Big Books of 2026

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Moby Dick by Herman MelvilleGravity's Rainbow by Thomas PynchonInfinite Jest by David Foster WallaceWar and Peace by Leo TolstoyHeart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad
Flavorwire's 50 Incredibly Tough Books for Extreme Readers
50 books — 105 voters
One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García MárquezLabyrinths by Jorge Luis BorgesInvisible Cities by Italo CalvinoInvisible Man by Ralph EllisonThe Third Policeman by Flann O'Brien
Donald Barthelme's 81 Books Essential for a Literary Education
98 books — 70 voters

Ulysses by James JoyceThe Sound and the Fury by William FaulknerThe Man Without Qualities by Robert MusilBlood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West by Cormac McCarthyCrime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky
DIFFICULT BUT REWARDING
158 books — 69 voters
Stoner by John WilliamsBlood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West by Cormac McCarthy2666 by Roberto BolañoButcher's Crossing by John WilliamsMoby-Dick or, The Whale by Herman Melville
Hip Opinions
313 books — 115 voters

Double or Nothing by Raymond FedermanZettels Traum by Arno SchmidtApikoros Sleuth by Robert MajzelsHouse of Leaves by Mark Z. DanielewskiDessen Sprache du nicht verstehst by Marianne Fritz
Can't Type=Set That!!
5 books — 4 voters
Death in Spring by Mercè RodoredaHigh Tide by Inga ĀbeleZone by Mathias ÉnardThe Museum of Eterna's Novel by Macedonio FernándezMaidenhair by Mikhail Shishkin
Open Letter Books
125 books — 49 voters

Die allertraurigste Geschichte by Ford Madox FordZeilengeld by George GissingDie blinde Eule. Ein Roman und neun Erzählungen by Sadegh HedayatJakob und sein Herr by Denis DiderotLügendetektor by Saul K. Padover
Die Andere Bibliothek
128 books — 5 voters
If on a Winter’s Night a Traveler by Italo CalvinoHouse of Leaves by Mark Z. DanielewskiSlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.The Name of the Rose by Umberto EcoThe Princess Bride by William Goldman
Metafiction
442 books — 578 voters

The Third Policeman by Flann O'BrienThe Recognitions by William GaddisWittgenstein’s Mistress by David MarksonJ R by William GaddisThe Tunnel by William H. Gass
Best Dalkey Archive Titles
152 books — 86 voters
Moby-Dick or, The Whale by Herman MelvilleUlysses by James JoyceSlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.The Master and Margarita by Mikhail BulgakovIf on a Winter’s Night a Traveler by Italo Calvino
The Shandian Spawn
169 books — 49 voters


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