Big Books of 2026

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



The Book of Negroes by Lawrence HillA Complicated Kindness by Miriam ToewsLullabies for Little Criminals by Heather O'NeillIn the Skin of a Lion by Michael Ondaatje
CBC Canada Reads Winners
21 books — 44 voters
August 1914 by Aleksandr SolzhenitsynThe Guns of August by Barbara W. TuchmanAll Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque
World War One Literature
224 books — 357 voters

The Sisters Brothers by Patrick deWitt
2012 Tournament of Books
16 books — 245 voters
Wolf Hall by Hilary MantelPerfume by Patrick SüskindThe Book of Negroes by Lawrence Hill
Best Historical Fiction Books that Are Actually Historical Fiction
2,510 books — 2,756 voters

A Complicated Kindness by Miriam Toews
Best Books with Rural Settings
1,137 books — 1,017 voters
Hit Men by Fredric DannenThe Trouser Press Record Guide by Ira A. Robbins
Best Non Fiction About Music
1,438 books — 1,342 voters

Salt by Mark KurlanskyThe Shock Doctrine by Naomi KleinNo Logo by Naomi Klein
Best Non-Fiction (no biographies)
6,227 books — 8,061 voters
Mulata de tal (Coleccion Archivos) by Miguel Ángel Asturias
Most Difficult Novels
588 books — 2,043 voters

Mulata de tal (Coleccion Archivos) by Miguel Ángel Asturias
Books Bordering on Unintelligible
12 books — 14 voters
Brave New World by Aldous HuxleyAnimal Farm by George OrwellPerfume by Patrick SüskindThe Trial by Franz KafkaFall on Your Knees by Ann-Marie MacDonald
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,807 books — 49,788 voters

Great Expectations by Charles DickensBrave New World by Aldous HuxleyAnimal Farm by George OrwellCrime and Punishment by Fyodor DostoevskyHeart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad
Classics Library
634 books — 522 voters