Big Books of 2026

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



The House of the Spirits by Isabel AllendeOne Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez
Best Family Sagas
619 books — 673 voters
Hildafolk by Luke PearsonHilda and the Midnight Giant by Luke Pearson
Flying Eye Books
120 books — 17 voters

Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury84, Charing Cross Road by Helene HanffMr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore by Robin Sloan
My favourite books about books
150 books — 83 voters
The Silent Gondoliers by William Goldman
Modern-Day Fairy Tales
258 books — 307 voters

Snake Ropes by Jess RichardsJonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke
Best New Author Debuts
421 books — 607 voters
Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore by Robin SloanAmerican Born Chinese by Gene Luen YangWatership Down by Richard Adams
Yellowest Books Ever
1,803 books — 579 voters

Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore by Robin SloanIf on a Winter’s Night a Traveler by Italo Calvino
Flavorwire's 10 Essential Books for Book Nerds
10 books — 212 voters
Sunset Song by Lewis Grassic Gibbon
Books Set in Scotland
983 books — 669 voters

Sunset Song by Lewis Grassic GibbonThe Living Mountain by Nan ShepherdAnother Time, Another Place by Jessie Kesson
Scottish Novels
53 books — 39 voters
A Scots Quair by Lewis Grassic GibbonAnother Time, Another Place by Jessie KessonThe Living Mountain by Nan ShepherdGlencoe by John Prebble
Best Scottish Books Ever Written
91 books — 46 voters

Sunset Song by Lewis Grassic GibbonAnother Time, Another Place by Jessie KessonThe Living Mountain by Nan ShepherdPhantastes by George MacDonald
Best Scottish Fiction
418 books — 285 voters
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyThe Princess Bride by William GoldmanIf on a Winter’s Night a Traveler by Italo CalvinoJonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna ClarkeMr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore by Robin Sloan
Books about Books
1,384 books — 1,519 voters

Through the Woods by E.M. CarrollHark! A Vagrant by Kate BeatonThe Encyclopedia of Early Earth by Isabel Greenberg
Comics & Graphic Novels by Women
1,494 books — 1,361 voters
Deathless by Catherynne M. ValenteTender Morsels by Margo LanaganStardust by Neil GaimanIn the Night Garden by Catherynne M. ValenteA Summer of Drowning by John Burnside
Dark, lyrical fairytales
22 books — 25 voters

Ready Player One by Ernest ClineMr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore by Robin SloanHomeland by Cory DoctorowLittle Brother by Cory DoctorowAmong Others by Jo Walton
Nerdventure
125 books — 215 voters
1984 by George OrwellRebecca by Daphne du MaurierBrave New World by Aldous HuxleyWuthering Heights by Emily BrontëThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
UK 100 Books to Read in a Lifetime: Readers' Picks
1,548 books — 549 voters