Big Books of 2026

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Phoebe Meyer (18 Lists)



The Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldPride and Prejudice by Jane AustenNineteen Eighty-Four by George OrwellJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëLolita by Vladimir Nabokov
Popular Penguins
200 books — 102 voters
After the Quake by Haruki MurakamiKafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami
Best Japanese Books
771 books — 3,248 voters

The Four Books by Yan LiankeServe the People! by Yan LiankeMarrow by Yan Lianke
Fiction from the Chinese Mainland
131 books — 136 voters
The Four Books by Yan LiankeServe the People! by Yan Lianke
Modern Chinese Literature
80 books — 37 voters

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Best Books of the Decade: 1920s
764 books — 1,132 voters
The Red Pony by John SteinbeckOf Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
Best Books of the Decade: 1930s
904 books — 1,255 voters

1984 by George OrwellAnimal Farm by George OrwellThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankHiroshima by John Hersey
Best Books of the Decade: 1940s
819 books — 1,143 voters
Lord of the Flies by William GoldingFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyLolita by Vladimir Nabokov
Best Books of the Decade: 1950s
1,181 books — 1,507 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeCatch-22 by Joseph HellerOne Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
Best Books of the Decade: 1960s
1,356 books — 1,777 voters
Bridget Jones’s Diary by Helen FieldingThe Secret History by Donna TarttThe Bad Beginning by Lemony SnicketSnow Falling on Cedars by David GutersonThe God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy
Best Books of the Decade: 1990s
3,129 books — 3,677 voters

The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodThe Color Purple by Alice WalkerMatilda by Roald DahlLove in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García MárquezThe Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
Best Books of the Decade: 1980s
2,257 books — 2,433 voters
The Book Thief by Markus ZusakThe Road by Cormac McCarthyThe Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark HaddonAtonement by Ian McEwanLooking for Alaska by John Green
Best Books of the Decade: 2000s
7,189 books — 28,379 voters

Ready Player One by Ernest ClineAll the Light We Cannot See by Anthony DoerrThe Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman1Q84 by Haruki MurakamiThe Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion
Best Books of the Decade: 2010s
7,686 books — 14,167 voters
1984 by George OrwellAnimal Farm by George OrwellLord of the Flies by William GoldingHiroshima by John HerseyThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
Books that Changed the Way You View Life
10,492 books — 5,743 voters

All That I Am by Anna FunderThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakSchindler’s List by Thomas KeneallyJasper Jones by Craig SilveyThe Slap by Christos Tsiolkas
Best Modern Australian Literature
562 books — 669 voters
1984 by George OrwellThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldAnimal Farm by George OrwellFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyThe Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,807 books — 49,791 voters

Atonement by Ian McEwanAll the Light We Cannot See by Anthony DoerrMemoirs of a Geisha by Arthur GoldenThe Book Thief by Markus Zusak
Best Historical Fiction
7,405 books — 25,585 voters
Great Expectations by Charles DickensMatilda by Roald DahlBrave New World by Aldous HuxleyThe Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John Boyne1984 by George Orwell
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
31,537 books — 120,054 voters