Big Books of 2026

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Amy (58 Lists)



Horrific Sufferings of the Mind-Reading Monster Hercules Bare... by Carl-Johan Vallgren
Odd Titles
473 books — 157 voters
Automated Alice by Jeff Noon
Best Retellings of Alice in Wonderland
169 books — 591 voters

Pirate Talk or Mermalade by Terese SvobodaThe Queue by Vladimir SorokinThe Song of Percival Peacock by Russell EdsonKiss of the Spider Woman by Manuel Puig
The Dialogue Novel
30 books — 35 voters
The Penguin Classics Library Complete Collection by VariousThe Library of America Collection by VariousNYRB Classics 10th Anniversary Complete Collection by NEW YORK REVIEW BOOKThe New York Review Children's Collection Set by Various
Books you WISH you could afford
86 books — 65 voters

The Circus In Winter by Cathy DayNiagara Falls All Over Again by Elizabeth McCracken
If You Liked Water For Elephants, Try These
7 books — 6 voters
Soulless by Gail Carriger
Best Steampunk Books
1,250 books — 4,094 voters

Soulless by Gail CarrigerChangeless by Gail CarrigerBlameless by Gail CarrigerHeartless by Gail Carriger
Steampunk/Romance
366 books — 926 voters
Breaking It Down by Rusty BarnesRedneck Poems by Rusty BarnesBROKE by Rusty BarnesRico Slade Will F*cking Kill You by Bradley N. SandsA Peculiar Feeling of Restlessness by Amy L. Clark
Great Small Press Books and Chapbooks
255 books — 182 voters

New Sudden Fiction by Robert ShapardWelcome to the Monkey House by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
Good short fiction
663 books — 391 voters
The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth SteinA Dog's Life by Peter MayleBark, George by Jules FeifferThe Labrador Pact by Matt HaigTimbuktu by Paul Auster
Great "Dog" Books
1,340 books — 1,936 voters

The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth SteinThe Labrador Pact by Matt HaigTimothy; or, Notes of an Abject Reptile by Verlyn Klinkenborg
Best Talking-Animal Books
708 books — 683 voters
The Lovely Bones by Alice SeboldBreaking Dawn by Stephenie MeyerTwilight by Stephenie MeyerNew Moon by Stephenie MeyerEclipse by Stephenie Meyer
Books I Regret Reading
2,299 books — 3,225 voters

Piano by Jean EchenozSnakes and Earrings by Hitomi KaneharaHairstyles of the Damned by Joe Meno
With Their Backs to the Reader
954 books — 222 voters
The Penelopiad by Margaret AtwoodWhere Three Roads Meet by Salley VickersWeight by Jeanette WintersonGirl Meets Boy by Ali SmithThe Helmet of Horror by Victor Pelevin
Modern Adaptations of Greek Mythology
366 books — 540 voters

You Remind Me of Me by Dan ChaonLove, etc. by Julian BarnesThe Aerialist by Richard Schmitt
Shoes, Socks, Slippers and Sandals
300 books — 110 voters
A Writer's Book of Days by Judy Reeves
Books on Books: metacovers
385 books — 104 voters

Every Dog Has His Say by Edward Anthony
Seeing Red
2,186 books — 462 voters
Love That Dog by Sharon CreechYellow by Janni VismanWithout Wax by William WalshAfter the Quake by Haruki Murakami
Yellowest Books Ever
1,813 books — 582 voters

The Labrador Pact by Matt HaigThe Call by Yannick MurphyHow to Steal a Dog by Barbara O'ConnorThe Lost Dog by Michelle de KretserThe Leanin' Dog by K.A. Nuzum
Most Orange Books of All Time
1,204 books — 328 voters
Being There by Jerzy Kosiński
The book and movie were equally good
245 books — 187 voters

The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie by Muriel SparkBabe by Dick King-SmithThey Shoot Horses, Don't They? by Horace McCoy
The MOVIE was BETTER than the BOOK
1,133 books — 10,100 voters
Dictionary of the Khazars by Milorad Pavić
The Cryptolex List
46 books — 24 voters

The Little White Car by Danuta de RhodesWonder Boys by Michael Chabon
Cars or Trucks on Covers
545 books — 96 voters
The Road by Cormac McCarthy
Apocalypse: It's Over, Dude.
626 books — 774 voters

The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth SteinTimbuktu by Paul Auster
Top Dog Reads
659 books — 672 voters
A Woman of Independent Means by Elizabeth Forsythe HaileyElla Minnow Pea by Mark DunnThe Locklear Letters by Michael KunLetters to Wendy's by Joe Wenderoth
Epistolary Fiction
855 books — 849 voters

Water for Elephants by Sara GruenThe Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar WildeThe Princess Bride by William GoldmanMiddlesex by Jeffrey EugenidesFrankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
Books I want to Read
842 books — 190 voters
Sharp Teeth by Toby BarlowLove That Dog by Sharon CreechHate That Cat by Sharon Creech
Novels in Verse
427 books — 757 voters

The Woman in the Dunes by Kōbō Abe
Japanese authors
236 books — 173 voters
The Woman in the Dunes by Kōbō AbeThe Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea by Yukio MishimaBeauty and Sadness by Yasunari Kawabata
Best Japanese Books
772 books — 3,248 voters


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