Big Books of 2026

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Tom (15 Lists)



One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken KeseyFear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S. Thompson
Beat Lit
235 books — 182 voters
The Embassy of Cambodia by Zadie Smith
Immigrant Experience Literature
1,007 books — 1,446 voters

One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken KeseyThe Bell Jar by Sylvia PlathA Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess
Best Books of the Decade: 1960s
1,356 books — 1,780 voters
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark HaddonFight Club by Chuck PalahniukA Clockwork Orange by Anthony BurgessLife of Pi by Yann MartelNever Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
Best Experimental Books Ever
1,105 books — 1,718 voters

A Clockwork Orange by Anthony BurgessOne Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken KeseyThe Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark HaddonFight Club by Chuck Palahniuk
Best Books Ever
76,043 books — 282,484 voters
Life of Pi by Yann Martel
Worst Movie Adaptations
35 books — 60 voters

Trainspotting by Irvine Welsh
Addicts
271 books — 350 voters
Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes
Books That Made You Cry
1,606 books — 3,272 voters

A Clockwork Orange by Anthony BurgessThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
Best Bildungsroman book
365 books — 324 voters
A Clockwork Orange by Anthony BurgessOf Mice and Men by John SteinbeckThe Old Man and the Sea by Ernest HemingwayFlowers for Algernon by Daniel KeyesThe Call of the Wild by Jack London
World's Greatest Novellas
714 books — 1,444 voters

Animal Farm by George OrwellThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. Tolkien
Best School Assigned Books
766 books — 2,063 voters
Fight Club by Chuck PalahniukFlowers for Algernon by Daniel KeyesOne Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken Kesey
Borderline Personality Disorder, Insanity, and related issues
537 books — 734 voters

One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken KeseyOf Mice and Men by John SteinbeckTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldFear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S. Thompson
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,807 books — 49,787 voters
Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk
Postmodern Genius
508 books — 584 voters

Fight Club by Chuck PalahniukA Clockwork Orange by Anthony BurgessTrainspotting by Irvine Welsh
Best Transgressive Fiction
868 books — 967 voters