Big Books of 2026

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Nick Schroeder (13 Lists)



Wingshooters by Nina RevoyrThe Driftless Area by Tom DruryThe Art of Fielding by Chad HarbachA Reliable Wife by Robert GoolrickDriftless by David Rhodes
Books Set in Wisconsin
400 books — 168 voters
Stoner by John WilliamsA Month in the Country by J.L. CarrThe Dud Avocado by Elaine DundyThe Invention of Morel by Adolfo Bioy CasaresThe Inverted World by Christopher Priest
New York Review Books - Classics
532 books — 891 voters

Moon Tiger by Penelope LivelyHotel du Lac by Anita Brookner
Booker Prize Winners
61 books — 1,990 voters
Moon Tiger by Penelope LivelyHotel du Lac by Anita BrooknerThe Sea by John BanvilleThe English Patient by Michael Ondaatje
Man Booker Prize Winners
53 books — 35 voters

Island by Alasta MacLeodNo Great Mischief by Alistair MacLeodThe Tenderness of Wolves by Stef PenneyIn the Skin of a Lion by Michael Ondaatje
Oh, Canada!
1,337 books — 503 voters
A Month in the Country by J.L. Carr
Non-Winners of the Man Booker
274 books — 244 voters

Stoner by John WilliamsBlue Angel by Francine ProseMoo by Jane Smiley
Favorite Novels About Professors or Academics
498 books — 606 voters
To Know A Woman by Amos OzThe Journey of Ibn Fattouma by Naguib MahfouzSchool for Love by Olivia ManningPanther in the Basement by Amos Oz
Best Middle East Fiction
433 books — 473 voters

Short Girls by Bich Minh NguyenBalzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress by Dai Sijie
Feet!
518 books — 309 voters
The Golden Notebook by Doris Lessing
Best Feminist Fiction
1,499 books — 2,672 voters

Stoner by John WilliamsThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakFranny and Zooey by J.D. SalingerThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienThe Samurai's Garden by Gail Tsukiyama
Read Them Twice...At Least
13,948 books — 11,478 voters
Short Girls by Bich Minh NguyenStoner by John Williams
Best Book Cover Art
12,378 books — 7,093 voters

Stoner by John WilliamsSilence In October by Jens Christian Grøndahl
Best Books Ever
76,694 books — 285,183 voters