Big Books of 2026

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Imbunche (9 Lists)



Pride and Prejudice by Jane AustenDo Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. DickThe Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor DostoevskyDemons by Fyodor DostoevskyCatch-22 by Joseph Heller
Top 10 for the Reading Challengers
5,970 books — 4,191 voters
1984 by George OrwellThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienAlice’s Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis CarrollCrime and Punishment by Fyodor DostoevskyOne Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken Kesey
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
31,506 books — 119,959 voters

1984 by George OrwellThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerBrave New World by Aldous HuxleyOne Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken Kesey
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,807 books — 49,787 voters
Pride and Prejudice by Jane AustenCrime and Punishment by Fyodor DostoevskyThe Origin of Species by Charles DarwinThe Idiot by Fyodor DostoevskyThe Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
Best Books of the 19th Century
1,703 books — 6,873 voters

The Great Railway Bazaar by Paul TherouxThe Shadow of the Sun by Ryszard KapuścińskiTravels with Herodotus by Ryszard Kapuściński
Favorite Travel Books
2,022 books — 3,944 voters
The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienA Game of Thrones by George R.R. MartinThe Golden Compass by Philip PullmanThe Color of Magic by Terry PratchettThe Last Wish by Andrzej Sapkowski
Best Fantasy World
1,646 books — 1,988 voters

Ender’s Game by Orson Scott CardDune by Frank Herbert1984 by George OrwellBrave New World by Aldous HuxleyStranger in a Strange Land by Robert A. Heinlein
Best Science Fiction & Fantasy Books
8,351 books — 24,664 voters
His Dark Materials by Philip PullmanThe Silmarillion by J.R.R. TolkienThe Last Wish by Andrzej SapkowskiAbarat by Clive Barker
The Best Epic Fantasy (fiction)
4,208 books — 25,719 voters

The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor DostoevskyUlysses by James JoyceThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. Tolkien
Best Books Ever
76,110 books — 282,779 voters