Big Books of 2026

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Stef (10 Lists)



Hunger by Knut Hamsun
Best Scandinavian and Nordic Literature
1,210 books — 1,245 voters
The Stranger by Albert CamusNo Exit and Three Other Plays by Jean-Paul SartreThe Bald Soprano and Other Plays by Eugène IonescoNausea by Jean-Paul Sartre
Best Existential Fiction
447 books — 766 voters

Being and Nothingness by Jean-Paul SartreNausea by Jean-Paul SartreThe Stranger by Albert CamusThe Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka
Existential Works - Oh, What Is The Meaning of Life?
298 books — 199 voters
The Complete Maus by Art SpiegelmanThe Autobiography of Mark Twain by Mark TwainThe Complete Persepolis by Marjane SatrapiThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank
Best Memoir / Biography / Autobiography
5,803 books — 6,340 voters

Candide by VoltaireThe Stranger by Albert CamusNotes from Underground, White Nights, The Dream of a Ridiculo... by Fyodor DostoevskyThe Metamorphosis by Franz KafkaAnimal Farm by George Orwell
Undersized and Unforgettable - Classics of Short Fiction
89 books — 73 voters
The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar WildeVanity Fair by William Makepeace ThackerayA Doll's House by Henrik IbsenLeaves of Grass by Walt WhitmanThe Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde & Weir of Hermiston by Robert Louis Stevenson
Best Books of the 19th Century
1,703 books — 6,873 voters

The Wretched of the Earth by Frantz FanonUlysses by James JoyceSiddhartha by Hermann HesseA Clockwork Orange by Anthony BurgessOne Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken Kesey
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,807 books — 49,785 voters
Endgame & Act Without Words by Samuel Beckett
1001 Books I'd Rather Die than Read
965 books — 864 voters

Empire of Blue Water by Stephan Talty
Pirates!
654 books — 782 voters
The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar WildeHamlet by William ShakespeareThe Crucible by Arthur MillerA Doll's House by Henrik IbsenWaiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett
Best Play Ever
520 books — 456 voters