2026 READING LIST - 20 BOOKS

SUMMARY TABLE OF 20 BOOKS - 2026 READING LIST BY AMANOV

#	Book Title	Author	Country	Genre	Award	Pages	Avg Rating
1	Notes from Underground	F. Dostoevsky	🇷🇺 Russia	Philosophical Fiction / Existentialism	—	136	4.17
2	The Remains of the Day	K. Ishiguro	🇬🇧 UK	Historical Fiction	Booker Prize	258	4.14
3	A Long Way Gone	I. Beah	🇸🇱 Sierra Leone	Memoir / War	—	229	4.16
4	Chronicle of a Death Foretold	G. G. Márquez	🇨🇴 Colombia	Magical Realism / Novella	Nobel Prize (Author)	120	3.97
5	The Color Purple	A. Walker	🇺🇸 USA	Historical Fiction	Pulitzer Prize	287	4.28
6	Blindness	J. Saramago	🇵🇹 Portugal	Dystopian / Allegory	Nobel Prize (Author)	349	4.18
7	Prophet Song	P. Lynch	🇮🇪 Ireland	Dystopian / Political Fiction	Booker Prize	259	4.03
8	Chernobyl Prayer	S. Alexievich	🇧🇾 Belarus	Non‑fiction / Oral History	Nobel Prize (Author)	292	4.40
9	The God of Small Things	A. Roy	🇮🇳 India	Family Saga	Booker Prize	321	3.96
10	The Return	H. Matar	🇱🇾 Libya	Memoir	Pulitzer Prize	256	4.16
11	The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida	S. Karunatilaka	🇱🇰 Sri Lanka	Satire / Political Fantasy	Booker Prize	386	3.90
12	Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead	O. Tokarczuk	🇵🇱 Poland	Literary Mystery	Nobel Prize (Author)	274	3.94
13	Interpreter of Maladies	J. Lahiri	🇺🇸 USA	Short Stories	Pulitzer Prize	198	4.18
14	Human Acts	H. Kang	🇰🇷 South Korea	Historical Fiction	Nobel Prize (Author)	218	4.27
15	Perfume: The Story of a Murderer	P. Süskind	🇩🇪 Germany	Historical Horror	—	263	4.04
16	The Testaments	M. Atwood	🇨🇦 Canada	Dystopian	Booker Prize	422	4.20
17	The Sympathizer	V. T. Nguyen	🇻🇳 Vietnam	Spy Thriller / Political Fiction	Pulitzer Prize	384	4.01
18	Invisible Cities	I. Calvino	🇮🇹 Italy	Philosophical Fiction	—	165	4.10
19	Atlas of the Heart	B. Brown	🇺🇸 USA	Psychology / Non-fiction	—	301	4.32
20	The Rosie Project	G. Simsion	🇦🇺 Australia	Romantic Comedy	—	292	4.01