Big Books of 2026

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Patrick Brown (41 Lists)



Woman No. 17 by Edan Lepucki
Best of Edan Lepucki
3 books — 2 voters
Woman No. 17 by Edan LepuckiIll Will by Dan ChaonThe Idiot by Elif BatumanLincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders
2017 Books I'm Psyched About
72 books — 110 voters

California by Edan Lepucki
Books Rec'd By The Colbert Report
246 books — 135 voters
Friendship by Emily GouldVery Recent History by Choire SichaLucky Jim by Kingsley AmisThen We Came to the End by Joshua Ferris
Best Novels About Work
29 books — 14 voters

California by Edan LepuckiFriendship by Emily GouldThe Vacationers by Emma StraubTo Rise Again at a Decent Hour by Joshua Ferris
The Millions' Most Anticipated: The Great 2014 Book Preview
94 books — 402 voters
Catch-22 by Joseph HellerAtlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand
The Most Begun "Read but Unfinished" (Started) book ever
2,605 books — 13,134 voters

Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
Goodreads Top 100 Literary Novels of All Time
106 books — 989 voters
Means of Ascent by Robert A. CaroThe Power Broker by Robert A. CaroA Sense of Where You Are by John McPhee
Best Biographies
1,660 books — 2,941 voters

The Passage of Power by Robert A. Caro
Best books on USA president(s) (nonfiction)
211 books — 118 voters
The Twelve Tribes of Hattie by Ayana Mathis
Oprah's Book Club Picks
124 books — 2,204 voters

Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore by Robin SloanLaura Lamont's Life in Pictures by Emma Straub
Best Covers of 2012
284 books — 288 voters
Lucky Jim by Kingsley Amis
Literary Love Triangles (Non-YA)
529 books — 1,888 voters

The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael Chabon
Dealbreakers: If You Like This Book, We Won't Get Along
2,028 books — 5,323 voters
The Big Short by Michael LewisDiary of a Very Bad Year by Keith GessenToo Big to Fail by Andrew Ross SorkinGriftopia by Matt TaibbiBait and Switch by Barbara Ehrenreich
Occupy Wall Street
87 books — 88 voters

The Whore of Akron by Scott RaabWhen She Woke by Hillary Jordan
Best Cover Art 2011 (Non-YA)
292 books — 1,538 voters
The Dud Avocado by Elaine DundySister Bernadette's Barking Dog by Kitty Burns FloreyOlive Kitteridge by Elizabeth StroutThe Rejection Collection by Robert MankoffInfinite Jest by David Foster Wallace
The Millions Hall of Fame
35 books — 1 voter

The Power Broker by Robert A. CaroThe Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael PollanThe Elements of Style by William Strunk Jr.A People’s History of the United States by Howard Zinn
Time Magazine's All-TIME 100 Best Non-Fiction Books
100 books — 180 voters
The Game by Ken DrydenA Season on the Brink by John FeinsteinBall Four by Jim BoutonVeeck As In Wreck by Bill Veeck
Grantland's Sports Book Hall of Fame
9 books — 9 voters

Our Man in Havana by Graham Greene
Best Page-Turners with Redeeming Social Value
8,061 books — 5,740 voters
Cryptonomicon by Neal StephensonLittle Brother by Cory DoctorowNeuromancer by William Gibson
Hackers
151 books — 428 voters

Goodbye, Columbus by Philip Roth
ONE DAY Best Summer Reads
1,666 books — 5,992 voters
A Sense of Where You Are by John McPhee
A Book My Father Gave Me
264 books — 222 voters

A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan
What's the Book You Can't Wait to Read This Summer?
13,853 books — 14,633 voters
A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer EganGreat Jones Street by Don DeLillo
Fiction Involving Rock/Pop Music
885 books — 1,025 voters

Bleak House by Charles DickensThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. Tolkien
BBC Book List 2003
68 books — 97 voters
Animal Farm by George Orwell
Time Magazine's All-Time 100 Novels
100 books — 296 voters

Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
The "BBC" Book List Challenge
100 books — 19 voters
A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan
2011 Tournament of Books
16 books — 117 voters

Master of Reality by John DarniellePink Moon by Amanda Petrusich
33⅓
139 books — 67 voters
The Epicure's Lament by Kate Christensen
Food-Related Fiction
856 books — 602 voters


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