2026 Reading Challenge
The Lightning Thief by Rick RiordanThe Last Olympian by Rick RiordanThe Odyssey by HomerThe Sea of Monsters by Rick RiordanThe Battle of the Labyrinth by Rick Riordan
Best Books About Mythology
91st out of 1,395 books — 2,219 voters
The Odyssey by HomerThe Iliad by HomerThe Epic of Gilgamesh by AnonymousThe Republic by PlatoMeditations by Marcus Aurelius
Best Books of the Ancient World
28th out of 277 books — 294 voters

The Odyssey by HomerThe Iliad by HomerBeowulf by UnknownThe Divine Comedy by Dante AlighieriParadise Lost by John Milton
Best of Epic Poetry
16th out of 124 books — 202 voters
The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienHarry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. RowlingThe Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. LewisThe Odyssey by Homer
Quests
18th out of 422 books — 203 voters

The Iliad by HomerThe Odyssey by HomerThe Iliad / The Odyssey by HomerThe Histories by HerodotusHistory of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides
Best Books on Ancient Greek History and Literature
37th out of 356 books — 195 voters
Treasure Island by Robert Louis StevensonThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienGoldfinger by Ian FlemingThe Golden Compass by Philip PullmanThe Arabian Nights by Anonymous
All that Glitters...
9th out of 377 books — 47 voters

Life of Pi by Yann MartelThe Old Man and the Sea by Ernest HemingwayMoby-Dick or, The Whale by Herman MelvilleThe Odyssey by HomerTreasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson
Boat Books
56th out of 772 books — 501 voters
Green Eggs and Ham by Dr. SeussThe Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel HawthorneAnne of Green Gables by L.M. MontgomeryOne Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish by Dr. SeussThe Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
A Kaleidoscope of Colors
92nd out of 2,287 books — 202 voters

The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienThe Iliad / The Odyssey by HomerBeowulf by UnknownThe Odyssey by HomerThe Epic of Gilgamesh by Anonymous
World's Greatest Epics
35th out of 204 books — 134 voters
Moby-Dick or, The Whale by Herman MelvilleTreasure Island by Robert Louis StevensonMaster & Commander by Patrick O'BrianThe Old Man and the Sea by Ernest HemingwayThe Odyssey by Homer
Nautical Novels
46th out of 431 books — 331 voters

The Iliad by HomerThe Odyssey by HomerThe Aeneid by VirgilThe Republic by PlatoThe Histories by Herodotus
Classical World Reading List
24th out of 116 books — 70 voters
The Odyssey by HomerThe Epic of Gilgamesh by AnonymousThe Iliad by HomerBeowulf by UnknownThe Arabian Nights by Anonymous
Greatest Ancient Epics
15th out of 97 books — 49 voters

Girl with a Pearl Earring by Tracy ChevalierHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingThe Silver Chair by C.S. LewisBy the Shores of Silver Lake by Laura Ingalls WilderThe Golden Compass by Philip Pullman
Jewelry Box
28th out of 752 books — 101 voters
The Odyssey by HomerThe Iliad by HomerThe Aeneid by VirgilMedea by EuripidesTales from Ovid by Ted Hughes
For Classicists and Those That Love Good Myths
6th out of 54 books — 30 voters

The Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienThe Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienOn the Road by Jack KerouacThe Odyssey by HomerThe Road by Cormac McCarthy
Road Trip
83rd out of 527 books — 267 voters
The Iliad by HomerThe Epic of Gilgamesh by AnonymousThe Odyssey by HomerThe Histories by HerodotusThe Aeneid by Virgil
Books Prior to the 4th Century
21st out of 111 books — 18 voters

Green Eggs and Ham by Dr. SeussThe Color Purple by Alice WalkerAnne of Green Gables by L.M. MontgomeryThe Silver Chair by C.S. LewisThe Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne
Books With A Color In The Title
88th out of 846 books — 126 voters
The Yellow Wall-Paper by Charlotte Perkins GilmanThe Golden Compass by Philip PullmanHalf of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieThese Happy Golden Years by Laura Ingalls WilderOld Yeller by Fred Gipson
Shades of Yellow in the Title
75th out of 758 books — 51 voters

The Silver Chair by C.S. LewisThe Golden Compass by Philip PullmanBy the Shores of Silver Lake by Laura Ingalls WilderThese Happy Golden Years by Laura Ingalls WilderA ​Court of Silver Flames by Sarah J. Maas
Silver and Gold
85th out of 1,084 books — 108 voters
The Velveteen Rabbit by Margery Williams BiancoCorduroy by Don FreemanA Study in Scarlet by Arthur Conan DoyleNational Velvet by Enid BagnoldTipping the Velvet by Sarah Waters
Fabrics
378th out of 620 books — 53 voters

Watership Down by Richard AdamsPride and Prejudice by Jane AustenAll Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria RemarqueDune by Frank HerbertJane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
In a Brown Mood
117th out of 644 books — 76 voters
The Golden Compass by Philip PullmanThe Silver Chair by C.S. LewisThe Tin Drum by Günter GrassGuns, Germs, and Steel by Jared DiamondGoldfinger by Ian Fleming
Metallic Titles
73rd out of 721 books — 28 voters

Beowulf by UnknownThe Odyssey by HomerThe Complete Grimm's Fairy Tales by Jacob GrimmThe Iliad by HomerAesop’s Fables by Aesop
Mythology/Folklore
152nd out of 602 books — 204 voters
Hamlet by William ShakespeareMeditations by Marcus AureliusThe Odyssey by HomerDon Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes SaavedraThe Republic by Plato
Joseph Brodsky’s Reading List For Having an Intelligent Conversation
63rd out of 121 books — 47 voters

Oath of Gold by Elizabeth MoonDivided Allegiance by Elizabeth MoonThe Red Wyvern by Katharine KerrRaven's Shadow by Patricia BriggsThe King of Elfland's Daughter by Lord Dunsany
Popular Fantasy on Goodreads with between 1000 and 9999 ratings
2287th out of 4,147 books — 165 voters
The Odyssey by HomerDeath on the Nile by Agatha ChristieThe Voyage of the Dawn Treader by C.S. LewisA Night to Remember by Walter LordMoby-Dick or, The Whale by Herman Melville
Cruises
43rd out of 277 books — 89 voters

Treasure Island by Robert Louis StevensonMoby-Dick or, The Whale by Herman MelvilleMaster & Commander by Patrick O'BrianTwenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea by Jules VerneThe Odyssey by Homer
Nautical Tales
220th out of 746 books — 399 voters
Kon-Tiki by Thor HeyerdahlThe Old Man and the Sea by Ernest HemingwayJaws by Peter BenchleyPoseidon’s Children by Michael WestThe Cruel Sea by Nicholas Monsarrat
The Sea
15th out of 124 books — 34 voters

Agamemnon by AeschylusOdyssey by Stephen FryTheogony / Works and Days by HesiodMetamorphoses by OvidThe Aeneid by Virgil
TBR test 08.01.2026
7th out of 20 books — 1 voter
The Odyssey by HomerThe Iliad by HomerAjax by SophoclesThe Lightning Thief by Rick RiordanI, Antigone by Carlo Gébler
The Oedipus Cycle and Greek Literature
15th out of 23 books — 4 voters

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