Big Books of 2026

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Aveline (13 Lists)



The Twelve Kingdoms by Fuyumi OnoThe Twelve Kingdoms by Fuyumi Ono
Chinese and Japanese Fantasy
309 books — 440 voters
The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodJonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna ClarkeWatchmen by Alan MooreThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakMiddlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides
Top 100 New Classics
262 books — 417 voters

The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienGone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellThe Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre DumasWar and Peace by Leo Tolstoy
Big Fat Books Worth the Effort
1,874 books — 6,997 voters
Twilight by Stephenie Meyer
Disappointing Books
2,735 books — 4,605 voters

The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis
The Best Epic Fantasy (fiction)
4,208 books — 25,723 voters
War and Peace by Leo TolstoyCrime and Punishment by Fyodor DostoevskyLolita by Vladimir NabokovCancer Ward by Aleksandr SolzhenitsynThe Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Best Russian Literature
512 books — 2,276 voters

Brave New World by Aldous HuxleyFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyLord of the Flies by William Golding
Best Dystopian and Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
3,749 books — 25,989 voters
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke
Best Fantasy Books of the 21st Century
3,057 books — 9,894 voters

Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
Best Historical Fiction
7,405 books — 25,585 voters
Gone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyThe House of Mirth by Edith WhartonBrave New World by Aldous Huxley
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,807 books — 49,790 voters

A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'EngleThe Outsiders by S.E. HintonTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. Tolkien
Best Young Adult Books
13,096 books — 80,178 voters
Gone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellCrime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Best Books Ever
76,123 books — 282,965 voters

Brave New World by Aldous HuxleyFahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury1984 by George OrwellDo Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. DickThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood
Best Science Fiction & Fantasy Books
8,351 books — 24,665 voters