Big Books of 2026

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Zack (35 Lists)



Ready Player One by Ernest ClineOld Man's War by John ScalziLeviathan Wakes by James S.A. CoreyWorld War Z by Max BrooksPerdido Street Station by China Miéville
Best Science Fiction of the 21st Century
1,209 books — 8,953 voters
Leviathan Wakes by James S.A. CoreyThe Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil GaimanAll Clear by Connie WillisThe Big Short by Michael Lewis
Best Books of the Decade: 2010s
7,686 books — 14,160 voters

Armor by John SteakleyDune by Frank HerbertStarship Troopers by Robert A. HeinleinThe Moon Is a Harsh Mistress by Robert A. HeinleinThe Mote in God's Eye by Larry Niven
Best Science Fiction
3,652 books — 6,972 voters
Atonement by Ian McEwanAmerican Gods by Neil GaimanThe Graveyard Book by Neil GaimanFreakonomics by Steven D. LevittAnansi Boys by Neil Gaiman
Best Books of the 21st Century
9,835 books — 21,937 voters

True History of the Kelly Gang by Peter CareyThe Ghost Road by Pat Barker
Booker Prize Winners
60 books — 1,985 voters
Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise BrownThe Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsDune by Frank HerbertEnder’s Game by Orson Scott CardThe Dosadi Experiment by Frank Herbert
Read Them Twice...At Least
13,636 books — 11,267 voters

The Secrets of Inchon by Eugene Franklin Clark
Best Non-fiction War Books
2,122 books — 2,354 voters
American Gods by Neil GaimanNeverwhere by Neil GaimanAnansi Boys by Neil Gaiman
Best Fantasy Books
1,681 books — 1,992 voters

The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress by Robert A. HeinleinNeuromancer by William GibsonThe Jesus Incident by Frank Herbert
Best Books on Artificial Intelligence
419 books — 656 voters
Seventh Son by Orson Scott CardThe Man in the High Castle by Philip K. Dick
Best Alternate History
358 books — 676 voters

Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke
Most Interesting Magic System
2,645 books — 8,768 voters
Lord of the Flies by William Golding
Read These In School - Liked Them Anyway
340 books — 470 voters

Batman by Frank MillerThe Complete Maus by Art SpiegelmanFrank Miller's Complete Sin City Library by Frank Miller
Required Reading Graphic Novels
1,173 books — 2,012 voters
A Random Walk Down Wall Street by Burton G. MalkielThe Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds by Paul ZindelThe Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsTinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy by John le Carré
Best Book Titles
11,381 books — 7,813 voters

Ender’s Game by Orson Scott CardAtonement by Ian McEwan
Best Ending
8,034 books — 6,077 voters
’Salem’s Lot by Stephen KingVampire$ by John Steakley
Best Adult Vampire Books
1,772 books — 4,919 voters

Different Seasons by Stephen King
Prison Books
525 books — 246 voters
On the Beach by Nevil Shute
Saddest Books
491 books — 721 voters

The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerA Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy TooleHouse Atreides by Brian Herbert
Disappointing Books
2,735 books — 4,605 voters
Battlefield Earth by L. Ron Hubbard
Thickest Books Ever
889 books — 2,489 voters

Animal Farm by George Orwell
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
31,473 books — 119,877 voters
Dune by Frank HerbertIt by Stephen KingThe Stand by Stephen KingEnder’s Game by Orson Scott CardThe Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
Best Books Ever
76,058 books — 282,608 voters

Lord of the Flies by William GoldingThe Stranger by Albert CamusGates of Fire by Steven Pressfield
I'm glad someone made me read this book
10,648 books — 10,263 voters
A Random Walk Down Wall Street by Burton G. MalkielThe Black Swan by Nassim Nicholas TalebFooled by Randomness by Nassim Nicholas TalebFreakonomics by Steven D. Levitt
Best Non-Fiction (no biographies)
6,229 books — 8,064 voters

The Black Swan by Nassim Nicholas TalebFooled by Randomness by Nassim Nicholas TalebFreakonomics by Steven D. LevittAtonement by Ian McEwanHarry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling
Best Books of the Decade: 2000s
7,189 books — 28,379 voters
Insomnia by Stephen King
Best Books of the Decade: 1990s
3,130 books — 3,678 voters

The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsSmall Gods by Terry PratchettThe World According to Garp by John Irving
Best Humorous Books
4,317 books — 7,862 voters
Starship Troopers by Robert A. HeinleinThe Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsSeabiscuit by Laura Hillenbrand
The Book Was Better Than the Movie
1,561 books — 18,690 voters

Dune by Frank HerbertIt by Stephen KingArmor by John SteakleyEnder’s Game by Orson Scott CardThe Stand by Stephen King
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,807 books — 49,789 voters
The Invaders Plan by L. Ron HubbardHouse Atreides by Brian HerbertGods in Alabama by Joshilyn JacksonDestiny's End by Tim SullivanInterstellar Pig by William Sleator
The Worst Books of All Time
8,104 books — 19,876 voters


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