Big Books of 2026

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Edel (27 Lists)



The Stranger by Albert CamusFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyThe Death of Ivan Ilyich by Leo TolstoyThe Sorrows of Young Werther by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Great Short Short Books
585 books — 515 voters
The Stranger by Albert CamusFaust, First Part by Johann Wolfgang von GoetheThe Sorrows of Young Werther by Johann Wolfgang von GoetheFrankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft ShelleyTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Best Philosophical Literature
1,167 books — 2,725 voters

Papillon by Henri CharrièreMan's Search for Meaning by Viktor E. FranklThe Autobiography of Malcolm X by Malcolm X
Biography and Memoirs that are BETTER than Fiction
2,435 books — 2,956 voters
Introduction to Algorithms by Thomas H. CormenThe C Programming Language by Brian W. KernighanIntroduction to the Theory of Computation by Michael SipserArtificial Intelligence by Stuart Russell
Essential Books of Computer Science
201 books — 322 voters

This Is Water by David Foster WallaceConsider the Lobster and Other Essays by David Foster WallaceA Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again by David Foster WallaceArguably by Christopher Hitchens
Best Book of Essays
399 books — 178 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeePride and Prejudice by Jane AustenFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyThe Odyssey by HomerThe Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
31,504 books — 119,968 voters

A Dance with Dragons by George R.R. Martin
Best Books of the Decade: 2010s
7,686 books — 14,166 voters
The God Delusion by Richard DawkinsThe Da Vinci Code by Dan BrownFreakonomics by Steven D. Levitt
Best Books of the 21st Century
9,835 books — 21,941 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerLolita by Vladimir NabokovThe Stranger by Albert Camus
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,807 books — 49,788 voters
The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas
Best Books of the 19th Century
1,703 books — 6,873 voters

U.S. Constitution (Saddlewire) by Founding Fathers
Best Books of the 18th Century
375 books — 1,008 voters
Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
Best Books of the 17th Century
326 books — 702 voters

Chasing the Scream by Johann HariFood of the Gods by Terence McKennaPlants of the Gods by Richard Evans Schultes
The truth about drugs...
148 books — 133 voters
Hamlet by William ShakespeareLolita by Vladimir Nabokov
Bravo! Magazine's 100 Essential Books (World's Literature)
100 books — 13 voters

Infinite Jest by David Foster WallaceThe Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Most Difficult Novels
588 books — 2,043 voters
To the Lighthouse by Virginia WoolfHamlet by William Shakespeare
The Great Classics You Have Not Read Yet
745 books — 1,811 voters

Death Note, Vol. 1 by Tsugumi Ohba
Rooting for the Bad Guy
683 books — 1,467 voters
Intensity by Dean Koontz
SCARIEST BOOK I EVER READ
155 books — 262 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeePride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
The Best Books of All Time
406 books — 175 voters
Death Note, Vol. 1 by Tsugumi Ohba
Best Graphic Novels
3,451 books — 6,766 voters

The Giver by Lois Lowry
Best Dystopian and Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
3,749 books — 25,991 voters
Lolita by Vladimir NabokovTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Stranger by Albert CamusThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
Best Books Ever
76,091 books — 282,825 voters

The Art of War by Sun Tzu
Clifton Fadiman's Lifetime Reading Plan
182 books — 106 voters
The Art of War by Sun TzuFlowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes
Must Read Classics
1,861 books — 4,647 voters

The Giver by Lois LowryThe Golden Compass by Philip PullmanCharlotte’s Web by E.B. White
Best Young Adult Books
13,124 books — 80,175 voters