Big Books of 2026

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The New World by Frederick Turner“A” by Louis ZukofskyThe Cantos by Ezra PoundArk by Ronald JohnsonPaterson by William Carlos Williams
American Epic Poetry
30 books — 15 voters
Beloved by Toni MorrisonThe Bluest Eye by Toni MorrisonCitizen by Claudia RankineCane by Jean ToomerJazz by Toni Morrison
WHERE IS OUR BLACK AVANT GARDE?
30 books — 29 voters

Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov1984 by George OrwellCatch-22 by Joseph HellerA Clockwork Orange by Anthony BurgessHeart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad
Larry McCaffery: The 20th Century's Greatest Hits (English Language)
106 books — 51 voters
The Rings of Saturn by W.G. SebaldLabyrinths by Jorge Luis BorgesThe Hour of the Star by Clarice LispectorJourney to the End of the Night by Louis-Ferdinand CélineSatantango by László Krasznahorkai
Best New Directions Books
262 books — 179 voters

If on a Winter’s Night a Traveler by Italo CalvinoHouse of Leaves by Mark Z. DanielewskiCloud Atlas by David MitchellPale Fire by Vladimir NabokovInvisible Cities by Italo Calvino
Oulipo,etc.
254 books — 250 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

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
Crime and Punishment by Fyodor DostoevskyThe Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor DostoevskyAnna Karenina by Leo TolstoyThe Master and Margarita by Mikhail BulgakovWar and Peace by Leo Tolstoy
Best Russian Literature
512 books — 2,276 voters