Big Books of 2026

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Ruth Fitzpatrick (9 Lists)



Making Cocoa for Kingsley Amis by Wendy CopeHigh Windows by Philip Larkin
Best Collection of Poems by Living Authors
1,010 books — 905 voters
Endless Night by Agatha ChristieThe Secret of Chimneys by Agatha ChristieTowards Zero by Agatha ChristieThe Labours of Hercules by Agatha ChristieThe Thirteen Problems by Agatha Christie
Best Agatha Christie Book
115 books — 1,381 voters

The Plague by Albert Camus
Best by African Authors
407 books — 222 voters
MaddAddam by Margaret Atwood
Baileys Women's Prize longlist 2014
20 books — 57 voters

Guns, Germs, and Steel by Jared Diamond
Best Non-Fiction (no biographies)
6,239 books — 8,069 voters
The Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood
Booker Prize Winners
61 books — 1,990 voters

The Third Policeman by Flann O'BrienAt Swim-Two-Birds by Flann O'BrienThe Canterville Ghost by Oscar WildeWatt by Samuel BeckettThe Testament of Mary by Colm Tóibín
Best Irish Literature
632 books — 720 voters
The Old Man and His Sons by Heðin BrúTomorrow I'll Be Twenty by Alain Mabanckou
Beautiful Book Cover Design
902 books — 259 voters

The Old Man and His Sons by Heðin BrúIndependent People by Halldór LaxnessWe, the Drowned by Carsten JensenHunger by Knut Hamsun
Best Scandinavian and Nordic Literature
1,210 books — 1,243 voters