Big Books of 2026

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



To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeAnimal Farm by George OrwellThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakThe Giving Tree by Shel SilversteinGone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
Best Books Ever
76,081 books — 282,700 voters
The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey NiffeneggerChocolat by Joanne HarrisPractical Magic by Alice HoffmanJitterbug Perfume by Tom RobbinsEven Cowgirls Get the Blues by Tom Robbins
Favorite Magical Realism Novels
1,304 books — 4,515 voters

The Odyssey by HomerMythology by Edith HamiltonThe Iliad by HomerAmerican Gods by Neil GaimanThe Power of Myth by Joseph Campbell
Best Books About Mythology
1,395 books — 2,219 voters
The Changeling by Joy WilliamsAgainst Interpretation and Other Essays by Susan SontagHerzog by Saul BellowThe Assistant by Bernard Malamud
Donald Barthelme's 81 Books Essential for a Literary Education
98 books — 70 voters

Dead Witch Walking by Kim HarrisonThe Good, the Bad, and the Undead by Kim HarrisonEvery Which Way But Dead by Kim HarrisonBlood Price by Tanya HuffBlood Trail by Tanya Huff
Best Occult Detective Fiction
435 books — 344 voters
Bloodring by Faith HunterThe Reckoning by Kelley ArmstrongJovah's Angel by Sharon ShinnClub Dead by Charlaine HarrisAmerican Gods by Neil Gaiman
Books with Angels, Gods, or Demons
2,315 books — 3,419 voters

Hamlet by William ShakespeareThe Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey ChaucerThe Odyssey by HomerOutlander by Diana GabaldonJitterbug Perfume by Tom Robbins
Literary Smut
146 books — 108 voters
Romeo and Juliet by William ShakespeareA Tale of Two Cities by Charles DickensThe Old Man and the Sea by Ernest HemingwayMacbeth by William Shakespeare
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
31,479 books — 119,917 voters

1984 by George OrwellThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
David Bowie's Top 100 Must Read Books
100 books — 311 voters
1984 by George OrwellThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldAnimal Farm by George OrwellThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,807 books — 49,790 voters

Blood Price by Tanya HuffThe Onion Girl by Charles de LintKitty and the Midnight Hour by Carrie VaughnGuilty Pleasures by Laurell K. HamiltonBitten by Kelley Armstrong
The Best Urban Fantasy
4,404 books — 12,551 voters