Big Books of 2026

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Justine (26 Lists)



The Book Thief by Markus ZusakIt's Kind of a Funny Story by Ned VizziniThe Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen ChboskyHoles by Louis SacharThe Earth, My Butt, and Other Big Round Things by Carolyn Mackler
Best Books TEEN About real life
185 books — 269 voters
A God in Ruins by Kate AtkinsonThe Buried Giant by Kazuo IshiguroEtta and Otto and Russell and James by Emma HooperThe First Bad Man by Miranda JulyThe World Before Us by Aislinn Hunter
Anticipated 2015 Literary Fiction
196 books — 545 voters

Sacré Bleu by Christopher Moore
Best Christopher Moore Book
19 books — 54 voters
House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski
Best "HOUSE" Books
357 books — 39 voters

Curious George by H.A. ReyWatchmen by Alan MooreThe Help by Kathryn StockettThe Yellow Wallpaper and Other Stories by Charlotte Perkins Gilman
Yellowest Books Ever
1,813 books — 582 voters
V for Vendetta by Alan MooreWatchmen by Alan Moore
Dystopia!
1,220 books — 2,750 voters

Pastoralia by George Saunders
Collections of Short Stories
2,897 books — 2,041 voters
Pastoralia by George SaundersA Medicine for Melancholy and Other Stories by Ray Bradbury
Best Short Stories
1,757 books — 1,040 voters

Pastoralia by George Saunders
Best Short Story Collections
1,552 books — 856 voters
Twilight by Stephenie MeyerEclipse by Stephenie MeyerNew Moon by Stephenie MeyerBreaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer
Questionable Alphas: Dominant, Possessive, Jealous, Controlling, sometimes scary but always hot.
1,175 books — 2,025 voters

The Yiddish Policemen's Union by Michael ChabonWildwood Imperium by Colin Meloy
Beautiful Book Cover Design
902 books — 259 voters
House of Leaves by Mark Z. DanielewskiS. by J.J. Abrams
Books with Innovative Book Design / Structure
305 books — 550 voters

Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone by J.K. Rowling
Books That Exceeded Your Expectations
14,975 books — 16,690 voters
The Bell Jar by Sylvia PlathMacbeth by William ShakespeareThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerThe Sandman, Vol. 1 by Neil Gaiman
The Five Books I Would Require If I Taught an English Literature Class
627 books — 2,758 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldAnimal Farm by George OrwellHamlet by William ShakespeareLord of the Flies by William Golding
Must Read Classics
1,866 books — 4,661 voters
Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes SaavedraHouse of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski
Metafiction
442 books — 579 voters

House of Leaves by Mark Z. DanielewskiWatchmen by Alan MooreRant by Chuck Palahniuk
Postmodern Genius
519 books — 583 voters
Haunted by Chuck Palahniuk
The Most Disturbing Books Ever Written
3,214 books — 11,341 voters

It's Kind of a Funny Story by Ned VizziniThirteen Reasons Why by Jay AsherRules by Cynthia LordThe Bell Jar by Sylvia PlathThe Night I Disappeared by Julie Reece Deaver
YA "Brain" Novels
207 books — 230 voters
The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman
Best books of June, 2013
79 books — 166 voters

The Contortionist's Handbook by Craig Clevenger
Best Books You've Never Heard Of
1,267 books — 791 voters
Rant by Chuck Palahniuk
Best Time Travel Fiction
1,975 books — 5,259 voters

Invisible Monsters by Chuck Palahniuk
Best Plot Twist
408 books — 652 voters
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. RowlingHarry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. RowlingHarry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. Rowling
Best Books of the 21st Century
9,847 books — 22,040 voters

The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-ExupéryThe Tell-Tale Heart and Other Writings by Edgar Allan PoeThe Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka
Good short fiction
663 books — 391 voters
Lullaby by Chuck Palahniuk
Best Chuck Palahniuk Books
24 books — 382 voters