Big Books of 2026

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by August Lim (6 Lists)



Jane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëPride and Prejudice by Jane AustenWuthering Heights by Emily BrontëAnna Karenina by Leo TolstoyGreat Expectations by Charles Dickens
Best Literary Fiction
1,548 books — 1,328 voters
Catch-22 by Joseph Heller
Most Difficult Novels
588 books — 2,043 voters

Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Sáenz
Best Gay Fiction
2,650 books — 3,866 voters
Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire SáenzSomeday This Pain Will Be Useful to You by Peter CameronThe Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
Best YA Fiction with GLBTQQI themes / characters
1,959 books — 5,985 voters

The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen ChboskyThe Golden Compass by Philip PullmanA Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'EngleBridge to Terabithia by Katherine PatersonInkheart by Cornelia Funke
Best Young Adult Books
13,096 books — 80,178 voters
Middlesex by Jeffrey EugenidesNever Let Me Go by Kazuo IshiguroLife of Pi by Yann MartelJonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke
Best Books of the 21st Century
9,832 books — 21,951 voters