Big Books of 2026

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Lesley (16 Lists)



Pride and Prejudice by Jane AustenPersuasion by Jane AustenPicnic at Hanging Rock by Joan LindsayThe Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre DumasRebecca by Daphne du Maurier
Books good enough to be read twice
141 books — 30 voters
The Prophet by Kahlil Gibran
Books that changed how I see the world
163 books — 32 voters

Ulysses by James JoyceThe Holy Bible by AnonymousAtlas Shrugged by Ayn RandOne Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García MárquezGravity’s Rainbow by Thomas Pynchon
The Most Begun "Read but Unfinished" (Started) book ever
2,606 books — 13,136 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee1984 by George OrwellAnimal Farm by George OrwellThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienThe Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
31,530 books — 120,017 voters

The Hollow Chocolate Bunnies of the Apocalypse by Robert RankinWhite Noise by Don DeLilloDead Bitch Army by Andre DuzaThe Human Stain by Philip RothRumble Fish by S.E. Hinton
There Ought to be a Band
2,436 books — 1,105 voters
The Lovely Bones by Alice SeboldInterview with the Vampire by Anne RiceOut by Natsuo KirinoWake in Fright by Kenneth CookThe Vampire Lestat by Anne Rice
Best Dark Books Ever
1,061 books — 1,621 voters

The Children's Hospital by Chris AdrianKafka on the Shore by Haruki MurakamiMary Poppins by P.L. TraversThe Iliad by HomerRomeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare
Must Read Before You Die
555 books — 183 voters
Picnic at Hanging Rock by Joan LindsayWuthering Heights by Emily BrontëKristin Lavransdatter by Sigrid UndsetThe Hacienda by Lisa St. Aubin de TeránWolf Hall by Hilary Mantel
Project Read all the Women
433 books — 51 voters

Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been? by Joyce Carol OatesA Distant Episode by Paul Bowles
Best Short Stories of All Time
612 books — 388 voters
The Bone People by Keri HulmeThe Riders by Tim WintonThe Tree of Man by Patrick WhiteTranquility by Peter JakobsenAn Angel at My Table by Janet Frame
Down Under
322 books — 32 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeePride and Prejudice by Jane Austen1984 by George OrwellThe Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die
1,321 books — 5,841 voters
The Good Earth by Pearl S. BuckKristin Lavransdatter by Sigrid UndsetJuly's People by Nadine GordimerMy Sons Story by Nadine GordimerSix Feet of the Country by Nadine Gordimer
Women Nobel Prize Winners We Love
114 books — 70 voters

The Fish Can Sing by Halldór LaxnessIceland's Bell by Halldór LaxnessMoominpappa at Sea by Tove JanssonThe Axe by Sigrid UndsetThe Wanderer by Knut Hamsun
Best Scandinavian and Nordic Literature
1,210 books — 1,244 voters
Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García MárquezThe God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy'Tis by Frank McCourt
MOST BORING BOOK EVER!
894 books — 468 voters

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldThe Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-ExupéryThe Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. LewisThe Ultimate Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,807 books — 49,790 voters
Wuthering Heights by Emily BrontëAlice’s Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis CarrollThe Odyssey by HomerThe Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Best Books Ever
76,123 books — 282,974 voters