Big Books of 2026

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Joy (265 Lists)



The Seventh Cross by Anna Seghers
Translated Books Project
585 books — 75 voters
The Seventh Cross by Anna Seghers
WW2: Many Perspectives
519 books — 230 voters

Animal Farm by George Orwell1984 by George OrwellThe Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
Government in Fiction
192 books — 55 voters
Under the Banner of Heaven by Jon KrakauerVisions of Glory by Barbara Grizzuti HarrisonThe Last Year of the War by Shirley Nelson
Small, Offbeat Religion Memoirs
245 books — 276 voters

Pride and Prejudice by Jane AustenRebecca by Daphne du MaurierA Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens1984 by George OrwellI Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith
Best Beginning of a Novel
148 books — 170 voters
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty SmithMcSorley's Wonderful Saloon by Joseph MitchellThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerThe Color of Water by James McBrideThe Great Bridge by David McCullough
I Love New York City
609 books — 355 voters

The Siege of Krishnapur by J.G. FarrellThe Towers of Trebizond by Rose MacaulayA High Wind in Jamaica by Richard Hughes
New York Review Books - Classics
531 books — 890 voters
Skippy Dies by Paul MurrayThe Uncommon Reader by Alan BennettSpies by Michael FraynI Don't Know How She Does It by Allison Pearson
Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize for Comic Writing
103 books — 29 voters

The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor DostoevskyMiddlemarch by George EliotThe Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov
Bucket List Books
272 books — 69 voters
1984 by George OrwellThe Swerve by Stephen GreenblattThe Killer Angels by Michael ShaaraTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeAll Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque
The Book Bucket "Top 10 Books" Challenge Compilation
1,082 books — 370 voters

The Sisters Brothers by Patrick deWittThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodOryx and Crake by Margaret AtwoodThe Year of the Flood by Margaret AtwoodA Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry
Canadian Fiction
1,039 books — 605 voters
A God in Ruins by Kate AtkinsonThe Shore by Sara TaylorThe Sympathizer by Viet Thanh Nguyen
Goodreads Picks For Tournament of Books 2016
283 books — 1,364 voters

Catch-22 by Joseph HellerBridget Jones’s Diary by Helen Fielding
Funniest Novels of All Time
1,418 books — 2,265 voters
Catch-22 by Joseph HellerThe Uncommon Reader by Alan BennettThe Towers of Trebizond by Rose MacaulayMr. Blandings Builds His Dream House by Eric HodginsA Time to Be Born by Dawn Powell
"Comedy" on The Guardian's "1000 Novels Everyone Must Read"
151 books — 104 voters

A Hole in the World by Richard RhodesAngela’s Ashes by Frank McCourt
Non-fiction Dysfunctional Families
74 books — 90 voters
All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria RemarqueA High Wind in Jamaica by Richard Hughes
Best Books of the Decade: 1920s
764 books — 1,133 voters

All God's Dangers by Theodore Rosengarten
Unfamous Real Life Heroes / Heroines
39 books — 25 voters
Here at The New Yorker by Brendan Gill
Books about The New Yorker Magazine
8 books — 4 voters

A Canticle for Leibowitz by Walter M. Miller Jr.Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
Fiction and Nonfiction about Banning/Banned Books
120 books — 88 voters
1984 by George OrwellTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeUncle Tom’s Cabin by Harriet Beecher StoweBrave New World by Aldous Huxley
Books that Were Most Ahead of their Time
26 books — 40 voters

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya AngelouThe Grapes of Wrath by John SteinbeckCatch-22 by Joseph HellerSlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.Gargantua and Pantagruel by François Rabelais
Forbidden books (now often considered classics)
136 books — 92 voters
Letters from the Earth by Mark TwainThe Gospel According to Jesus Christ by José Saramago
Notable Atheist Books
544 books — 938 voters

Blood and Thunder by Hampton SidesThe Wives of Los Alamos by TaraShea Nesbit
Books Set in New Mexico
626 books — 167 voters
All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque
A Heady Brew - Weimar Germany (1918-1933)
125 books — 33 voters

The Killer Angels by Michael ShaaraCold Mountain by Charles FrazierGettysburg by Stephen W. Sears
American Civil War Books (fiction and nonfiction)
450 books — 255 voters
1984 by George OrwellTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeAll Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria RemarqueHiroshima by John HerseyThe Killer Angels by Michael Shaara
Books that make you think.
1,116 books — 1,047 voters

The Swerve by Stephen Greenblatt1968 by Mark KurlanskyKepler's Witch by James A. ConnorThe Return of Martin Guerre by Natalie Zemon DavisThe Proud Tower by Barbara W. Tuchman
Microhistory: Social Histories of Just One Thing
1,825 books — 2,213 voters
Then We Came to the End by Joshua FerrisStone's Fall by Iain Pears
Novels about Business People
74 books — 25 voters

The Grapes of Wrath by John SteinbeckA Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith
Retro Reads
162 books — 132 voters
The Grapes of Wrath by John SteinbeckOf Mice and Men by John SteinbeckRebecca by Daphne du MaurierThe Good Earth by Pearl S. BuckFive Chinese Brothers by Claire Huchet Bishop
Best Books of the Decade: 1930s
904 books — 1,256 voters


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