2026 Reading Challenge

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Murray (26 Lists)



Blood & Beauty by Sarah DunantThe Prince by Niccolò Machiavelli
Best Books about the Borgia Family
69 books — 170 voters
Suite Française by Irène NémirovskyAnimal Farm by George Orwell
Must Read Before You Die
555 books — 183 voters

Time Sphere by M.C. Morison
What To Read After Harry Potter
2,159 books — 6,267 voters
Time Sphere by M.C. Morison
Original Stories . . . a Breath of Fresh Air
12,071 books — 12,192 voters

Time Sphere by M.C. Morison
YA Novels of 2014
1,507 books — 8,776 voters
Time Sphere by M.C. Morison
Best Young Adult Books
13,095 books — 80,188 voters

Time Sphere by M.C. Morison
New Authors to Read
4,524 books — 4,940 voters
Team of Rivals by Doris Kearns GoodwinWild Swans by Jung ChangNo Ordinary Time by Doris Kearns GoodwinLongitude by Dava SobelThe Passage of Power by Robert A. Caro
Best Biographies
1,663 books — 2,944 voters

The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-ExupéryTolkien On Fairy-stories by J.R.R. TolkienAnimal Farm by George OrwellThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank1984 by George Orwell
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
31,575 books — 120,239 voters
Dissolution by C.J. SansomDark Fire by C.J. SansomThe Last Secret of the Temple by Paul Sussman
Modern/Historical Thrillers
150 books — 231 voters

Shadow of the Moon by M.M. KayeBhowani Junction by John Masters
Great Game and India
22 books — 22 voters
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See
Best Novels That Take Place in China
414 books — 1,096 voters

Dune by Frank HerbertBrave New World by Aldous Huxley1984 by George OrwellAnimal Farm by George Orwell
Best Science Fiction & Fantasy Books
8,331 books — 24,665 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniSiddhartha by Hermann HesseThe Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. LewisThe Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Books That Changed My World
3,277 books — 3,187 voters

Life of Pi by Yann MartelChocolat by Joanne Harris
Modern-Day Fairy Tales
258 books — 307 voters
Sacajawea by Anna Lee WaldoBirdsong by Sebastian FaulksThe Hollow Hills by Mary Stewart
Best Historical Fiction
7,412 books — 25,595 voters

The Far Pavilions by M.M. KayeShantaram by Gregory David RobertsA Suitable Boy by Vikram SethThe Raj Quartet by Paul ScottThe Day of the Scorpion by Paul Scott
Excellent Books about India and England
279 books — 268 voters
War and Peace by Leo TolstoyLes Misérables by Victor HugoJonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna ClarkeDon Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes SaavedraThe Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien
Size Doesn't Matter - The Long and Large Classics of Literature
304 books — 398 voters

Thickest Books Ever
889 books — 2,490 voters
Sacred Games by Vikram ChandraA Suitable Boy by Vikram SethWhite Mughals by William DalrympleThe Death of Vishnu by Manil Suri
Best Indian Fiction Books
913 books — 2,421 voters

The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerLord of the Flies by William GoldingCrime and Punishment by Fyodor DostoevskyThe Day of the Triffids by John WyndhamA Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
Books I Read for School and Ended Up Loving
231 books — 307 voters
Best Books Ever
76,285 books — 283,759 voters

Re by Doris Lessing
Aliens Among Us
284 books — 240 voters
The Lords of Discipline by Pat ConroyThe Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett
Best Audiobooks
1,562 books — 1,107 voters

The Physician by Noah GordonThe Decameron by Giovanni BoccaccioA Distant Mirror by Barbara W. Tuchman
Best Middle Ages Books
1,222 books — 1,703 voters
The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. TolkienThe Return of the King by J.R.R. TolkienThe Two Towers by J.R.R. TolkienThe Odyssey by Homer
Read Them Twice...At Least
13,711 books — 11,331 voters