Big Books of 2026

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Stacy (14 Lists)



The Yellow Wall-Paper by Charlotte Perkins GilmanNaked Lunch by William S. BurroughsThe Exorcist by William Peter BlattyPerfume by Patrick Süskind
The Most Disturbing Books Ever Written
3,196 books — 11,297 voters
Junky by William S. BurroughsJunk by Melvin BurgessThe Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test by Tom Wolfe
Under the Influence
364 books — 121 voters

Live Through This by Anwen Crawford
33⅓
139 books — 67 voters
1984 by George Orwell
Best Dystopian and Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
3,751 books — 25,989 voters

Junky by William S. BurroughsA Million Little Pieces by James FreyTrainspotting by Irvine WelshFear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S. ThompsonThe Basketball Diaries by Jim Carroll
Addicts
271 books — 350 voters
Everybody Loves Our Town by Mark Yarm
Best Books on Rock and Roll
891 books — 1,278 voters

In Cold Blood by Truman CapoteHelter Skelter by Vincent Bugliosi
Best True Crime
1,329 books — 1,886 voters
The Bell Jar by Sylvia PlathThe Yellow Wallpaper and Other Stories by Charlotte Perkins GilmanGo Ask Alice by Beatrice SparksWe Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley JacksonThe Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls
Women and Mental Illness (fiction and nonfiction)
1,154 books — 2,271 voters

Girl, Interrupted by Susanna KaysenThe Shining by Stephen KingFight Club by Chuck PalahniukThe Godfather by Mario Puzo2001 by Arthur C. Clarke
The MOVIE was BETTER than the BOOK
1,134 books — 10,099 voters
Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
Favorites from 1001 Books You Should Read Before You Die
503 books — 1,055 voters

King Lear by William Shakespeare
Best of William Shakespeare
103 books — 1,239 voters
The World According to Garp by John Irving
Best of John Irving
27 books — 344 voters

Stargirl by Jerry SpinelliHoles by Louis Sachar
Books for twelve-year-old children
1,711 books — 1,112 voters
The Giver by Lois Lowry
Best Young Adult Books
13,096 books — 80,177 voters