Big Books of 2026

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Rich Gamble (7 Lists)



Rock Springs by Richard FordStory of My Life by Jay McInerneyWhere I'm Calling From by Raymond CarverSad Movies by Mark LindquistEscapes by Joy Williams
Best 80's Atlantic Monthly Press Fiction
28 books — 4 voters
Raise the Red Lantern by Su TongFebruary Flowers by Fan WuTwenty Fragments of a Ravenous Youth by Xiaolu GuoA Concise Chinese-English Dictionary for Lovers by Xiaolu GuoBig Breasts & Wide Hips by Mo Yan
Fiction from the Chinese Mainland
132 books — 137 voters

The Average American Male by Chad KultgenThe Long Goodbye by Raymond ChandlerThe Big Sleep by Raymond ChandlerOf Mice and Men by John SteinbeckLord of the Flies by William Golding
Best Manfiction
2,214 books — 553 voters
Bright Lights, Big City by Jay McInerneyAirships by Barry HannahSteps by Jerzy KosińskiFirst Love & other Sorrows by Harold BrodkeyRock Springs by Richard Ford
Best of Vintage Contemporaries
55 books — 38 voters

Prisoners of the Sun by HergéThe Secret of the Unicorn by HergéRed Rackham's Treasure by HergéCigars of the Pharaoh by HergéLe Lotus bleu by Hergé
Best Tintin books
36 books — 162 voters
Less Than Zero by Bret Easton EllisBright Lights, Big City by Jay McInerneyWhat We Talk About When We Talk About Love by Raymond CarverNorwegian Wood by Haruki MurakamiThe Bonfire of the Vanities by Tom Wolfe
Best Books of the Decade: 1980s
2,258 books — 2,433 voters

The Blue Lagoon by Henry de Vere StacpooleThe Beach by Alex GarlandLord of the Flies by William GoldingTreasure Island by Robert Louis StevensonTypee by Herman Melville
Desert Islands
129 books — 150 voters