Big Books of 2026

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1984 by George OrwellThe Stranger by Albert CamusThe Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-ExupéryThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldLolita by Vladimir Nabokov
Le Monde's 100 Books of the Century
102 books — 482 voters
Beloved by Toni MorrisonTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Color Purple by Alice WalkerGilead by Marilynne RobinsonThe Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton
Women Pulitzer Winners in Fiction, Poetry, and Drama
83 books — 36 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
The Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays by Albert CamusGenesis by Eduardo GaleanoThe Second Sex by Simone de BeauvoirMemories, Dreams, Reflections by C.G. JungMy Last Sigh by Luis Buñuel
Counterpunch 100 Best Non-Fiction Books (in Translation) of the 20th Century … and Beyond (Part One)
144 books — 22 voters

Macbeth by William ShakespeareHamlet by William ShakespeareA Midsummer Night's Dream by William ShakespeareKing Lear by William ShakespeareRomeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare
Pelican Shakespeare Cover Redesign
39 books — 17 voters
The Master and Margarita by Mikhail BulgakovThe Trial by Franz KafkaThe Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan KunderaDoctor Faustus by Thomas MannOne Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
Appendix D: The Chaotic Age, Pt 5: Germany, Russia, etc. (Harold Bloom's Western Canon)
99 books — 24 voters

Journey to the End of the Night by Louis-Ferdinand CélineBlue of Noon by Georges BatailleIn Search of Lost Time by Marcel ProustRetreat from Love by ColetteThe Second Sex by Simone de Beauvoir
Appendix D: The Chaotic Age, Pt 2: France (Harold Bloom's Western Canon)
96 books — 12 voters
Stoner by John WilliamsChess Story by Stefan ZweigThe Summer Book by Tove JanssonThe Invention of Morel by Adolfo Bioy CasaresA Month in the Country by J.L. Carr
New York Review Books - Classics
531 books — 890 voters

War and Peace by Leo TolstoyThe Idiot by Fyodor DostoevskyEugene Onegin by Alexander PushkinCrime and Punishment by Fyodor DostoevskyThe Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Appendix C: The Democratic Age, Pt 3 (Harold Bloom's Western Canon)
97 books — 17 voters
Madame Bovary by Gustave FlaubertThe Red and the Black by StendhalThe Hunchback of Notre-Dame by Victor HugoThe Charterhouse of Parma by StendhalGerminal by Émile Zola
Appendix C: The Democratic Age, Pt 1 (Harold Bloom's Western Canon)
91 books — 16 voters


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