Big Books of 2026

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Shawn (19 Lists)



At Work in the Atomic City by Russell B. OlwellAtomic Harvest by Michael D'AntonioManual for Survival by Kate BrownChernobyl by Serhii PlokhyVoices from Chernobyl by Svetlana Alexievich
Gone Nuclear
7 books — 1 voter
Behemoth by Joshua B. FreemanSalt by Mark KurlanskyCrude Reality by Brian C. BlackAt Work in the Atomic City by Russell B. OlwellThe Company Town by Hardy Green
Micro Economic Histories
7 books — 3 voters

A Book of Wisdom and Lies by Sulkhan-Saba OrbelianiThe Knight in the Panther's Skin by Shota Rustaveliკაცია-ადამიანი?! by Ilia Chavchavadze
Best Georgian literature
39 books — 36 voters
The Things They Carried by Tim O'BrienFranny and Zooey by J.D. Salinger1984 by George Orwell
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,899 books — 49,793 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee1984 by George OrwellPride and Prejudice by Jane AustenThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankAnimal Farm by George Orwell
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
31,755 books — 120,806 voters
Ficciones by Jorge Luis Borges
10 South American reads by Lonely Planet
16 books — 8 voters

One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García MárquezLove in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García MárquezThe Master and Margarita by Mikhail BulgakovKafka on the Shore by Haruki MurakamiBeloved by Toni Morrison
Favorite Magical Realism Novels
1,307 books — 4,545 voters
America by Heart by Sarah PalinBreaking Dawn by Stephenie MeyerThe Yellow Wall-Paper by Charlotte Perkins GilmanBattle Royale by Koushun TakamiBlindness by José Saramago
The Most Disturbing Books Ever Written
3,214 books — 11,341 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee1984 by George OrwellThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerThe Book Thief by Markus Zusak
100 Books to Read in a Lifetime: Readers' Picks
15,438 books — 17,760 voters
Guns, Germs and Steel by Jared DiamondCollapse by Jared Diamond
Best Popular Anthropology Books
359 books — 271 voters

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldAnimal Farm by George OrwellThe Old Man and the Sea by Ernest HemingwayThe Stranger by Albert CamusOf Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
Great Short Short Books
580 books — 514 voters
The Princess of Burundi by Kjell ErikssonThe Demon of Dakar by Kjell ErikssonThe Man from Beijing by Henning MankellDetective Inspector Huss by Helene TurstenThe Beige Man by Helene Tursten
Best Swedish Crime
190 books — 70 voters

The Iron Heel by Jack LondonThe Island of Crimea by Vasily AksyonovBrave New World by Aldous HuxleyFahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury1984 by George Orwell
Best Dystopian and Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
3,768 books — 26,023 voters
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1 by Philip K. Dick1Q84 by Haruki MurakamiLove in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García MárquezFrankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft ShelleyThe Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas
Theta Tau Book Club
20 books — 5 voters

The Road by Cormac McCarthyNever Let Me Go by Kazuo IshiguroThe Historian by Elizabeth KostovaKafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami
Best Books of the 21st Century
9,847 books — 22,037 voters
Frankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft ShelleyWorld War Z by Max BrooksRed Dragon by Thomas HarrisAmerican Psycho by Bret Easton EllisLet the Right One In by John Ajvide Lindqvist
Best Horror Novels
2,087 books — 5,456 voters

Crime and Punishment by Fyodor DostoevskyFrankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft ShelleyThe Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre DumasGreat Expectations by Charles DickensThe Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Best Books of the 19th Century
1,704 books — 6,878 voters
1984 by George OrwellThe Road by Cormac McCarthyUnwind by Neal ShustermanAmerican Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis
Books that leave you disturbed
557 books — 515 voters

The Man with the Black Coat by Daniil KharmsСтаруха = The Old Woman by Daniil KharmsIncidences by Daniil KharmsIt Happened Like This by Daniil KharmsToday I Wrote Nothing by Daniil Kharms
Best Russian (Soviet 1917-1991) Literature
199 books — 268 voters