Big Books of 2026

Listopia > Book Lists Liked by Mandeep Pawar (12 Lists)



Pride and Prejudice by Jane AustenLittle Women by Louisa May AlcottDracula by Bram StokerAnne of Green Gables by L.M. MontgomeryJane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
AmazonClassics - Free to read on Kindle
196 books — 69 voters
Kitchen Confidential by Anthony BourdainThe Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael PollanAnimal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara KingsolverFast Food Nation by Eric SchlosserIn Defense of Food by Michael Pollan
Food-Related Non-Fiction
1,226 books — 1,635 voters

1984 by George OrwellThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerAnimal Farm by George OrwellFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Cult Classics
1,567 books — 2,121 voters
All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria RemarqueCatch-22 by Joseph HellerThe Things They Carried by Tim O'BrienSlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
Best War Novels
1,671 books — 1,388 voters

Midnight’s Children by Salman RushdieTrain to Pakistan by Khushwant SinghCracking India by Bapsi Sidhwaतमस by Bhisham SahniWhat the Body Remembers by Shauna Singh Baldwin
Books about the Indian Subcontinental Partition (fiction and nonfiction)
90 books — 99 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 ForsythThe Hunt for Red October by Tom Clancy
Best Spy Novels
1,292 books — 2,252 voters

The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonAnd Then There Were None by Agatha ChristieAngels & Demons by Dan BrownRebecca by Daphne du MaurierIn Cold Blood by Truman Capote
Best Crime & Mystery Books
7,306 books — 15,545 voters
The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankDaughter's War Understanding the History Better by Manjunath MullangiThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakCatch-22 by Joseph HellerAll the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
WW2: Many Perspectives
519 books — 230 voters

The Story of Art by E.H. GombrichThe Letters of Vincent van Gogh by Vincent van GoghThe Shock of the New by Robert HughesThe Agony and the Ecstasy by Irving StoneThe Judgment of Paris by Ross King
Best Art and Art History Books
773 books — 312 voters
Sheever's Journal, Diary of a Poison Master by K. RitzThe Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeReady Player One by Ernest ClineTreasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson
Top 10 for the Reading Challengers
5,945 books — 4,162 voters

History of Beauty by Umberto EcoWays of Seeing by John BergerBrunelleschi's Dome by Ross KingLeonardo da Vinci by Frank ZöllnerA History of Illuminated Manuscripts by Christopher de Hamel
The World History of Art
377 books — 137 voters
Kafka on the Shore by Haruki MurakamiThe Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki MurakamiNorwegian Wood by Haruki MurakamiKitchen by Banana YoshimotoNever Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
Japanese authors
236 books — 173 voters