Big Books of 2026

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Patrick Higgins (9 Lists)



The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki MurakamiHard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World by Haruki MurakamiNorwegian Wood by Haruki MurakamiColorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage by Haruki MurakamiDance Dance Dance by Haruki Murakami
Best Haruki Murakami Books
25 books — 838 voters
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken KeseyOne Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García MárquezTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeA Canticle for Leibowitz by Walter M. Miller Jr.
Best Books of the Decade: 1960s
1,356 books — 1,779 voters

The Power Broker by Robert A. CaroThe Stand by Stephen KingPlay It As It Lays by Joan DidionSong of Solomon by Toni MorrisonKindred by Octavia E. Butler
Best Books of the Decade: 1970s
1,946 books — 1,880 voters
Jimmy Corrigan by Chris WareWatchmen by Alan MooreThe Vision, Vol. 1 by Tom KingKingdom Come by Mark WaidX-Men by Chris Claremont
Graphic Novels that are Quality
1,103 books — 777 voters

Master of the Senate by Robert A. CaroThe Noonday Demon by Andrew SolomonMin kamp 1 by Karl Ove KnausgårdThe Road by Cormac McCarthy
Best Books of the Decade: 2000s
7,189 books — 28,379 voters
My Brilliant Friend by Elena FerranteThe Passage of Power by Robert A. CaroThe Son by Philipp MeyerThe Pale King by David Foster WallaceThe Story of a New Name by Elena Ferrante
Best Books of the Decade: 2010s
7,686 books — 14,160 voters

Blood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West by Cormac McCarthyOne Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García MárquezThe Sound and the Fury by William FaulknerThe Secret History by Donna TarttAs I Lay Dying by William Faulkner
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,807 books — 49,789 voters
The Power Broker by Robert A. CaroMaster of the Senate by Robert A. CaroThe Passage of Power by Robert A. CaroDays of Fire by Peter BakerThe Path to Power by Robert A. Caro
Best American History Books
2,118 books — 2,488 voters

The Fault in Our Stars by John GreenOrdinary People by Judith GuestFlowers for Algernon by Daniel KeyesHarry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. RowlingThe Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Díaz
Books That Made Me Cry
118 books — 56 voters