Big Books of 2026

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Alisia Barringer (19 Lists)



To the Lighthouse by Virginia WoolfThe Years by Virginia WoolfThe Voyage Out by Virginia WoolfKew Gardens by Virginia WoolfThus Bad Begins [Paperback] [Feb 25, 2016] Javier Marøas by Javier Marías
Alisia's Remarkable Book List
100 books — 1 voter
Afar by Leila del DucaDiscovering the Mammoth by John J. McKayThe Man of Feeling by Javier MaríasThe Gone-Away World by Nick Harkaway
Short Cluster
4 books — 1 voter

Thus Bad Begins [Paperback] [Feb 25, 2016] Javier Marøas by Javier MaríasFrom Hell by Alan MooreCaptains of the Sands by Jorge AmadoThe Violent Land by Jorge AmadoBorne by Jeff Vandermeer
Alisia's Best Authors/ Books
44 books — 1 voter
Italian Folktales by Italo CalvinoHungarian Folktales by Vera KalmVictorian Fairy Tales by Michael NewtonThe Complete Fairy Tales by George MacDonaldThe Collected Sicilian Folk and Fairy Tales of Giuseppe Pitrè... by Giuseppe Pitrè
Folk/Fairy Tale Collection Hit List
123 books — 8 voters

The Wasp Factory by Iain Banks
Bleak List
101 books — 13 voters
Ice by Anna KavanThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodOryx and Crake by Margaret AtwoodHigh-Rise by J.G. BallardThe Drowned World by J.G. Ballard
Dystopian Hits
13 books — 2 voters

Preparation for the Next Life by Atticus LishWhite Teeth by Zadie Smith
Contemporary Fiction Stand Outs
38 books — 35 voters
The Collected Poems of Eugenio Montale, 1925-1977 by Eugenio MontaleThe New Arcadia by John KinsellaThe Collected Poems of Amy Clampitt by Amy Clampitt
Poetry Musts
4 books — 5 voters

The Storm & Other Poems by Eugenio MontaleThe Collected Poems of Amy Clampitt by Amy ClampittForbidden Fruit Selected Tales In Verse by Jean de la Fontaine
Obscure Books Forbidden Fruit
4 books — 2 voters
Children of the Arbat by Anatoly RybakovConquered City by Victor SergeMemoirs of a Revolutionary by Victor SergeUnforgiving Years by Victor SergeOblivion by Sergei Lebedev
Less Well Known Russian Classics
33 books — 3 voters

Roadside Picnic by Arkady StrugatskyHard to Be a God by Arkady StrugatskyThe Dead Mountaineer's Inn by Arkady StrugatskyMetro 2033 by Dmitry GlukhovskyMetro 2034 by Dmitry Glukhovsky
Russian Science Fiction/ Fantasy in English
34 books — 2 voters
Dream of Ding Village by Yan LiankeThe Four Books by Yan LiankeServe the People! by Yan LiankeShifu, You'll Do Anything for a Laugh by Mo YanThe Republic of Wine by Mo Yan
Contemporary Chinese Fiction
51 books — 8 voters

Collected Fiction by Hannu RajaniemiConservation of Shadows by Yoon Ha LeeNinefox Gambit by Yoon Ha LeeProxima by Stephen BaxterThe Three-Body Problem by Liu Cixin
Contemporary Sci Fi
43 books — 8 voters
The Spire by Simon SpurrierBatman Unwrapped by Scott SnyderV for Vendetta by Alan MooreWatchmen by Alan MooreFrom Hell by Alan Moore
Great Graphic Novels I Have Found
132 books — 4 voters

Hamzanama by Ghalib LakhnaviClassic Saratchandra Volume One by Sarat Chandra ChattopadhyayTilism E Hoshruba by Shahnaz AijazuddinHoshruba by Muhammad Husain JahThe Ramayana by Ramesh Menon
Classics from India in English
27 books — 5 voters
Helena by Machado de AssisEsau and Jacob by Machado de AssisThe Collected Stories of Machado de Assis by Machado de AssisA Chapter of Hats and Other Stories by Machado de AssisThe Wager by Machado de Assis
Portuguese Literature In English Translation
128 books — 13 voters

The Interrogation by J.M.G. Le ClézioDesert by J.M.G. Le ClézioThe Prospector by J.M.G. Le ClézioOnitsha by J.M.G. Le ClézioWandering Star by J.M.G. Le Clézio
French Literature in English Translation
95 books — 12 voters
Cat Country by Lao SheInvisible Planets by Ken LiuThe City Trilogy by Hsi-kuo ChangThe Three-Body Problem by Liu CixinStrange Tales from a Chinese Studio by Pu Songling
Chinese Science Fiction/Fantasy
7 books — 3 voters

The Centurions by Jean Lartéguy
Best War Novels
1,671 books — 1,388 voters