Big Books of 2026

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Alex (12 Lists)



1984 by George OrwellThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerIt by Stephen King
Books you have read more than one time
12,534 books — 7,782 voters
Snow Crash by Neal StephensonThe Stars My Destination by Alfred BesterThe Three-Body Problem by Liu CixinDune by Frank Herbert1984 by George Orwell
Best Science Fiction
3,651 books — 6,978 voters

1984 by George OrwellThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienDune by Frank Herbert
The Book Was Better Than the Movie
1,561 books — 18,689 voters
The Selfish Gene by Richard Dawkins
Best Non-Fiction (no biographies)
6,227 books — 8,061 voters

The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienOne Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken Kesey
The MOVIE was BETTER than the BOOK
1,134 books — 10,101 voters
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldLord of the Flies by William GoldingAtlas Shrugged by Ayn RandStranger in a Strange Land by Robert A. HeinleinFear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S. Thompson
Most Overrated Books
738 books — 666 voters

The Celestine Prophecy by James Redfield
The Worst Books of All Time
8,104 books — 19,874 voters
1984 by George OrwellBreakfast of Champions by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch by Philip K. DickThe Three-Body Problem by Liu CixinDune by Frank Herbert
Best Science Fiction & Fantasy Books
8,351 books — 24,667 voters

The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch by Philip K. DickNotes from Underground by Fyodor DostoevskyAmerican Psycho by Bret Easton EllisAgapē Agape by William GaddisSlapstick, or Lonesome No More! by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
Sonemic / Rate Your Music: Favorite Books
1,054 books — 182 voters
Finnegans Wake by James Joyce
Most Difficult Novels
588 books — 2,043 voters

Ulysses by James JoyceThe Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienThe Holy Bible by AnonymousGravity’s Rainbow by Thomas PynchonInfinite Jest by David Foster Wallace
The Most Begun "Read but Unfinished" (Started) book ever
2,606 books — 13,136 voters
The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky1984 by George OrwellBreakfast of Champions by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
Best Books Ever
76,128 books — 283,073 voters