Big Books of 2026

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Eli Dorywright (64 Lists)



English Papers by William H. PritchardThe Broom of the System by David Foster WallaceInfinite Jest by David Foster Wallace
Campus Days
400 books — 296 voters
The Deptford Trilogy by Robertson DaviesThe Salterton Trilogy by Robertson DaviesThe Cornish Trilogy by Robertson Davies
The Best Omnibuses and Box Sets
671 books — 1,501 voters

Bleak House by Charles DickensTheir Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston
Books Made Into Movies that You Didn't See
31 books — 15 voters
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingPride and Prejudice by Jane AustenJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëThe Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel HawthorneThe Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
I'm glad someone made me read this book
10,657 books — 10,269 voters

The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-ExupéryThe Marriages Between Zones Three, Four, and Five by Doris LessingBlindness by José SaramagoThe Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienThe Last Unicorn by Peter S. Beagle
Highbrow Fantasy Books
419 books — 624 voters
The Deptford Trilogy by Robertson DaviesThe Papers of Samuel Marchbanks by Robertson DaviesThe Cornish Trilogy by Robertson DaviesThe Salterton Trilogy by Robertson DaviesArcadian Adventures with the Idle Rich by Stephen Leacock
Oh, Canada!
1,345 books — 504 voters

Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes SaavedraBleak House by Charles DickensInfinite Jest by David Foster Wallace
The 800+ page Gorillaz
459 books — 517 voters
The Selected Works of T.S. Spivet by Reif LarsenThe Everlasting Story of Nory by Nicholson Baker
Juvenile Narrators in Books for Grown-Ups
214 books — 116 voters

The Puritan Dilemma by Edmund S. MorganMiracle at Philadelphia by Catherine Drinker BowenMistress Bradstreet by Charlotte Gordon
US Intellectual History
255 books — 130 voters
Thunderball by Ian Fleming
Best James Bond Books
90 books — 93 voters

Οι γάμοι του Κάδμου και της Αρμονίας by Roberto Calasso
Best Books on Ancient Greek History and Literature
356 books — 195 voters
The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism by Max WeberPracticing History by Barbara W. TuchmanThe Historian's Craft by Marc BlochThe Histories by HerodotusDead Certainties by Simon Schama
Best Books on Historical Theory
64 books — 23 voters

The Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienDune by Frank HerbertThe English Patient by Michael OndaatjeA Room with a View by E.M. Forster
I Saw the Movie First
184 books — 99 voters
Moby-Dick or, The Whale by Herman MelvilleThe Complete Stories by Franz KafkaLeaves of Grass by Walt Whitman
Books that Were Most Ahead of their Time
26 books — 40 voters

The Berenstain Bears' New Baby by Stan BerenstainThe Berenstain Bears and the Truth by Stan BerenstainThe Berenstain Bears No Girls Allowed by Stan BerenstainThe Berenstain Bears Forget Their Manners by Stan BerenstainNova's Ark by David Kirk
Worst Children's Books
80 books — 35 voters
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldThe Sleeping Beauty by C.S. EvansThe Story of Sir Launcelot and His Companions by Howard PyleThe Boy's King Arthur by Sidney Lanier
Books With Beautiful Covers
131 books — 53 voters

Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes SaavedraA Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James JoyceA Doll's House by Henrik IbsenOedipus Rex by SophoclesPrufrock and Other Observations by T.S. Eliot
Most Innovative Literature
69 books — 39 voters
The Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienThe Earthsea Trilogy by Ursula K. Le GuinBeowulf by UnknownThe Forgotten Beasts of Eld by Patricia A. McKillipA Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin
Dragons
1,785 books — 2,542 voters

The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienA Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le GuinMy Life and Hard Times by James ThurberThe Forgotten Beasts of Eld by Patricia A. McKillipThe Pushcart War by Jean Merrill
I've Read It More Than 5 Times
970 books — 438 voters
1066 and all that by W.C. Sellar
When Was That? Dates in Titles
667 books — 112 voters

The Ruin of Kasch by Roberto Calasso
Favorite Almost Unknown Books
228 books — 66 voters
What's Bred in the Bone by Robertson DaviesThe Lover by Marguerite Duras
Best Books of the Decade: 1980s
2,257 books — 2,434 voters

The Saskiad by Brian HallThe Bat-Poet by Randall Jarrell
REALLY Underrated Books (Fewer than 1,000 Ratings)
3,182 books — 765 voters
The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienThe Saskiad by Brian Hall
The Best of Mythic Fiction
683 books — 709 voters

The Compact Edition of the Oxford English Dictionary, 2 Vols ... by Herbert Coleridge
Best Dictionaries of the English Language
99 books — 83 voters
The Forgotten Beasts of Eld by Patricia A. McKillip
The Best Epic Fantasy (fiction)
4,208 books — 25,719 voters

Mrs. Bridge by Evan S. ConnellMr. Bridge by Evan S. Connell
Retro Reads
162 books — 132 voters
In the Night Kitchen by Maurice Sendak
Picture Books With Amazing Art
859 books — 342 voters

One Half of Robertson Davies by Robertson Davies
Best/Favorite Books of Essays
554 books — 248 voters
The Histories by HerodotusFrom Dawn to Decadence by Jacques BarzunCitizens by Simon Schama
History as Literature
727 books — 535 voters


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