Big Books of 2026

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Michael (10 Lists)



White Ivy by Susie YangTranscendent Kingdom by Yaa GyasiThe Night Watchman by Louise ErdrichThe Mirror & the Light by Hilary MantelDeacon King Kong by James McBride
Anticipated 2020 Literary Fiction
587 books — 1,240 voters
The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists by Robert TressellThe Bone Clocks by David MitchellThe Laughing Monsters by Denis JohnsonTitus Groan by Mervyn PeakeThe Elementary Particles by Michel Houellebecq
There Ought to be a Band
2,436 books — 1,105 voters

The Magus by John Fowles
Best Books Set In Greece
152 books — 201 voters
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldSlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.Lolita by Vladimir NabokovA Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
Best Books Ever
76,045 books — 282,503 voters

Unbroken by Laura HillenbrandThe Secret History by Donna TarttThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienFall of Giants by Ken Follett
Smart Summer Reads
12,612 books — 10,567 voters
The Fortress of Solitude by Jonathan LethemHalf of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Best Books of the 21st Century
9,835 books — 21,937 voters

Pale Fire by Vladimir NabokovThe Grapes of Wrath by John SteinbeckUlysses by James Joyce1984 by George OrwellOne Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,807 books — 49,787 voters
A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
Best Historical Fiction
7,388 books — 25,575 voters