Big Books of 2026

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Ryan Jay (8 Lists)



Finnegans Wake by James Joyce
Most Difficult Novels
588 books — 2,043 voters
Cosmopolis by Don DeLilloLolita by Vladimir NabokovThe Tin Drum by Günter GrassThe Idiot by Fyodor DostoevskyThe Last Temptation of Christ by Nikos Kazantzakis
The Book Was Better Than the Movie
1,561 books — 18,690 voters

The Box Man by Kōbō AbeSecret Rendezvous by Kōbō Abe
Best Japanese Books
771 books — 3,248 voters
Labyrinths by Jorge Luis BorgesSeven Nights by Jorge Luis BorgesThe Rings of Saturn by W.G. Sebald
Best New Directions Books
262 books — 179 voters

Dead Souls by Nikolai GogolThe Master and Margarita by Mikhail BulgakovThe Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Best Russian Literature
512 books — 2,276 voters
The Prague Cemetery by Umberto Eco
Deferred Gratification: 2011's Most Eagerly Awaited New Books
126 books — 378 voters

Crime and Punishment by Fyodor DostoevskyThe Name of the Rose by Umberto EcoA Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James JoyceThe Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
31,479 books — 119,918 voters
The Name of the Rose by Umberto EcoCrime and Punishment by Fyodor DostoevskyThe Master and Margarita by Mikhail BulgakovLabyrinths by Jorge Luis BorgesThe Rings of Saturn by W.G. Sebald
Best Books Ever
76,080 books — 282,705 voters