Big Books of 2026

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Ben Hobden (9 Lists)



White Noise by Don DeLilloUnderworld by Don DeLilloPoint Omega by Don DeLilloCosmopolis by Don DeLilloThe Silence by Don DeLillo
Don DeLillo ranked
18 books — 80 voters
Against the Day by Thomas PynchonMason & Dixon by Thomas PynchonVineland by Thomas PynchonInherent Vice by Thomas PynchonGravity’s Rainbow by Thomas Pynchon
Ranking the works of Thomas Pynchon
10 books — 261 voters

Finnegans Wake by James JoyceGravity’s Rainbow by Thomas Pynchon
Most Difficult Novels
589 books — 2,043 voters
Infinite Jest by David Foster WallaceTenth of December by George SaundersThe Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot DíazBetween the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi CoatesTrain Dreams by Denis Johnson
The Millions Hall of Fame List
164 books — 24 voters

Domina by L.S. HiltonLincoln in the Bardo by George SaundersHuman Acts by Han KangAnd We're Off by Dana Schwartz
Most Anticipated Novels of 2017
179 books — 222 voters
The Crying of Lot 49 by Thomas Pynchon
Mysteries For Deep Thinkers
325 books — 193 voters

Cryptonomicon by Neal StephensonSlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
Sword and Laser Science Fiction list
1,104 books — 1,861 voters
Fast Food Nation by Eric SchlosserThe Tipping Point by Malcolm GladwellOutliers by Malcolm GladwellThe God Delusion by Richard Dawkins
Best Non-Fiction (no biographies)
6,239 books — 8,069 voters

The Selfish Gene by Richard DawkinsThe Elegant Universe by Brian GreeneSix Easy Pieces by Richard P. Feynman
Best Science Books - Non-Fiction Only
1,839 books — 3,601 voters