of 51 books — 4 voters
Biko by Donald WoodsI Write What I Like by Steve BikoCountry of My Skull by Antjie KrogLong Walk to Freedom by Nelson MandelaAfter Freedom by Katherine S. Newman
Anti-Apartheid Movement, Ubuntu, Community, Labour, Organising & Personal Narratives in South Africa
7th out of 98 books — 3 voters

Blood River by Tim ButcherThe Destruction of Black Civilization by Chancellor WilliamsThe Kraals of Ulundi by David Ebsworth"The Shining Ones" by Helene E. HaganThe Keys of Egypt by Lesley Adkins
Books On African History
206th out of 207 books — 51 voters
The Book of Common Prayer and Administration of the Sacrament... by The Episcopal ChurchThe Heart of Christianity by Marcus J. BorgReading the Bible Again for the First Time by Marcus J. BorgSurprised by Hope by N.T. WrightStudy of Anglicanism by Stephen Sykes
Best books for Episcopalians (in addition to the Bible)
215th out of 231 books — 34 voters

Homo Deus by Yuval Noah HarariUtopia for Realists by Rutger BregmanSapiens by Yuval Noah HarariDoughnut Economics by Kate RaworthHumankind by Rutger Bregman
Civilization Transition
46th out of 53 books — 26 voters
Reading with Patrick by Michelle KuoThe Fire Next Time by James BaldwinBuses Are a Comin' by Charles Person1984 by George OrwellBetween the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates
Classroom Library...
102nd out of 127 books — 19 voters

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark TwainThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienThe Quiet American by Graham GreeneGreat Expectations by Charles Dickens1984 by George Orwell
65 Books Richard Branson Thinks Everyone Should Read
40th out of 61 books — 7 voters
An Imperfect Offering by James OrbinskiWe Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed with Ou... by Philip GourevitchMountains Beyond Mountains by Tracy KidderShake Hands with the Devil by Roméo Dallaire"A Problem from Hell" by Samantha Power
Human Rights and Humanitarianism
45th out of 85 books — 26 voters

Mere Christianity by C.S. LewisThe Screwtape Letters by C.S. LewisThe Pilgrim's Progress by John BunyanThe Case for Christ by Lee StrobelThe Pursuit of God by A.W. Tozer
Must Read Books for the Thinking Christian
714th out of 1,239 books — 807 voters
The Infinite Jeff by Will HolcombTollesbury Time Forever by Stuart AyrisThe Chimera Vector by Nathan M. FarrugiaThe Seraphim Sequence by Nathan M. FarrugiaThe Rook by Daniel O'Malley
Unheralded Books
36th out of 74 books — 46 voters

Annihilation of Caste by B.R. AmbedkarOut of America by Keith B. RichburgThe Wretched of the Earth by Frantz FanonThe Dance of Deception by Harriet LernerBeing Different Together by Melissa E. Steyn
Diversity Studies
43rd out of 114 books — 8 voters
The Things They Carried by Tim O'BrienA Gracious Enemy & After the War Volume Two by Michael G. KramerMagenta by John Payton FodenConfederates by Thomas KeneallyAfter Dunkirk by Lee Jackson
Plight of a Nation
755th out of 1,147 books — 400 voters

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