Big Books of 2026

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Susan Dickson (13 Lists)



1984 by George OrwellThe Giver by Lois LowryBrave New World by Aldous HuxleyFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyThe Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
Best Dystopian and Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
3,766 books — 26,023 voters
A Dance with Dragons by George R.R. Martin
What's the Book You Can't Wait to Read This Summer?
14,119 books — 14,859 voters

Moby-Dick or, The Whale by Herman MelvilleTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeePride and Prejudice by Jane Austen1984 by George OrwellThe Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien
1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die
1,336 books — 5,851 voters
Eclipse by Stephenie Meyer
Books that were so bad I want my time and money back...
165 books — 34 voters

The Golden Compass by Philip PullmanA Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'EngleThe Woman Who Rides Like a Man by Tamora PierceKushiel's Dart by Jacqueline CareyBitten by Kelley Armstrong
Best Heroine in a Fantasy Book
1,482 books — 1,787 voters
Matter by Iain M. Banks
Best books of February, 2008
10 books — 13 voters

Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable by Ebenezer Cobham BrewerThe Element Encyclopedia of 5000 Spells by Judika IllesDictionary of Slang by Jonathon GreenThe Penguin Dictionary of Symbols by Jean ChevalierThe Penguin Dictionary of Literary Terms and Literary Theory by J.A. Cuddon
Best Reference Books Ever
35 books — 24 voters
The Stand by Stephen KingThe Gunslinger by Stephen KingThe Forest of Hands and Teeth by Carrie Ryan
Best Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
1,241 books — 3,411 voters

Briar Rose by Jane Yolen
Best Books of the Decade: 1980s
2,258 books — 2,433 voters
Quicksilver by Neal StephensonThe Confusion by Neal Stephenson
Big Fat Books Worth the Effort
1,873 books — 6,998 voters

The Odyssey by HomerThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakThe Analects by Confucius
The Most Influential Books
1,461 books — 5,286 voters
Briar Rose by Jane Yolen
Fairy Tale Series
8 books — 28 voters

The Bone Doll's Twin by Lynn Flewelling
Books that left you happy--and depressed because hardly another book lived up to it
692 books — 449 voters