Big Books of 2026

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Martin Keller (23 Lists)



To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee1984 by George OrwellThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldThe Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre DumasAnimal Farm by George Orwell
Must Read Classics
1,858 books — 4,647 voters
The Name of the Rose by Umberto EcoInferno by Dante AlighieriIvanhoe by Walter ScottThe Decameron by Giovanni BoccaccioMacbeth by William Shakespeare
Best Middle Ages Books
1,219 books — 1,699 voters

Crime and Punishment by Fyodor DostoevskyThe Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre DumasA Tale of Two Cities by Charles DickensDracula by Bram StokerAnna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
Best Books of the 19th Century
1,703 books — 6,873 voters
Faust, First Part by Johann Wolfgang von GoetheThe Metamorphosis by Franz KafkaDie Räuber by Friedrich SchillerBerlin Alexanderplatz by Alfred DöblinBuddenbrooks by Thomas Mann
German Classics
227 books — 151 voters

Fahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyUlysses by James Joyce
Want to read books
509 books — 199 voters
The Complete Stories and Poems by Edgar Allan PoeDubliners by James JoyceThe Complete Short Stories of Ernest Hemingway by Ernest HemingwayNight Shift by Stephen KingTales of H.P. Lovecraft by H.P. Lovecraft
Collections of Short Stories
2,893 books — 2,038 voters

Poems of Paul Celan by Paul CelanBerlin Alexanderplatz by Alfred DöblinThe Man Without Qualities by Robert MusilThe Tin Drum by Günter GrassBuddenbrooks by Thomas Mann
100 Best Books of All Time: The World Library List
100 books — 1,710 voters
War and Peace by Leo TolstoyTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeAnna Karenina by Leo TolstoyThe Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre DumasUlysses by James Joyce
I Should Probably Read This Sometime...
11,303 books — 10,101 voters

The Time Machine by H.G. WellsSomething Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury
Good Science Fiction
358 books — 102 voters
1984 by George OrwellThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerOf Mice and Men by John SteinbeckAngela’s Ashes by Frank McCourtAnimal Farm by George Orwell
Best for Book Clubs
14,544 books — 18,395 voters

Frankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft ShelleyDracula by Bram StokerThe Complete Stories and Poems by Edgar Allan PoeThe Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Other Stories by Robert Louis StevensonThe Call of Cthulhu by H.P. Lovecraft
The best gothic novels, ghost stories and early horror 1764-1937
361 books — 717 voters
Gerald's Game by Stephen KingLisey's Story by Stephen KingRose Madder by Stephen KingCujo by Stephen KingDolores Claiborne by Stephen King
Worst Stephen King books
62 books — 481 voters

It by Stephen KingThe Green Mile by Stephen KingPet Sematary by Stephen King11/22/63 by Stephen KingThe Long Walk by Richard Bachman
Best of Stephen King
178 books — 3,876 voters
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingThe Golden Compass by Philip PullmanThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienLord of the Flies by William Golding
Best Young Adult Books
13,123 books — 80,170 voters

11/22/63 by Stephen KingTeacher Man by Frank McCourtCell by Stephen KingUnder the Dome by Stephen KingMatterhorn by Karl Marlantes
Best Books of the 21st Century
9,835 books — 21,937 voters
Animal Farm by George OrwellCrime and Punishment by Fyodor DostoevskyOf Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
Best Books Ever
76,053 books — 282,559 voters

The Histories by HerodotusBand of Brothers by Stephen E. Ambrose
Best History Books
3,699 books — 3,732 voters
Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury
Fantastic Dads and Father-figures
719 books — 737 voters

The Magic Mountain by Thomas MannThe Visit by Friedrich DürrenmattWilhelm Tell by Friedrich SchillerThe Pledge by Friedrich DürrenmattDie Physiker by Friedrich Dürrenmatt
Beyond Heidi: Books Set In Switzerland
257 books — 68 voters
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingThe Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. TolkienThe Gunslinger by Stephen King
Best Series
3,354 books — 9,429 voters

The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerAnimal Farm by George OrwellThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienOf Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,807 books — 49,789 voters
Tolkien On Fairy-stories by J.R.R. TolkienThe Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienOf Mice and Men by John SteinbeckCrime and Punishment by Fyodor DostoevskyThe Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
31,471 books — 119,851 voters

Nathan der Weise by Gotthold Ephraim LessingSimplicissimus Teutsch by Hans Jakob Christoffel von ...The Flounder by Günter GrassThe Danzig Trilogy by Günter GrassMichael Kohlhaas by Heinrich von Kleist
Best German/Austrian/Swiss Literature
1,028 books — 955 voters