Big Books of 2026

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Pamela (13 Lists)



The Devil All the Time by Donald Ray PollockA Good Man Is Hard to Find and Other Stories by Flannery O'ConnorThe Bottoms by Joe R. Lansdale
Country Noir
345 books — 310 voters
Swamplandia! by Karen RussellA Fine Dark Line by Joe R. Lansdale
Best Southern Literature
1,344 books — 2,573 voters

The Eyre Affair by Jasper FfordeLost in a Good Book by Jasper Fforde
Metafiction
442 books — 579 voters
Sleep Donation by Karen Russell
The Millions' Most Anticipated: The Great 2014 Book Preview
94 books — 402 voters

The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee1984 by George OrwellThe Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
100 Books to Read in a Lifetime: Readers' Picks
15,438 books — 17,765 voters
The Bell Jar by Sylvia PlathTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeAnimal Farm by George Orwell1984 by George Orwell
Best "REAL" Psychological Fiction
145 books — 241 voters

Get Shorty by Elmore Leonard52 Pickup by Elmore LeonardThe Getaway by Jim ThompsonThe Secret Agent by Joseph ConradTourist Season by Carl Hiaasen
"Crime" on The Guardian's "1000 Novels Everyone Must Read" List
148 books — 136 voters
Swamplandia! by Karen Russell
Deferred Gratification: 2011's Most Eagerly Awaited New Books
126 books — 377 voters

Misery by Stephen KingThe Silence of the Lambs by Thomas HarrisHeart-Shaped Box by Joe Hill
Best Horror Novels
2,087 books — 5,456 voters
Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha by Roddy DoyleCat’s Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.Night Shift by Stephen King
The Most Disturbing Books Ever Written
3,214 books — 11,341 voters

Macbeth by William ShakespeareGreat Expectations by Charles DickensFrankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft ShelleyStranger in a Strange Land by Robert A. HeinleinThe Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
31,758 books — 120,817 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldThe Grapes of Wrath by John SteinbeckOne Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,899 books — 49,792 voters

Wuthering Heights by Emily BrontëMystic River by Dennis LehaneTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Best Novels in Female Perspective
641 books — 420 voters