Big Books of 2026

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Bill (41 Lists)



The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon
Autism in Fiction
457 books — 510 voters
Epitaph for a Peach by David Mas Masumoto
Down on the Farm
224 books — 213 voters

Holes by Louis SacharHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling
The Next Generation Of Children's Classics
239 books — 318 voters
Mr. Midshipman Hornblower by C.S. ForesterThe Endurance by Caroline Alexander
Sailing Cruising
280 books — 198 voters

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon
Books that Embody an Artistic Expression of the Disability Experience.
210 books — 146 voters
A Storm of Swords by George R.R. MartinChildhood’s End by Arthur C. ClarkeIlium by Dan Simmons
Best Hugo Award Runner-Ups
195 books — 99 voters

Mutiny on the Bounty by Charles Bernard Nordhoff
Desert Islands
129 books — 150 voters
The Runaway Bunny by Margaret Wise Brown
Most Influential Parenting Books
397 books — 596 voters

Ender’s Game by Orson Scott CardDune by Frank HerbertThe Eye of the World by Robert Jordan
The series got worse and worse
171 books — 291 voters
Running with Scissors by Augusten Burroughs
Worst Books I Ever Read
337 books — 269 voters

Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown
Best Books for a Baby Shower!
657 books — 525 voters
A Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson
Favorite Travel Books
2,022 books — 3,944 voters

Holes by Louis SacharMy Side of the Mountain by Jean Craighead George
Best Books for Teen Boys
1,430 books — 1,552 voters
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
Best Comedic Science Ficttion Books
612 books — 1,189 voters

Charlotte’s Web by E.B. WhiteWatership Down by Richard AdamsAnimal Farm by George OrwellBunnicula by Deborah HoweThe Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster
Best Talking-Animal Books
707 books — 683 voters
The Caine Mutiny by Herman Wouk
World War II Fiction
1,292 books — 2,017 voters

Rite of Passage by Alexei Panshin
Best Heroine in a Fantasy Book
1,480 books — 1,783 voters
Angela’s Ashes by Frank McCourt
Favorite Memoirs/Autobiographies
2,098 books — 1,947 voters

The Killer Angels by Michael Shaara
Best American Civil War Books
1,004 books — 979 voters
The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss
Best New Author Debuts
421 books — 607 voters

Never Cry Wolf by Farley MowatA Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson
Tales of Adventure
513 books — 474 voters
Animal Farm by George OrwellCatch-22 by Joseph HellerHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling1984 by George Orwell
Best of Banned and Challenged Books
214 books — 278 voters

Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse
A Buddhist Reading List
906 books — 1,180 voters
The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. Tolkien
Fantasy Classics
301 books — 581 voters

Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice SendakSylvester and the Magic Pebble by William Steig
Caldecott Medal Winners
88 books — 455 voters
Dune by Frank HerbertRingworld by Larry NivenSpeaker for the Dead by Orson Scott CardThe Uplift War by David BrinStartide Rising by David Brin
Favorite Novels Which Won the Hugo Award
84 books — 1,613 voters

Angela’s Ashes by Frank McCourtA Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson
Memoirs by Men
1,700 books — 666 voters
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
Best Russian Literature
512 books — 2,276 voters

The Postman by David Brin
Dystopia!
1,218 books — 2,752 voters
The Audacity of Hope by Barack Obama
Best Books to Become an Informed Voter
935 books — 1,100 voters


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