Big Books of 2026

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



The Idiot by Fyodor DostoevskyNotes from Underground by Fyodor DostoevskyThe Dream of a Ridiculous Man by Fyodor DostoevskyThe Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor DostoevskyThe House of the Dead by Fyodor Dostoevsky
My Top Ten of Russian Literature
23 books — 25 voters
Sweet Thursday by John Steinbeck
Midlife Crisis Novels
159 books — 119 voters

1984 by George OrwellEast of Eden by John SteinbeckThe Bell Curve by Richard J. HerrnsteinThe Master and His Emissary by Iain McGilchristThe Evolution of Cooperation by Robert Axelrod
Books that make you think.
1,116 books — 1,047 voters
Guns, Germs, and Steel by Jared DiamondThe Master and His Emissary by Iain McGilchrist
Royal Society Insight Investment Science Book Prize
128 books — 72 voters

The Structure of Scientific Revolutions by Thomas S. KuhnThe Quark and the Jaguar by Murray Gell-Mann
Scientific Literacy
61 books — 32 voters
The Stone Raft by José Saramago
Favorite Magical Realism Novels
1,304 books — 4,517 voters

1984 by George OrwellBlindness by José SaramagoNotes from Underground by Fyodor DostoevskyThe Collector by John FowlesEast of Eden by John Steinbeck
The Most Disturbing Books Ever Written
3,194 books — 11,295 voters
1984 by George OrwellDie Kinder unseres Viertels by Naguib MahfouzThe Glass Bead Game by Hermann HesseThe Evolution of Cooperation by Robert AxelrodGuns, Germs, and Steel by Jared Diamond
Best Books To Frame Thinking
1,279 books — 1,420 voters

Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell
Greatest influences on me
189 books — 56 voters
The Glass Bead Game by Hermann Hesse
Best Ending
8,035 books — 6,081 voters

East of Eden by John SteinbeckThe Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck1984 by George OrwellBlindness by José SaramagoGuns, Germs, and Steel by Jared Diamond
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,807 books — 49,789 voters
أولاد حارتنا by Naguib MahfouzBlindness by José SaramagoThe Good Earth by Pearl S. BuckThe Glass Bead Game by Hermann HesseNarcissus and Goldmund by Hermann Hesse
Nobel Laureates
660 books — 566 voters

1984 by George OrwellThe Handmaid's Tale by Margaret AtwoodBlindness by José SaramagoThe Glass Bead Game by Hermann Hesse
Best Dystopian and Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
3,751 books — 25,990 voters
Guns, Germs, and Steel by Jared Diamond
Best Non-Fiction (no biographies)
6,227 books — 8,061 voters

The Glass Bead Game by Hermann Hesseأولاد حارتنا by Naguib MahfouzThe Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck
Best Books Ever
76,166 books — 283,150 voters