Big Books of 2026

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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
Animal Farm by George OrwellThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldThe Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-ExupéryThe Stranger by Albert CamusThe Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway
Great Short Short Books
585 books — 511 voters

The Sound and the Fury by William FaulknerSlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.Ulysses by James JoyceIf on a Winter’s Night a Traveler by Italo CalvinoHouse of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski
Style as Text
251 books — 129 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

Beautiful Darkness by Fabien Vehlmannうずまき [Uzumaki] by Junji ItoBlack Hole by Charles BurnsThe Arrival by Shaun TanNijigahara Holograph by Inio Asano
Surreal comics (with tinges of horror and humour)
160 books — 70 voters