Big Books of 2026

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Robert (15 Lists)



1984 by George OrwellBrave New World by Aldous HuxleyFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyThe Handmaid's Tale by Margaret AtwoodAnimal Farm by George Orwell
Best Dystopian and Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
3,749 books — 25,989 voters
Copenhagen by Michael FraynArcadia by Tom Stoppard
Best Plays Ever
853 books — 1,129 voters

Castles of Steel by Robert K. MassieAbsolute Zero And The Conquest Of Cold by Tom ShachtmanThe Boys in the Boat by Daniel James BrownThe Invention of Air by Steven JohnsonThe Professor and the Madman by Simon Winchester
Microhistory: Social Histories of Just One Thing
1,825 books — 2,213 voters
Les Misérables by Victor HugoThe Trial and Death of Socrates by PlatoCandide by VoltaireIncognito by David EaglemanWhere Good Ideas Come From by Steven Johnson
Books That Are Companions For Life
30 books — 21 voters

Washington's Crossing by David Hackett FischerIncognito by David EaglemanPlutocrats by Chrystia FreelandPersonal Memoirs by Ulysses S. GrantCastles of Steel by Robert K. Massie
Best Non-Fiction (no biographies)
6,227 books — 8,061 voters
The Once and Future King by T.H. WhiteThe Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame
Best Books Ever
76,124 books — 283,037 voters

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark TwainThe Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-ExupérySmoky the Cow Horse by Will JamesCharlotte’s Web by E.B. White
Best Young Adult Books
13,096 books — 80,178 voters
The Maltese Falcon by Dashiell HammettRose by Martin Cruz SmithDecember 6 by Martin Cruz Smith
Thrillers
4,605 books — 5,598 voters

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank BaumThe Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-ExupéryAlice in Wonderland by Jane CarruthWinnie-the-Pooh by A.A. MilneCharlotte’s Web by E.B. White
Best Children's Fantasy
966 books — 1,109 voters
Castles of Steel by Robert K. MassieDreadnought by Robert K. MassieMayflower by Nathaniel PhilbrickBattle Cry of Freedom by James M. McPhersonNothing Like It in the World by Stephen E. Ambrose
History as Literature
727 books — 535 voters

Catherine the Great by Robert K. Massie
Best Russian History Books
550 books — 385 voters
Charlotte’s Web by E.B. WhiteLittle Women by Louisa May AlcottWhere the Wild Things Are by Maurice SendakLittle House in the Big Woods by Laura Ingalls WilderHeidi by Johanna Spyri
Favorite books from my childhood
4,420 books — 7,427 voters

Les Misérables by Victor HugoCandide by VoltaireBeowulf by UnknownThe Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank BaumFour Great Tragedies by William Shakespeare
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
31,537 books — 120,048 voters
Les Misérables by Victor Hugo
Thickest Books Ever
889 books — 2,489 voters

Dubliners by James JoyceA Fine Balance by Rohinton MistryCalvin and Hobbes by Bill WattersonMy Ántonia by Willa CatherOne Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,807 books — 49,791 voters