Big Books of 2026

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Ben (11 Lists)



Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Africa (fiction and nonfiction)
1,753 books — 1,632 voters
John Adams by David McCulloughUndaunted Courage by Stephen E. AmbroseChurchill by Roy Jenkins
Best Biographies
1,659 books — 2,940 voters

The Honourable Schoolboy by John le Carré
Best Novels That Take Place in China
414 books — 1,096 voters
The Honourable Schoolboy by John le Carré
Best Books About China
744 books — 585 voters

Swann’s Way by Marcel ProustOne Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García MárquezUlysses by James JoyceThe Tin Drum by Günter Grass
100 Best Books of All Time: The World Library List
100 books — 1,710 voters
Joseph and His Brothers by Thomas MannThe Tin Drum by Günter GrassOne Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García MárquezAll the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
Best Historical Fiction
7,392 books — 25,577 voters

In Search of Lost Time by Marcel ProustThe Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera
MUST READ Philosophical Books
137 books — 87 voters
In Search of Lost Time by Marcel Proust
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,807 books — 49,789 voters

Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy by John le CarréGet Shorty by Elmore Leonard
Best Crime & Mystery Books
7,306 books — 15,547 voters
John Adams by David McCulloughThe God Delusion by Richard DawkinsThe Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonExtremely Loud & Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran FoerAtonement by Ian McEwan
Best Books of the 21st Century
9,835 books — 21,937 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee1984 by George OrwellPride and Prejudice by Jane AustenAnimal Farm by George OrwellThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
31,478 books — 119,889 voters