Big Books of 2026

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Paul (23 Lists)



Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes SaavedraLolita by Vladimir Nabokov
100 Best Books of All Time: The World Library List
100 books — 1,710 voters
Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury
Best Science Fiction
3,651 books — 6,968 voters

Lolita by Vladimir NabokovCatch-22 by Joseph HellerThe Stranger by Albert CamusA Clockwork Orange by Anthony BurgessA Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving
1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die
1,318 books — 5,838 voters
1984 by George OrwellLife As We Knew It by Susan Beth Pfeffer
Best Dystopian and Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
3,747 books — 25,986 voters

The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-ExupéryThe Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov
100 Books to Read in a Lifetime: Readers' Picks
15,162 books — 17,419 voters
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie
Best Agatha Christie Book
110 books — 1,373 voters

Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes SaavedraThe Master and Margarita by Mikhail BulgakovA Prayer for Owen Meany by John IrvingCrime and Punishment by Fyodor DostoevskyFahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
Best Books Ever
76,044 books — 282,503 voters
Lipstick Traces by Greil Marcus
Best Books on Rock and Roll
888 books — 1,280 voters

Last Train to Memphis by Peter GuralnickCareless Love by Peter GuralnickLipstick Traces by Greil MarcusEngland's Dreaming by Jon Savage
Best Non Fiction About Music
1,437 books — 1,340 voters
City of Nets by Otto Friedrich
Best Books on Old Hollywood
124 books — 56 voters

The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-ExupéryCatch-22 by Joseph HellerThe Master and Margarita by Mikhail BulgakovThe Stranger by Albert Camus
The Guardian's "1000 Novels Everyone Must Read"
1,016 books — 593 voters
A Brief History of Time by Stephen W. HawkingSwann’s Way by Marcel ProustTitus Groan by Mervyn Peake
The Most Begun "Read but Unfinished" (Started) book ever
2,603 books — 13,133 voters

Maus I by Art Spiegelman
Best Memoir / Biography / Autobiography
5,803 books — 6,342 voters
Harriet the Spy by Louise FitzhughStuart Little by E.B. WhiteThe Story of Babar by Jean de BrunhoffMike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel by Virginia Lee Burton
Favorite books from my childhood
4,424 books — 7,425 voters

Lolita by Vladimir NabokovGravity’s Rainbow by Thomas PynchonA Prayer for Owen Meany by John IrvingA River Runs Through It by Norman MacleanThe Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael Chabon
The Great American Novel
670 books — 1,091 voters
1Q84 by Haruki Murakami
Best Japanese Books
771 books — 3,248 voters

The Hockey Sweater by Roch CarrierAs for Me and My House by Sinclair Ross
Canadian Fiction
1,039 books — 605 voters
Whale Music by Paul QuarringtonIn the Skin of a Lion by Michael OndaatjeAs for Me and My House by Sinclair RossThe Wars by Timothy FindleyThe Mountain and the Valley by Ernest Buckler
Best Canadian Literature
2,333 books — 1,146 voters

The Master and Margarita by Mikhail BulgakovThe Stranger by Albert Camus
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
31,465 books — 119,823 voters
Paris, 1919 by Margaret MacMillanThe Devil in the White City by Erik Larson
Best History Books
3,698 books — 3,731 voters

The Path to Power by Robert A. CaroMeans of Ascent by Robert A. CaroMaster of the Senate by Robert A. Caro
Best Non-fiction War Books
2,121 books — 2,353 voters
The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-ExupéryFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyLolita by Vladimir NabokovThe Stranger by Albert CamusA Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,807 books — 49,787 voters

Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury
Best Science Fiction & Fantasy Books
8,350 books — 24,657 voters