2026 Reading Challenge

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Jan Kellerman (23 Lists)



The Literary Conference by César AiraBlood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West by Cormac McCarthyUbik by Philip K. DickThe Missing Piece by Antoine BelloThe Temple of Iconoclasts by Juan Rodolfo Wilcock
Between Parentheses Reading List
19 books — 6 voters
Forbidden by Tabitha SuzumaThe Giver by Lois LowryLife of Pi by Yann MartelFight Club by Chuck PalahniukThe Missing Piece by Antoine Bello
WTF Endings
478 books — 862 voters

The Silence of the Lambs by Thomas HarrisAmerican Psycho by Bret Easton EllisThe Missing Piece by Antoine BelloThe Snuff Syndicate by Keith GouveiaMurder Red Ink by Mord McGhee
Best Serial Killer Books
395 books — 356 voters
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonFaceless Killers by Henning MankellJar City by Arnaldur IndriðasonThe Summer of the Ubume by Natsuhiko Kyogoku
Best "World" Mysteries, Thrillers, Detectives, and Suspense...
1,127 books — 883 voters

The Missing Piece by Antoine BelloThe Prestige by Christopher PriestThe Woman in White by Wilkie CollinsAnd Then There Were None by Agatha ChristieFight Club by Chuck Palahniuk
Best Twists
8,354 books — 8,980 voters
A Modest Proposal by Jonathan SwiftSlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar WildeCandide by Voltaire
Best Satirical Fiction
145 books — 118 voters

Animal Farm by George OrwellCandide by VoltaireThe Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey ChaucerScoop by Evelyn Waugh
Best Satires
303 books — 361 voters
The Corporation by Joel Bakan23 Things They Don't Tell You About Capitalism by Ha-Joon ChangProfit Over People by Noam ChomskyThe Shock Doctrine by Naomi Klein
Market Greed
74 books — 24 voters

The Intelligent Investor by Benjamin GrahamThe Millionaire Next Door by Thomas J. StanleyAn Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith
Best Books About Money
397 books — 524 voters
The Big Short by Michael LewisToo Big to Fail by Andrew Ross SorkinLiar's Poker by Michael LewisAn American Novel by Antoine BelloThe Return of Depression Economics and the Crisis of 2008 by Paul Krugman
Understanding the Financial Crisis 2008
164 books — 250 voters

The Good Girl by Mary KubicaThe Disappearance of Emilie Brunet by Antoine BelloBig Little Lies by Liane MoriartyOrdinary Grace by William Kent KruegerDefending Jacob by William Landay
Best Mysteries from the 2010s
606 books — 555 voters
Nevermore by Kelly CreaghThe Tell-Tail Heart by Monica ShaughnessyRaven by Abra EbnerOblivion by Kelly CreaghThe Disappearance of Emilie Brunet by Antoine Bello
Books influenced by Edgar Allan Poe
33 books — 39 voters

The Bourne Identity by Robert LudlumThe Disappearance of Emilie Brunet by Antoine BelloTrio for Blunt Instruments by Rex StoutKafka on the Shore by Haruki MurakamiThe A.B.C. Murders by Agatha Christie
Detective Fiction
1,187 books — 1,082 voters
Memory by Lois McMaster BujoldTraitor's Purse by Margery AllinghamThe Disappearance of Emilie Brunet by Antoine BelloMemento & Following by Christopher NolanThe Bourne Identity by Robert Ludlum
Amnesia and Memory Loss Fiction
430 books — 352 voters

The Keeper of Lost Causes by Jussi Adler-OlsenA Traitor to Memory by Elizabeth GeorgeUnraveled by S.X. BradleyThe Missing Piece by Antoine BelloThe Disappearance of Emilie Brunet by Antoine Bello
Best Modern Mystery, Crime fiction
1,956 books — 1,389 voters
The Falsifiers by Antoine BelloHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingThe Gunslinger by Stephen King
I read the first one and felt compelled to read them all
267 books — 86 voters

The Falsifiers by Antoine BelloThe Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. TolkienThe Oedipus Cycle by SophoclesTinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy by John le CarréThe Oresteia by Aeschylus
Best Literary Trilogies
259 books — 154 voters
The Falsifiers by Antoine BelloThe Name of the Rose by Umberto EcoAnd Then There Were None by Agatha ChristieThe Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha ChristieCrime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Best Literary Mysteries
2,551 books — 4,600 voters

Whatever by Michel HouellebecqLes falsificateurs by Antoine BelloLes Funambules by Antoine BelloStrait is the Gate by André Gide
Best French Literature
872 books — 1,572 voters
Freakonomics by Steven D. LevittAtlas Shrugged by Ayn RandThe Elegant Universe by Brian GreeneZero to One by Peter ThielThe Art of War by Sun Tzu
Books that will revolutionize the way you think
295 books — 191 voters

Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy by John le CarréThe Spy Who Came In from the Cold by John le CarréThe Bourne Identity by Robert LudlumThe Day of the Jackal by Frederick ForsythSmiley's People by John le Carré
Best Spy Novels
1,294 books — 2,257 voters
The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. TolkienThe Millennium Trilogy by Stieg LarssonThe Falsifiers by Antoine BelloThe Bourne Trilogy by Robert Ludlum
Best Trilogies/Book Series EVER!
1,383 books — 817 voters

The Bourne Identity by Robert LudlumThe Manchurian Candidate by Richard CondonTinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy by John le CarréThe Falsifiers by Antoine BelloThe Boys from Brazil by Ira Levin
Conspiracy Fiction
1,282 books — 1,335 voters