Big Books of 2026

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Sahi (19 Lists)



My Dark Vanessa by Kate Elizabeth Russell
Best Books of the Decade: 2020's
2,925 books — 5,445 voters
The Shining by Stephen KingAmerican Psycho by Bret Easton EllisThe Woman in Black by Susan HillLord of the Flies by William Golding
Best Horror Novels
1,984 books — 5,447 voters

Rumi's Little Book of Life by Jalal ad-Din Muhammad ar-Rumi
Medieval Persian Philosopher-Poets: Rumi, Hāfez, Omar Khayyám and ‘Attār of Nishapur
111 books — 103 voters
Twelve Years a Slave by Solomon NorthupAnimal Farm by George OrwellThe Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin HamidDealing in Desire by Kimberly Kay HoangFalling Man by Don DeLillo
College
47 books — 28 voters

Dear Ijeawele, or A Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieWomen & Power by Mary Beard
2017 Non-male Non-Fiction
244 books — 86 voters
The Stranger by Albert CamusAnimal Farm by George OrwellThe Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-ExupéryThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldThe Book Thief by Markus Zusak
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
31,530 books — 120,009 voters

The Complete Persepolis by Marjane SatrapiI Am Malala by Malala YousafzaiThe Forty Rules of Love by Elif Shafak
Best Books by Muslim Women
287 books — 409 voters
American Psycho by Bret Easton EllisAnimal Farm by George OrwellPerfume by Patrick SüskindPretty Girls by Karin Slaughter
The Most Disturbing Books Ever Written
3,192 books — 11,292 voters

Pretty Girls by Karin SlaughterThen She Was Gone by Lisa JewellVerity by Colleen HooverSharp Objects by Gillian Flynn
Female Psychological Thrillers/Suspense Written by Women
1,355 books — 3,340 voters
The Yellow Wall-Paper by Charlotte Perkins GilmanDetransition, Baby by Torrey PetersConsensual Genocide by Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samara...My Year of Rest and Relaxation by Ottessa MoshfeghMy Dark Vanessa by Kate Elizabeth Russell
women vs the void
232 books — 582 voters

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldThe Stranger by Albert Camus
David Bowie's Top 100 Must Read Books
100 books — 311 voters
Red Dragon by Thomas HarrisFight Club by Chuck PalahniukAmerican Psycho by Bret Easton EllisThe Silent Patient by Alex MichaelidesThe Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins
Psychological Thrillers and Breakdowns
219 books — 176 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeePride and Prejudice by Jane AustenJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëWuthering Heights by Emily BrontëLittle Women by Louisa May Alcott
Best Woman-Authored Books
8,219 books — 5,217 voters
The Stranger by Albert CamusCrime and Punishment by Fyodor DostoevskyThe Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-ExupéryMan's Search for Meaning by Viktor E. FranklThe Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays by Albert Camus
Existential Works - Oh, What Is The Meaning of Life?
298 books — 199 voters

Detransition, Baby by Torrey PetersIntimations by Zadie Smith
Best Books Set in New York City
379 books — 393 voters
The Shining by Stephen King
Scariest books of all time
639 books — 732 voters

Detransition, Baby by Torrey Peters¡Hola Papi! by John Paul BrammerThe Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid
Top 100 Gay Novels of the XXI century
979 books — 634 voters
Rumi's Little Book of Life by Jalal ad-Din Muhammad ar-RumiConsensual Genocide by Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samara...The Essential Rumi by Coleman BarksBorderlands/La Frontera by Gloria E. AnzaldúaFor Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rain... by Ntozake Shange
Favorite Poets of Color
600 books — 199 voters

Animal Farm by George OrwellThe Shining by Stephen KingThe Book Thief by Markus Zusak
Best Books Ever
76,121 books — 282,958 voters