Big Books of 2026

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Brett (55 Lists)



The End of Alice by A.M. Homes
The Most Disturbing Books Ever Written
3,191 books — 11,286 voters
Tenth of December by George Saunders
Badass Short Story Collections (Or So I Hear)
464 books — 261 voters

Arctic Dreams by Barry Lopez
To the Poles
117 books — 82 voters
What We Talk About When We Talk About Love by Raymond CarverPastoralia by George SaundersCathedral by Raymond CarverWinesburg, Ohio by Sherwood AndersonCivilWarLand in Bad Decline by George Saunders
Collections of Short Stories
2,893 books — 2,038 voters

1Q84 by Haruki Murakami
Best Japanese Books
771 books — 3,248 voters
House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski
Books with Innovative Book Design / Structure
304 books — 549 voters

In the Lake of the Woods by Tim O'Brien
Best Literature About the Vietnam War
328 books — 635 voters
Collected Stories by W. Somerset MaughamThe Selected Stories of Patricia Highsmith by Patricia HighsmithJesus’ Son by Denis JohnsonCathedral by Raymond CarverTenth of December by George Saunders
Best Short Story Collections
1,553 books — 857 voters

Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier
Best Crime & Mystery Books
7,306 books — 15,545 voters
The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre DumasAnna Karenina by Leo TolstoyMiddlemarch by George EliotInfinite Jest by David Foster WallaceEast of Eden by John Steinbeck
Big Fat Fiction - Best of the Heavyweights
292 books — 156 voters

Let the Right One In by John Ajvide LindqvistHouse of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski
Best Horror Novels Not By King or Koontz
612 books — 496 voters
Atonement by Ian McEwanNever Let Me Go by Kazuo IshiguroThe Shipping News by Annie ProulxAlias Grace by Margaret AtwoodThe Reader by Bernhard Schlink
Major Award-Winning Fiction Since 1990
252 books — 567 voters

House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski
Best Horror Novels
1,983 books — 5,446 voters
The Long Goodbye by Raymond ChandlerThe Grifters by Jim Thompson
Best Hardboiled & Noir fiction
700 books — 878 voters

The Story of Lucy Gault by William TrevorFelicia's Journey by William TrevorThe Collected Stories by William TrevorReading Turgenev by William Trevor
Best of William Trevor
15 books — 5 voters
Atonement by Ian McEwan
Best Historical Fiction
7,387 books — 25,574 voters

On the Natural History of Destruction by W.G. Sebald
German History
596 books — 154 voters
My Ántonia by Willa CatherAngle of Repose by Wallace StegnerWinesburg, Ohio by Sherwood AndersonMain Street by Sinclair LewisAmerican Pastoral by Philip Roth
A Journey Through Literary America
153 books — 220 voters

Rebecca by Daphne du MaurierMy Cousin Rachel by Daphne du Maurier
Best of Daphne du Maurier
33 books — 158 voters
The Book Thief by Markus ZusakThe Light Between Oceans by M.L. Stedman
Best Modern Australian Literature
562 books — 669 voters

Lord of the Flies by William GoldingThe Magic Mountain by Thomas MannBuddenbrooks by Thomas MannDisgrace by J.M. CoetzeeKristin Lavransdatter by Sigrid Undset
Nobel Laureates
660 books — 566 voters
The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre DumasA Home at the End of the World by Michael Cunningham
superb fiction - books you will not regret reading
120 books — 16 voters

The Heart of the Matter by Graham GreeneThe Quiet American by Graham Greene
Best Graham Greene novels
25 books — 205 voters
Wuthering Heights by Emily BrontëAtonement by Ian McEwanThe Reader by Bernhard SchlinkSlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith
What To Read Next
20,184 books — 24,096 voters

Pride and Prejudice by Jane AustenJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëWuthering Heights by Emily BrontëThe Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar WildeCrime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Best Books of the 19th Century
1,703 books — 6,873 voters
Jane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëPride and Prejudice by Jane AustenTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar WildeRebecca by Daphne du Maurier
Recommended Reads
3,702 books — 1,532 voters

Tor! by Ulrich Hesse-Lichtenberger
Best Football (Soccer) Books
510 books — 385 voters
In Cold Blood by Truman Capote
Interesting and Readable Nonfiction
4,036 books — 2,024 voters

The Pale King by David Foster Wallace
Deferred Gratification: 2011's Most Eagerly Awaited New Books
126 books — 379 voters
The Moviegoer by Walker Percy
After DFW's "Eclectic/Obscure Fictions for Writers" Syllabus
79 books — 47 voters


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