Big Books of 2026

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Crystal (15 Lists)



Waiting by Ha Jin
Fiction from the Chinese Mainland
131 books — 136 voters
The Buried Giant by Kazuo IshiguroThe Sympathizer by Viet Thanh Nguyen
Anticipated 2015 Literary Fiction
195 books — 545 voters

Norwegian Wood by Haruki MurakamiThe Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki MurakamiKafka on the Shore by Haruki MurakamiKokoro by Natsume SōsekiSilence by Shūsaku Endō
Best Japanese Books
771 books — 3,248 voters
Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone by J.K. RowlingHarry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. RowlingHarry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. RowlingHarry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. RowlingHarry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. Rowling
Boarding School Stories
963 books — 1,018 voters

Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore by Robin Sloan
Stories For Book Lovers
8,343 books — 8,382 voters
Ender’s Game by Orson Scott CardDune by Frank HerbertThe Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsA Clockwork Orange by Anthony BurgessThe Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin
Best Science Fiction
3,651 books — 6,978 voters

Ender’s Game by Orson Scott CardDune by Frank HerbertThe Giver by Lois LowryThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodThe Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin
Best Science Fiction & Fantasy Books
8,351 books — 24,668 voters
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingThe Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-ExupéryHarry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. RowlingThe Ultimate Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,807 books — 49,791 voters

The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-ExupéryThe Road by Cormac McCarthyHarry Potter Series Box Set by J.K. RowlingHoly Bible by AnonymousSiddhartha by Hermann Hesse
Books that Blew Me Away and that I Still Think About
14,461 books — 14,671 voters
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Golden Compass by Philip PullmanThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienBridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson
Best Young Adult Books
13,096 books — 80,179 voters

Pay It Forward by Catherine Ryan HydeThe Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
The MOVIE was BETTER than the BOOK
1,134 books — 10,101 voters
Godless by Ann CoulterMiles to Go by Miley CyrusHow to Talk to a Liberal (If You Must) by Ann CoulterIf Democrats Had Any Brains, They'd Be Republicans by Ann CoulterSlander by Ann Coulter
Books I Have No Intention of Reading
1,637 books — 5,993 voters

The Blue Sword by Robin McKinleyPride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
Best Female Lead Characters
4,846 books — 5,880 voters