Big Books of 2026

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Jeff (16 Lists)



The Tin Drum by Günter GrassThe Master and Margarita by Mikhail BulgakovDon Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes SaavedraThe Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsCandide by Voltaire
Greatest Satires of All Time
103 books — 236 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeePride and Prejudice by Jane AustenWuthering Heights by Emily BrontëFrankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft ShelleyLittle Women by Louisa May Alcott
Best Woman-Authored Books
8,282 books — 5,246 voters

The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsThe Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar WildeFear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S. ThompsonThe Ultimate Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
Books that Make you Laugh
3,501 books — 5,076 voters
Emma by Jane AustenFrankenstein or, The Modern Prometheus by Mary Wollstonecraft ShelleyThe Awakening by Kate Chopin
19th Century Novels by Female Writers
128 books — 59 voters

Othello by William Shakespeare
Goodreads Top 100 Stage Plays of All Time
415 books — 435 voters
Angels in America by Tony KushnerThe Last Temptation of Christ by Nikos KazantzakisTarzan of the Apes by Edgar Rice Burroughs
Best Banned, Censored, and Challenged Books
924 books — 2,376 voters

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey
Books with endings I honestly didn't see coming
673 books — 633 voters
Goodbye to All That by Robert Graves
Vintage Novels & Memoirs About World War I
80 books — 54 voters

The Tin Drum by Günter GrassGeronimo Rex by Barry HannahTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeePride and Prejudice by Jane Austen1984 by George Orwell
100 Books to Read in a Lifetime: Readers' Picks
15,438 books — 17,768 voters
The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz ZafónRebecca by Daphne du Maurier
Modern Gothic
713 books — 1,360 voters

Night by Elie WieselAll the President’s Men by Carl BernsteinThe Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca SklootHelter Skelter by Vincent Bugliosi
Best Non-Fiction (no biographies)
6,239 books — 8,069 voters
On Writing Well by William ZinsserA Room of One’s Own by Virginia WoolfBird by Bird by Anne LamottThe Elements of Style by William Strunk Jr.
Best Books on Writing
799 books — 1,328 voters

The Stand by Stephen KingThe Shining by Stephen KingMisery by Stephen KingCarrie by Stephen KingThe Dead Zone by Stephen King
Best of Stephen King
178 books — 3,875 voters
Catch-22 by Joseph HellerCrime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky
The Most Begun "Read but Unfinished" (Started) book ever
2,607 books — 13,151 voters

Oral History by Lee SmithTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee1984 by George OrwellThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,899 books — 49,792 voters
Watchmen by Alan MooreKingdom Come by Mark WaidV for Vendetta by Alan MooreBatman by Jeph Loeb
Best Superhero Graphic Novels
632 books — 437 voters