Big Books of 2026

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Sam (11 Lists)



Crossroads by Jonathan Franzen
Anticipated 2021 Literary Fiction
446 books — 588 voters
Everything Ravaged, Everything Burned by Wells TowerCivilWarLand in Bad Decline by George SaundersJesus’ Son by Denis JohnsonTenth of December by George SaundersPastoralia by George Saunders
Contemporary Short Story Collections
551 books — 335 voters

Hard Rain Falling by Don CarpenterStoner by John WilliamsButcher's Crossing by John WilliamsThe Book of Ebenezer Le Page by G.B. EdwardsWarlock by Oakley Hall
New York Review Books - Classics
531 books — 890 voters
Blood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West by Cormac McCarthyAll the Pretty Horses by Cormac McCarthyThe Son by Philipp MeyerWarlock by Oakley HallTrue Grit by Charles Portis
Literary Westerns
283 books — 386 voters

Infinite Jest by David Foster WallaceBlood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West by Cormac McCarthyMoby-Dick or, The Whale by Herman MelvilleEast of Eden by John SteinbeckBeloved by Toni Morrison
The Great American Novel
670 books — 1,090 voters
The Corrections by Jonathan FranzenA Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer EganThe Road by Cormac McCarthyThe Pale King by David Foster Wallace2666 by Roberto Bolaño
Goodreads 21st Century Literature Group - Most Important Books of the 21st Century
184 books — 215 voters

Blood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West by Cormac McCarthy
The Best Use of Stylistic Language (best form/language)
560 books — 544 voters
Morte D'Urban by J.F. PowersMonsignor Quixote by Graham GreeneThe Power and the Glory by Graham Greene
Novels and Short Stories about Priests
193 books — 29 voters

Fleishman Is in Trouble by Taffy Brodesser-AknerThe Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead
2020 Tournament of Books Long List
62 books — 55 voters
Fat City by Leonard Gardner
Best Books on Boxing and Boxers
207 books — 109 voters

White Noise by Don DeLilloUnderworld by Don DeLilloLibra by Don DeLilloEnd Zone by Don DeLilloMao II by Don DeLillo
Don DeLillo ranked
18 books — 79 voters