Big Books of 2026

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Charles Adkinson (14 Lists)



Replay by Ken GrimwoodThe Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey NiffeneggerSlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
Best Time Travel Fiction
1,954 books — 5,240 voters
Outliers by Malcolm GladwellFreakonomics by Steven D. LevittBlink by Malcolm GladwellThe Tipping Point by Malcolm GladwellQuiet by Susan Cain
Greatest Psychology Books
794 books — 1,332 voters

The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet by David MitchellThe Marriage Plot by Jeffrey Eugenides
From Fresh Air
105 books — 83 voters
Cloud Atlas by David MitchellThe Corrections by Jonathan FranzenThe Art of Fielding by Chad HarbachThe Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael Chabon
Goodreads 21st Century Literature Group - Most Important Books of the 21st Century
184 books — 215 voters

Straight Man by Richard Russo
Campus Days
400 books — 296 voters
The Corrections by Jonathan FranzenSophie's Choice by William StyronThe Centaur by John UpdikeThe Stories of John Cheever by John CheeverRabbit Is Rich by John Updike
National Book Award Winners
241 books — 204 voters

Wonder Boys by Michael ChabonThe Ice Storm by Rick MoodyThe Old Man and the Sea by Ernest HemingwayThinner by Richard BachmanKiss the Girls by James Patterson
I Only Watched the Movie!
1,222 books — 6,123 voters
Where I'm Calling From by Raymond CarverRevolutionary Road by Richard Yates
Best of Vintage Contemporaries
55 books — 38 voters

Rabbit at Rest by John UpdikeRabbit Is Rich by John UpdikeIndependence Day by Richard FordThe Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael ChabonOlive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout
Pulitzer Prize Winners-Fiction
99 books — 270 voters
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael ChabonProdigal Summer by Barbara Kingsolver
Best Books of 2000
605 books — 319 voters

Freedom by Jonathan FranzenA Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer EganThe Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet by David Mitchell
New York Times 100 Notable Books of 2010 (fiction and nonfiction)
100 books — 664 voters
The Yiddish Policemen's Union by Michael Chabon
New York Times 100 Notable Books of 2007 (fiction and nonfiction)
78 books — 60 voters

Brokeback Mountain by Annie ProulxThe Road by Cormac McCarthy
Best Manfiction
2,214 books — 554 voters
Middlesex by Jeffrey EugenidesThe Road by Cormac McCarthyThe Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael Chabon
Pulitzer Winners: Fiction & Novels
99 books — 952 voters