Big Books of 2026

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Renee Fleming-white (7 Lists)



1984 by George OrwellPride and Prejudice by Jane AustenAnimal Farm by George OrwellThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienJane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
31,461 books — 119,781 voters
Trainspotting by Irvine WelshHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingHarry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. RowlingHarry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. RowlingA Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin
Best Books of the Decade: 1990s
3,130 books — 3,678 voters

The Cider House Rules by John IrvingThe Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, Aged 13 3/4 by Sue Townsend
Best Books of the Decade: 1980s
2,257 books — 2,434 voters
The Book of Laughter and Forgetting by Milan KunderaThe Lost Honor of Katharina Blum by Heinrich BöllWatership Down by Richard AdamsThe Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsFear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S. Thompson
Best Books of the Decade: 1970s
1,946 books — 1,880 voters

The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara KingsolverWhere the Wild Things Are by Maurice SendakThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienThe New Enchanted Broccoli Forest by Mollie Katzen
forests, woods, copses, coppices, arbors, orchards
285 books — 87 voters
The Book Thief by Markus ZusakThe Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonThe Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk KiddThe Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John BoyneThe Plot Against America by Philip Roth
Best Books of the Decade: 2000s
7,189 books — 28,380 voters

Animal Farm by George OrwellChocolat by Joanne HarrisJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakTrainspotting by Irvine Welsh
Best Books Ever
76,029 books — 282,433 voters