Big Books of 2026

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Laura (15 Lists)



Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys
Derivatives of Jane Eyre
181 books — 168 voters
1984 by George OrwellBrave New World by Aldous HuxleyFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodAnimal Farm by George Orwell
Best Dystopian Books
524 books — 1,032 voters

1984 by George OrwellFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyBrave New World by Aldous HuxleyThe Time Machine by H.G. WellsThe Invisible Man by H.G. Wells
Best Science Fiction & Fantasy Books
8,351 books — 24,667 voters
Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice SendakMillie's Marvellous Hat by Satoshi KitamuraEl higo más dulce by Chris Van AllsburgWhat's Wrong with My Hair? by Satoshi KitamuraMon amour by Beatrice Alemagna
Best Picture Books
3,080 books — 1,985 voters

Survival in Auschwitz by Primo LeviIf This Is a Man • The Truce by Primo Levi
World War II Books Everyone Should Read At Least Once
344 books — 252 voters
Fun Home by Alison Bechdel
Comics & Graphic Novels by Women
1,494 books — 1,361 voters

The Library of Babel by Jorge Luis BorgesMatilda by Roald Dahl
Books about Books
1,384 books — 1,519 voters
Madame Bovary by Gustave FlaubertThe Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor DostoevskyRomeo and Juliet by William ShakespeareA Midsummer Night’s Dream by William ShakespeareJane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
Literary Love Triangles (Non-YA)
529 books — 1,888 voters

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark TwainThe Complete Fairy Tales by Hans Christian AndersenLittle Women by Louisa May AlcottWhere the Wild Things Are by Maurice SendakThe Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle
Best Children's Books
5,309 books — 6,705 voters
The New York Trilogy by Paul Auster
Best Paul Auster Books
25 books — 117 voters

1984 by George OrwellAnimal Farm by George OrwellThe Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark TwainHamlet by William ShakespeareA Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
100 Books to Read in a Lifetime: Readers' Picks
15,233 books — 17,468 voters
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki MurakamiKafka on the Shore by Haruki MurakamiSnow Country by Yasunari KawabataKokoro by Natsume SōsekiThe Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea by Yukio Mishima
Best Japanese Books
771 books — 3,248 voters

Animal Farm by George Orwell
Best Books Ever
76,132 books — 283,037 voters
1984 by George OrwellAnimal Farm by George OrwellThe Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-ExupéryFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyOne Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,807 books — 49,791 voters

1984 by George OrwellAnimal Farm by George OrwellThe Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-ExupéryRomeo and Juliet by William ShakespeareJane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
31,537 books — 120,045 voters