Big Books of 2026

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Teacherhuman (9 Lists)



1984 by George OrwellLady Chatterley's Lover by D.H. LawrenceThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerWaiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett
Le Monde's 100 Books of the Century
102 books — 482 voters
A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill BrysonStiff by Mary RoachJust Kids by Patti Smith
Best 21st Century Non-Fiction
1,990 books — 1,282 voters

On the Road by Jack KerouacThe Red Tent by Anita DiamantJonathan Livingston Seagull by Richard BachOliver Twist by Charles Dickens
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
31,530 books — 120,018 voters
The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar WildeThe Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer BradleyBleak House by Charles DickensThe Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri
I Should Probably Read This Sometime...
11,397 books — 10,141 voters

Trainspotting by Irvine WelshDead Until Dark by Charlaine HarrisFactotum by Charles BukowskiSkagboys by Irvine Welsh
Books That Exceeded Your Expectations
14,756 books — 16,451 voters
Blood River by Tim ButcherMemoirs of a Geisha by Arthur GoldenChocolat by Joanne HarrisThe Old Man and the Sea by Ernest HemingwayOn the Road by Jack Kerouac
Best Traveling Vicariously
2,122 books — 1,849 voters

Blood River by Tim ButcherEat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth GilbertUnder the Tuscan Sun by Frances MayesA Moveable Feast by Ernest HemingwayOn the Road by Jack Kerouac
Favorite Travel Books
2,022 books — 3,944 voters
Blood River by Tim ButcherA Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill BrysonNight by Elie WieselStiff by Mary RoachCosmos by Carl Sagan
Best Non-Fiction (no biographies)
6,227 books — 8,061 voters

The Compleat Works of Wllm Shkspr by Reduced Shakespeare CompanyPlato by PlatoThe Divine Comedy by Dante AlighieriFrankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft ShelleyWuthering Heights by Emily Brontë
Best Books Ever
76,123 books — 282,979 voters