Big Books of 2026

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Yulia (21 Lists)



A Game of Thrones by George R.R. MartinKings of the Wyld by Nicholas EamesThe Way of Kings by Brandon SandersonThe Sad Tale of the Brothers Grossbart by Jesse BullingtonThe Blade Itself by Joe Abercrombie
The Grimdarks
479 books — 1,173 voters
The Book of Human Skin by Michelle LovricThe Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott LynchJonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna ClarkeDeath in Venice by Thomas Mann
Books Set in Venice
309 books — 271 voters

The Notebook, The Proof, The Third Lie by Ágota KristófLolita by Vladimir NabokovFight Club by Chuck PalahniukWe Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley JacksonAtonement by Ian McEwan
Books with Unreliable Narrators
501 books — 489 voters
The Rest Is Noise by Alex RossStephen Fry's Incomplete & Utter History of Classical Music by Stephen Fry
Classical Music: Nonfiction
300 books — 72 voters

The Rest Is Noise by Alex RossStephen Fry's Incomplete & Utter History of Classical Music by Stephen Fry
Best Non Fiction About Music
1,437 books — 1,340 voters
John Dies at the End by David WongThe Quincunx by Charles PalliserGeek Love by Katherine DunnSpeaks the Nightbird by Robert McCammonAnd the Ass Saw the Angel by Nick Cave
The obscure: Best books most haven't read (or even heard of)
537 books — 361 voters

The Pilo Family Circus by Will ElliottThe Sad Tale of the Brothers Grossbart by Jesse Bullington1793 by Niklas Natt och DagHarvest Home by Thomas TryonFalling Angel by William Hjortsberg
Forgotten Frights: Overlooked and Underappreciated Horror
803 books — 412 voters
The Rings of Saturn by W.G. SebaldThe Hearing Trumpet by Leonora CarringtonThe Library at Mount Char by Scott HawkinsThe Quincunx by Charles PalliserLe grand cahier by Ágota Kristóf
Best Unappreciated Books
4,356 books — 2,199 voters

This Book Is Full of Spiders by David WongThe Library at Mount Char by Scott HawkinsThe Goldfinch by Donna TarttThe Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet by David MitchellA Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman
Best Books of the Decade: 2010s
7,686 books — 14,156 voters
The Name of the Rose by Umberto EcoThe Quincunx by Charles PalliserThe Wolf and the Watchman by Niklas Natt och DagThe Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz ZafónThe Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield
Best Historical Mystery
2,068 books — 4,530 voters

The Drunken Botanist by Amy StewartThe Hidden Life of Trees by Peter Wohlleben
Nonfiction Books about Plants
416 books — 141 voters
We, the Drowned by Carsten JensenWho Was Changed and Who Was Dead by Barbara ComynsLittle Hands Clapping by Dan RhodesThe Boy Detective Fails by Joe MenoThe Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey
Beautiful Book Cover Design
911 books — 260 voters

Crime and Punishment by Fyodor DostoevskyThe Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor DostoevskyAnna Karenina by Leo TolstoyLolita by Vladimir NabokovДом, в котором... by Mariam Petrosyan
Best Russian Literature
512 books — 2,278 voters
Дом, в котором... by Mariam PetrosyanКысь by Tatyana TolstayaЛавр by Eugene VodolazkinПетровы в гриппе и вокруг него by Aleksei Salnikov
Best Modern Russian (1991-current) Literature
104 books — 51 voters

One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García MárquezI Served the King of England by Bohumil HrabalThe Hearing Trumpet by Leonora CarringtonThe War of the End of the World by Mario Vargas LlosaEverything is Illuminated by Jonathan Safran Foer
Favorite Magical Realism Novels
1,304 books — 4,515 voters
Le grand cahier by Ágota KristófThe Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield
Best Books About Twins
454 books — 363 voters

Les Chants de Maldoror by Comte de LautréamontAnd the Ass Saw the Angel by Nick Cave
The Gospel Of Filth
116 books — 12 voters
1984 by George OrwellThe Slynx by Tatyana TolstayaBrave New World by Aldous HuxleyFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood
Dystopia!
1,218 books — 2,752 voters

Le grand cahier by Ágota Kristóf1984 by George OrwellLord of the Flies by William GoldingThe Wolf and the Watchman by Niklas Natt och DagThe Collector by John Fowles
The Most Disturbing Books Ever Written
3,191 books — 11,286 voters
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis StevensonThe Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
The literature behind Penny Dreadful
4 books — 3 voters

Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky1984 by George OrwellThe Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor DostoevskyAnna Karenina by Leo TolstoyThe Trial by Franz Kafka
Best Books Ever
76,035 books — 282,461 voters