Big Books of 2026

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



Pride and Prejudice by Jane AustenWuthering Heights by Emily BrontëSense and Sensibility by Jane AustenGreat Expectations by Charles DickensLes Misérables by Victor Hugo
Penguin Classics Deluxe & Threads Editions
127 books — 154 voters
A Reunion of Ghosts by Judith Claire Mitchell
Anticipated 2015 Literary Fiction
195 books — 545 voters

1984 by George OrwellAnimal Farm by George OrwellThe Stand by Stephen KingDo Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. DickThe Time Machine by H.G. Wells
Best Dystopian and Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
3,749 books — 25,989 voters
Middlesex by Jeffrey EugenidesThe Joy Luck Club by Amy TanThe Master and Margarita by Mikhail BulgakovAnd Then There Were None by Agatha Christie
What Should I Read?
324 books — 95 voters

1984 by George OrwellPride and Prejudice by Jane AustenTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeAnimal Farm by George OrwellThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank
UK 100 Books to Read in a Lifetime: Readers' Picks
1,548 books — 548 voters
Warm Bodies by Isaac MarionThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. Tolkien
Best Series
3,360 books — 9,437 voters

The Book Thief by Markus ZusakThe Lovely Bones by Alice SeboldThe Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark HaddonMiddlesex by Jeffrey EugenidesThe Five People You Meet in Heaven by Mitch Albom
Best Books of the Decade: 2000s
7,189 books — 28,379 voters
1Q84 by Haruki MurakamiThe Goldfinch by Donna TarttQuiet by Susan CainThe Marriage Plot by Jeffrey EugenidesThe Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion
Best Books of the Decade: 2010s
7,686 books — 14,166 voters

Pride and Prejudice by Jane AustenThe Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar WildeCrime and Punishment by Fyodor DostoevskySense and Sensibility by Jane AustenDracula by Bram Stoker
Best Books of the 19th Century
1,703 books — 6,872 voters
Gulliver’s Travels by Jonathan SwiftCandide by VoltaireSchool for Scandal by Richard Brinsley SheridanThe Monk by Matthew Gregory LewisThe Castle of Otranto by Horace Walpole
Best Books of the 18th Century
375 books — 1,008 voters

Macbeth by William ShakespeareParadise Lost by John MiltonDon Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes SaavedraKing Lear by William ShakespeareThe Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan
Best Books of the 17th Century
326 books — 702 voters
The Merchant of Venice by William ShakespeareThe Taming of the Shrew by William ShakespeareAs You Like It by William Shakespeare
Best Books of the 16th Century
192 books — 541 voters

Marley and Me by John GroganThe Historian by Elizabeth KostovaKafka on the Shore by Haruki MurakamiEat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth GilbertMiddlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides
Best Books of the 21st Century
9,832 books — 21,949 voters
Animal Farm by George OrwellThe Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry1984 by George Orwell
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,807 books — 49,791 voters

Helter Skelter by Vincent BugliosiThe Silence of the Lambs by Thomas HarrisAmerican Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis1984 by George OrwellThe Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold
The Most Disturbing Books Ever Written
3,192 books — 11,292 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeePride and Prejudice by Jane AustenThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankAnimal Farm by George OrwellThe Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
31,530 books — 120,019 voters