Big Books of 2026

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Gregory Baird (18 Lists)



Mother Night by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
Vonnegut's Best
37 books — 631 voters
Maurice by E.M. ForsterThe Normal Heart & The Destiny of Me by Larry KramerBrokeback Mountain by Annie ProulxFull Circle by Michael Thomas Ford
Best Gay Fiction
2,663 books — 3,866 voters

The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerThe Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey EugenidesNine Stories by J.D. SalingerInterpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri
Read Them Twice...At Least
13,709 books — 11,306 voters
Regeneration by Pat BarkerThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakThe Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro
Recommended Historical Fiction
3,649 books — 3,591 voters

White Noise by Don DeLilloThe Flounder by Günter GrassSaturday by Ian McEwan
Most Over-Written Book
57 books — 20 voters
The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerMatilda by Roald DahlMother Night by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.The Owl and the Pussycat by Edward LearDisgrace by J.M. Coetzee
Influential Books
293 books — 144 voters

Disgrace by J.M. CoetzeeThe God of Small Things by Arundhati RoyVernon God Little by D.B.C. PierreLife of Pi by Yann Martel
Booker Prize Winners
60 books — 1,986 voters
Different Seasons by Stephen KingThe Shining by Stephen KingSkeleton Crew by Stephen KingNight Shift by Stephen KingMisery by Stephen King
Best of Stephen King
178 books — 3,875 voters

Blindness by José SaramagoThe Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki MurakamiFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyThe Line of Beauty by Alan HollinghurstThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. Tolkien
Best Book Cover Art
12,384 books — 7,091 voters
Breakfast of Champions by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy TooleCatch-22 by Joseph HellerAmphigorey by Edward GoreyGood Omens by Terry Pratchett
Books that Make you Laugh
3,505 books — 5,033 voters

Portrait of a Killer by Patricia Cornwell
The Worst Books of All Time
8,104 books — 19,873 voters
The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane by Kate DiCamilloMatilda by Roald DahlThe Tale of Despereaux by Kate DiCamilloLittle House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls WilderHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling
Best Read-Aloud Chapter Books
1,176 books — 1,474 voters

The Road by Cormac McCarthyFun Home by Alison Bechdel
Best Books of 2006
985 books — 746 voters
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Díaz
Best Books of 2007
1,114 books — 993 voters

Dangerous Laughter by Steven MillhauserThe Garden of Last Days by Andre Dubus IIIKnockemstiff by Donald Ray PollockThe Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsNetherland by Joseph O'Neill
Best Books of 2008
1,632 books — 6,783 voters
Matilda by Roald DahlThe Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane by Kate DiCamilloHarry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. RowlingThe Twits by Roald DahlHarry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling
Best Kids Books Ever
1,044 books — 749 voters

Rosemary’s Baby by Ira LevinThe Shining by Stephen KingThe Stepford Wives by Ira Levin
Best Horror Novels
1,984 books — 5,446 voters
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? by Edward AlbeeWit by Margaret EdsonThe Glass Menagerie by Tennessee WilliamsA Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee WilliamsDoubt, a Parable by John Patrick Shanley
Best Plays Ever
853 books — 1,129 voters