Big Books of 2026

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Laura (13 Lists)



Dubliners by James JoyceA Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James JoyceStar of the Sea by Joseph O'ConnorReading in the Dark by Seamus DeaneAmongst Women by John McGahern
Best Irish Literature
632 books — 719 voters
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke
Best Alternate History
358 books — 676 voters

Our Spoons Came from Woolworths by Barbara Comyns
Favorite Virago Modern Classics
270 books — 206 voters
Gaudy Night by Dorothy L. SayersLos crímenes de Oxford by Guillermo MartínezJill by Philip LarkinAll Souls by Javier MaríasHis Dark Materials by Philip Pullman
Oxford
67 books — 32 voters

Shadow of the Moon by M.M. Kaye
The Unknown, Hidden Gems of Historical Fiction
2,276 books — 1,255 voters
The Far Pavilions by M.M. KayeThe Siege of Krishnapur by J.G. FarrellThe God of Small Things by Arundhati RoyMidnight’s Children by Salman RushdieThe Jewel in the Crown by Paul Scott
Excellent Books about India and England
279 books — 268 voters

Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García MárquezOne Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García MárquezToda Mafalda by QuinoLa casa de Bernarda Alba by Federico García LorcaTwenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair by Pablo Neruda
Libros en Español
727 books — 650 voters
Our Spoons Came from Woolworths by Barbara ComynsThe Pursuit of Love by Nancy Mitford
Unsuitable parents
20 books — 9 voters

Dubliners by James JoyceA Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James JoyceReading in the Dark by Seamus DeaneThe Commitments by Roddy DoyleTranslations by Brian Friel
Best Irish Books
686 books — 603 voters
Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García MárquezI Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith
The Best of the Best Romance Novels of the Twentieth Century
641 books — 2,231 voters

City of Bones by Cassandra Clare
The Best Urban Fantasy
4,404 books — 12,547 voters
The Sound and the Fury by William FaulknerUlysses by James Joyce
The Worst Books of All Time
8,104 books — 19,874 voters

The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienUlysses by James JoyceWar and Peace by Leo TolstoyCrime and Punishment by Fyodor DostoevskyThe Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer
The Most Begun "Read but Unfinished" (Started) book ever
2,606 books — 13,135 voters