Big Books of 2026

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Frank R (18 Lists)



The Fires of Heaven by Robert Jordan
Best Wheel of Time Book
17 books — 216 voters
Gone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellA Tale of Two Cities by Charles DickensThe Name of the Rose by Umberto EcoThe Killer Angels by Michael ShaaraI, Claudius by Robert Graves
Best Historical Fiction
7,438 books — 25,627 voters

The Golden Compass by Philip PullmanNeverwhere by Neil Gaiman
Best Books of the Decade: 1990s
3,129 books — 3,678 voters
Candide by VoltaireCommon Sense, The Rights of Man and Other Essential Writings by Thomas PaineThe Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin by Benjamin FranklinU.S. Constitution (Saddlewire) by Founding FathersThe Federalist Papers by Alexander Hamilton
Best Books of the 18th Century
375 books — 1,008 voters

Crime and Punishment by Fyodor DostoevskyA Tale of Two Cities by Charles DickensDracula by Bram StokerAnna Karenina by Leo TolstoyLes Misérables by Victor Hugo
Best Books of the 19th Century
1,704 books — 6,878 voters
The Book Thief by Markus ZusakThe Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonAmerican Gods by Neil GaimanThe Last Lecture by Randy Pausch
Best Books of the Decade: 2000s
7,187 books — 28,370 voters

Orthodoxy by G.K. ChestertonThe Victory of Reason by Rodney StarkMere Christianity by C.S. LewisThe Screwtape Letters by C.S. LewisThe Great Divorce by C.S. Lewis
The Christian Intellect
1,275 books — 840 voters
The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankAnimal Farm by George OrwellFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyNight by Elie Wiesel
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
31,757 books — 120,833 voters

Death on the Nile by Agatha ChristieMurder on the Orient Express by Agatha ChristieAnd Then There Were None by Agatha Christie
Classic Mysteries (fiction)
229 books — 163 voters
Miles to Go by Miley CyrusConfessions of an Heiress by Paris HiltonThe Host by Stephenie MeyerLeft Behind by Tim LaHayeThe Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown
Books I Have No Intention of Reading
1,638 books — 5,989 voters

John Adams by David McCulloughTeam of Rivals by Doris Kearns GoodwinBattle Cry of Freedom by James M. McPhersonFounding Brothers by Joseph J. EllisThe Federalist Papers by Alexander Hamilton
Best American History Books
2,136 books — 2,503 voters
Green Eggs and Ham by Dr. SeussThe Giving Tree by Shel SilversteinIf You Give a Mouse a Cookie by Laura Joffe NumeroffThe Monster at the End of this Book by Jon StoneChicka Chicka Boom Boom by Bill Martin Jr.
Best Children's Books
5,319 books — 6,714 voters

The Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienThe Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. TolkienHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingThe Return of the King by J.R.R. TolkienHarry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling
The Best Fantasy Books
1,729 books — 1,421 voters
1984 by George OrwellAnimal Farm by George OrwellBrave New World by Aldous HuxleyLolita by Vladimir Nabokov
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,899 books — 49,788 voters

Ender’s Game by Orson Scott CardDune by Frank Herbert1984 by George OrwellFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyBrave New World by Aldous Huxley
Best Science Fiction & Fantasy Books
8,485 books — 24,760 voters
The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini1984 by George OrwellUlysses by James JoyceLolita by Vladimir NabokovThe Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien
I Should Probably Read This Sometime...
11,640 books — 10,360 voters

Crime and Punishment by Fyodor DostoevskyLes Misérables by Victor HugoThe Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor DostoevskyA Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess
Best Books Ever
76,690 books — 285,184 voters
And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie
Best Twists
8,366 books — 9,025 voters