Big Books of 2026

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Dimitra (28 Lists)



Perdido Street Station by China Miéville
Best Steampunk Books
1,245 books — 4,096 voters
Perdido Street Station by China MiévilleThe Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov
Best Weird Fiction Books
1,200 books — 1,092 voters

Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes SaavedraA Tale of Two Cities by Charles DickensMetamorphoses by Ovid
The Great Classics You Have Not Read Yet
745 books — 1,811 voters
Crime and Punishment by Fyodor DostoevskyLes Misérables by Victor HugoThe Hunchback of Notre-Dame by Victor Hugo
Best Books of the 19th Century
1,703 books — 6,872 voters

... καλά, ἐσύ σκοτώθηκες νωρίς by Χρόνης ΜίσσιοςΧαμογέλα, ρε... Τι σου ζητάνε; by Χρόνης ΜίσσιοςChrist Recrucified by Nikos Kazantzakis
Favourite Greek Books
409 books — 379 voters
Crime and Punishment by Fyodor DostoevskyLes Misérables by Victor Hugo1984 by George OrwellBrave New World and Brave New World Revisited by Aldous HuxleyThe Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
31,479 books — 119,910 voters

Steppenwolf by Hermann HesseSiddhartha by Hermann HesseNarcissus and Goldmund by Hermann HesseThe Glass Bead Game by Hermann HesseChess Story by Stefan Zweig
Best German/Austrian/Swiss Literature
1,028 books — 955 voters
Steppenwolf by Hermann HesseCrime and Punishment by Fyodor DostoevskyLes Misérables by Victor HugoThe Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-ExupérySlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
Best Books Ever
76,082 books — 282,691 voters

Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.Breakfast of Champions by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
Vonnegut's Best
37 books — 631 voters
Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.Dune by Frank Herbert1984 by George OrwellBrave New World by Aldous HuxleyAnimal Farm by George Orwell
Best Science Fiction & Fantasy Books
8,351 books — 24,664 voters

Twilight by Stephenie MeyerBreaking Dawn by Stephenie MeyerNew Moon by Stephenie MeyerEclipse by Stephenie MeyerWizard's First Rule by Terry Goodkind
The Worst Books of All Time
8,104 books — 19,875 voters
The Odyssey by HomerThe Adventures of Baron Münchausen by Rudolf Erich Raspe
Con Men, Gamblers and Hustlers
327 books — 143 voters

1984 by George OrwellBrave New World by Aldous HuxleyThe Glass Bead Game by Hermann HesseAnimal Farm by George Orwell
Best Dystopian and Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
3,748 books — 25,990 voters
Narcissus and Goldmund by Hermann Hesse
The Best by Nobel Prize Authors
376 books — 282 voters

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark HaddonFight Club by Chuck Palahniuk
Best Experimental Books Ever
1,107 books — 1,719 voters
Crime and Punishment by Fyodor DostoevskyA Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin
Rooting for the Bad Guy
683 books — 1,467 voters

Crime and Punishment by Fyodor DostoevskyLes Misérables by Victor HugoWuthering Heights by Emily BrontëMedea by EuripidesA Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin
Best Anti-heroes in Books
600 books — 430 voters
Arsène Lupin, Gentleman-Thief by Maurice Leblanc
Thieves
659 books — 1,257 voters

The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco
Best Historical Mystery
2,070 books — 4,532 voters
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyThe Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsDune by Frank HerbertFoundation by Isaac AsimovFoundation and Empire by Isaac Asimov
100+ Science Fiction Novels Everyone Should Read
244 books — 439 voters

The Historian by Elizabeth KostovaThe Name of the Rose by Umberto EcoThe English Patient by Michael Ondaatje
Best Historical Fiction
7,392 books — 25,577 voters
The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan KunderaSiddhartha by Hermann Hesse1984 by George OrwellThe Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,807 books — 49,790 voters

Catch-22 by Joseph HellerOf Mice and Men by John SteinbeckThe Fountainhead by Ayn RandThe Mysterious Island by Jules VerneThe Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
LOST Book Club
80 books — 119 voters
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. RowlingA Storm of Swords by George R.R. MartinA Feast for Crows by George R.R. MartinThe Curse of Chalion by Lois McMaster Bujold
Best Fantasy Books of the 21st Century
3,053 books — 9,893 voters

Moon Called by Patricia Briggs
Best "Strong Female" Fantasy Novels
4,455 books — 18,212 voters
A Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin
The Best Epic Fantasy (fiction)
4,208 books — 25,720 voters

Foucault’s Pendulum by Umberto EcoLes Misérables by Victor HugoMy Name Is Red by Orhan PamukThe Glass Bead Game by Hermann Hesse
Most Difficult Novels
588 books — 2,043 voters
Catch-22 by Joseph HellerWuthering Heights by Emily BrontëTreasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson
Must Read Classics
1,861 books — 4,649 voters