2026 Reading Challenge

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Technological Slavery by Theodore John KaczynskiAnti-Tech Revolution by Theodore John KaczynskiIndustrial Society and Its Future by Theodore John KaczynskiIshmael by Daniel QuinnEndgame, Vol. 1 by Derrick Jensen
Critiques of civilization
184 books — 93 voters
Mein Kampf by Adolf HitlerThe Holy Bible by AnonymousTwilight by Stephenie MeyerFifty Shades of Grey by E.L. JamesFifty Shades Darker by E.L. James
Books I Would Ban If I Believed In Banning Books
264 books — 73 voters

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark TwainThe Grapes of Wrath by John SteinbeckA Tale of Two Cities by Charles DickensTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Shipping News by Annie Proulx
The Land, the Time, the People, the Life
222 books — 59 voters
D'Aulaires' Book of Greek Myths by Ingri d'AulaireThe Lightning Thief by Rick RiordanThe Greek Myths by Robert GravesBlack Ships Before Troy by Rosemary SutcliffUsborne Greek Myths For Young Children by Heather Amery
Books for young people about Ancient Greece and Rome
284 books — 56 voters

Anti-Tech Revolution by Theodore John KaczynskiTechnological Slavery by Theodore John KaczynskiIndustrial Society and Its Future by Theodore John KaczynskiTechnological Slavery by Theodore John KaczynskiTwilight of the Machines by John Zerzan
Critics of Progress
55 books — 43 voters
Adapt and Plan for the New Abnormal of the COVID-19 Coronavir... by Gleb TsipurskyThe Blindspots Between Us by Gleb TsipurskySpillover by David QuammenBeat by Jared GarrettA Planet of Viruses by Carl Zimmer
Viruses, the Brain, and Human Civilization
49 books — 40 voters

Technological Slavery by Theodore John KaczynskiAnti-Tech Revolution by Theodore John KaczynskiIndustrial Society and Its Future by Theodore John KaczynskiNineteen Eighty-Four by George OrwellThe Healthy and Happy Life Series by Jonathon Jones
The Contrarian Bookshelf
37 books — 39 voters
Technological Slavery by Theodore John KaczynskiAnti-Tech Revolution by Theodore John KaczynskiIndustrial Society and Its Future by Theodore John KaczynskiThe Collapse of Complex Societies by Joseph A. TainterAurora by Kim Stanley Robinson
Challenges for Humanity
26 books — 31 voters

Cleopatra's Daughter by Michelle MoranMara, Daughter of the Nile by Eloise Jarvis McGrawCleopatra VII by Kristiana GregoryCleopatra's Moon by Vicky Alvear ShecterCurses and Smoke by Vicky Alvear Shecter
Young Adult Books in Ancient Civilizations
107 books — 27 voters
A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill BrysonMy Inventions by Nikola TeslaThe Origin of Species by Charles DarwinDemocracy in America by Alexis de TocquevilleThe Double Helix by James D. Watson
Books White People Really Need To Read
197 books — 17 voters

Woman and Nature by Susan GriffinWomen Who Run With the Wolves by Clarissa Pinkola EstésThe Death of Nature by Carolyn MerchantThe Green Reaper by Elizabeth FournierGyn/Ecology by Mary Daly
Ecofeminist nonfiction
35 books — 15 voters
Above World by Jenn ReeseCrisis on Conshelf Ten by Monica HughesThe Deep Range by Arthur C. ClarkeWilliam and Mary by Penelope FarmerCastle Beneath the Sea by Morgana Rhys
Underwater Cities
94 books — 15 voters

Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall KimmererWicked Plants by Amy StewartIn the Shadow of Slavery by Judith A. CarneyGinseng Dreams by Kristin JohannsenPapyrus by John Gaudet
Ethnobotany
51 books — 13 voters
On the Beach by Nevil ShuteThe Martian Chronicles by Ray BradburyEarth Abides by George R. StewartI Am Legend by Richard MathesonChildhood’s End by Arthur C. Clarke
Books About The End Of The World As We Know It
43 books — 9 voters

The Code Book by Simon SinghWomen in Mycenaean Greece by Barbara A. OlsenMysteries of the Snake Goddess by Kenneth LapatinRiddle of the Labyrinth by Margalit FoxThe Minoan world by Arthur Cotterell
Crete, Minoans - Non-fiction
37 books — 7 voters
Enlightenment Now by Steven PinkerThe Moral Arc by Michael ShermerThe Birth of Plenty by William J. BernsteinThe Rational Optimist by Matt RidleyThe Better Angels of Our Nature by Steven Pinker
Polemics for Progress
14 books — 6 voters

The Western Canon by Harold BloomNotes Towards The Definition Of Culture by T.S. EliotPhaedrus by PlatoThe intimate philosophy of art by John ArmstrongCulture and Anarchy by Matthew Arnold
Roger Scruton's Bibliographies
100 books — 6 voters
The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankLongitude by Dava SobelA Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill BrysonGuns, Germs, and Steel by Jared DiamondMisquoting Jesus by Bart D. Ehrman
Understanding humans
40 books — 6 voters

The Life and Strange Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe... by Daniel DefoeThe World of Laura Ingalls Wilder by Marta McDowellElemental South by Dorinda G. DallmeyerWilliam Bartram, The Search for Nature's Design by Thomas HallockNature Writings by John Muir
Nature Lit — Literature & Oral Tradition, with regard to the Natural World
282 books — 6 voters
Seeing Like a State by James C. ScottCrowds and Power by Elias CanettiDancing in the Streets by Barbara EhrenreichThe Face of Battle by John KeeganContingency, Irony, and Solidarity by Richard Rorty
Brian Eno's Reading List
20 books — 5 voters

Lord of the Flies by William GoldingThe Mysterious Island by Jules VerneThe Island of Dr. Moreau by H.G. WellsThe Island Keeper by Harry MazerThe Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas
small island survivors
31 books — 5 voters
How to Invent Everything by Ryan NorthA Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill BrysonThrive by Juan Pablo QuiñonezAngela's Arm by Roland AllnachThe Toaster Project by Thomas Thwaites
The Post-Apocalyptic Rebuilder's Library
103 books — 4 voters

The Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsCity of Bones by Cassandra ClareThe Dawn of Evil by L.E. ParkerMistletoe by Richard K. AlisonOf Another Dimension by Jeanette Lynn
Culture Shock
42 books — 4 voters
Forever Amber by Kathleen WinsorThe Fire Court by Andrew TaylorThe Ashes of London by Andrew TaylorFire on the Wind by Geoffrey TreaseThe Diary of Samuel Pepys by Samuel Pepys
The Great Fire of London - 1666
82 books — 4 voters

Finite and Infinite Games by James P. CarseThe Collapse of Complex Societies by Joseph A. TainterGödel, Escher, Bach by Douglas R. HofstadterSynergetics by R. Buckminster FullerCritical Path by R. Buckminster Fuller
Civilization Emerging (Daniel Schmachtenberger's recommended books)
43 books — 1 voter

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