Big Books of 2026

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Dustincecil (16 Lists)



Lolita by Vladimir NabokovWuthering Heights by Emily BrontëIn Cold Blood by Truman Capote1984 by George OrwellThe Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
The Guardian: The 100 best novels written in English
100 books — 34 voters
Blonde by Joyce Carol Oates
Marilyn Monroe
39 books — 52 voters

The Road by Cormac McCarthyNaked by David SedarisBlonde by Joyce Carol OatesThe Devil in the White City by Erik LarsonNo Country for Old Men by Cormac McCarthy
Best Books of the Decade: 2000s
7,189 books — 28,378 voters
Frankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
Best Books of the Decade: 1810s
141 books — 324 voters

A Shropshire Lad by A.E. HousmanThe Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar WildeThe Awakening by Kate Chopin
Best Books of the Decade: 1890s
466 books — 500 voters
The Year of the Flood by Margaret Atwood
The Post-Trump Big Questions Canon
524 books — 276 voters

Into the Wild by Jon KrakauerNaked by David SedarisJesus’ Son by Denis JohnsonA Game of Thrones by George R.R. MartinA Clash of Kings by George R.R. Martin
Best Books of the Decade: 1990s
3,129 books — 3,677 voters
Matilda by Roald DahlTracks by Louise ErdrichLove Medicine by Louise ErdrichThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodRed Dragon by Thomas Harris
Best Books of the Decade: 1980s
2,257 books — 2,433 voters

Breakfast of Champions by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.The Westing Game by Ellen RaskinThe Tombs of Atuan by Ursula K. Le GuinThe Farthest Shore by Ursula K. Le GuinThe Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le Guin
Best Books of the Decade: 1970s
1,946 books — 1,879 voters
In Cold Blood by Truman CapoteTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeTravels with Charley by John SteinbeckThe Bell Jar by Sylvia PlathCharlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl
Best Books of the Decade: 1960s
1,356 books — 1,777 voters

The Old Wives' Tale by Arnold BennettAnne of Green Gables by L.M. MontgomeryAnne of Avonlea by L.M. MontgomeryThe Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum
Best Books of the Decade: 1900s
466 books — 855 voters
Winesburg, Ohio by Sherwood AndersonThe Good Soldier by Ford Madox FordPeter Pan by J.M. BarrieSwann’s Way by Marcel ProustHerland by Charlotte Perkins Gilman
Best Books of the Decade: 1910s
530 books — 775 voters

To the Lighthouse by Virginia WoolfThe Holy Terrors by Jean CocteauPassing by Nella LarsenThe Boxcar Children by Gertrude Chandler WarnerSo Big by Edna Ferber
Best Books of the Decade: 1920s
764 books — 1,132 voters
Lolita by Vladimir NabokovFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyThe Martian Chronicles by Ray BradburyAtlas Shrugged by Ayn RandCharlotte’s Web by E.B. White
Best Books of the Decade: 1950s
1,181 books — 1,507 voters

Of Mice and Men by John SteinbeckDeath in the Woods and Other Stories by Sherwood AndersonAnthem by Ayn RandThe Big Money by John Dos PassosThe 42nd Parallel by John Dos Passos
Best Books of the Decade: 1930s
904 books — 1,255 voters
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty SmithThe Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry1984 by George OrwellAnimal Farm by George OrwellPippi Longstocking by Astrid Lindgren
Best Books of the Decade: 1940s
819 books — 1,143 voters