Big Books of 2026

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Diloshb (25 Lists)



The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre DumasKafka on the Shore by Haruki MurakamiThe Alchemist by Paulo Coelho1Q84 by Haruki Murakami
Favorite Translated Literature
1,029 books — 497 voters
The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre DumasFrankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
Best Books of the 19th Century
1,703 books — 6,873 voters

If I Had Your Face by Frances Cha
Asian-Authored Books in 2020
118 books — 126 voters
Please Look After Mom by Kyung-Sook ShinPachinko by Min Jin LeeThe Island of Sea Women by Lisa See
Fiction by Korean Authors and/or Containing Korean Characters
441 books — 440 voters

1Q84 by Haruki MurakamiKafka on the Shore by Haruki MurakamiColorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage by Haruki MurakamiMalice by Keigo HigashinoThe Travelling Cat Chronicles by Hiro Arikawa
Best Japanese Books
771 books — 3,248 voters
My Dark Vanessa by Kate Elizabeth Russell
Anticipated 2020 Literary Fiction
587 books — 1,240 voters

Becoming by Michelle ObamaLittle Fires Everywhere by Celeste NgThe Hate U Give by Angie ThomasThe Silent Patient by Alex MichaelidesBorn a Crime by Trevor Noah
What We've Read So Far in 2019
6,514 books — 637 voters
Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine by Gail HoneymanDaisy Jones & The Six by Taylor Jenkins ReidWhere the Crawdads Sing by Delia OwensEducated by Tara WestoverMy Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite
What We've Read So Far in 2020
5,746 books — 376 voters

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling
Best Books of the Decade: 1990s
3,130 books — 3,678 voters
The Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsThe Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniWater for Elephants by Sara Gruen
Best Books of the Decade: 2000s
7,189 books — 28,380 voters

The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry1984 by George Orwell
1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die
1,318 books — 5,839 voters
Kafka on the Shore by Haruki MurakamiColorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage by Haruki Murakami
Flavorwire's Contemporary Japanese Writers You Should Know
48 books — 90 voters

Mockingjay by Suzanne CollinsGone Girl by Gillian Flynn1Q84 by Haruki MurakamiColorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage by Haruki Murakami
Best Books of the Decade: 2010s
7,686 books — 14,156 voters
The Things They Carried by Tim O'BrienThe Crucible by Arthur MillerInto the Wild by Jon Krakauer
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,807 books — 49,785 voters

1Q84 by Haruki Murakami
Best Haruki Murakami Books
25 books — 838 voters
The Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsThe Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
Books that Blew Me Away and that I Still Think About
14,363 books — 14,589 voters

A Child Called "It" by Dave PelzerLord of the Flies by William GoldingThe Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsGone Girl by Gillian FlynnSharp Objects by Gillian Flynn
The Most Disturbing Books Ever Written
3,191 books — 11,286 voters
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerThe Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsThe Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark TwainLord of the Flies by William Golding
100 Books to Read in a Lifetime: Readers' Picks
15,160 books — 17,404 voters

Three Cups of Tea by Greg MortensonThe City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau
What To Read Next
20,182 books — 24,093 voters
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa SeeThe Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
Best Historical Fiction
7,387 books — 25,574 voters

The Angel Experiment by James PattersonPretties by Scott WesterfeldThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerDaughter of Smoke & Bone by Laini Taylor
Books That Should Be Made Into Movies
32,226 books — 68,018 voters
Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn
Female Psychological Thrillers/Suspense Written by Women
1,353 books — 3,338 voters

Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa SeeThe Kitchen God's Wife by Amy TanPeony in Love by Lisa SeeBalzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress by Dai Sijie
Best Novels That Take Place in China
414 books — 1,096 voters
A Child Called "It" by Dave PelzerSnow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See
I Cried When I Read This
1,014 books — 1,761 voters

The Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniThe Alchemist by Paulo CoelhoThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerLord of the Flies by William Golding
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
31,459 books — 119,771 voters