Big Books of 2026

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Matt (19 Lists)



On the Map by Simon GarfieldA History of the World in 12 Maps by Jerry Brotton
Cartography: Maps
184 books — 85 voters
The Sirens of Titan by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.The Restaurant at the End of the Universe by Douglas Adams
Best Comedic Science Ficttion Books
611 books — 1,187 voters

The Sound and the Fury by William FaulknerA Farewell to Arms by Ernest HemingwayCatch-22 by Joseph HellerThe Plague by Albert Camus
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,899 books — 49,788 voters
The War That Ended Peace by Margaret MacMillanThe Sleepwalkers by Christopher ClarkTo End All Wars by Adam Hochschild
New & Upcoming Books about the First World War
102 books — 86 voters

The Origin of Species by Charles DarwinThe Communist Manifesto by Karl Marx
The Most Influential Books
1,461 books — 5,286 voters
The War of the Worlds by H.G. WellsThe Sirens of Titan by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.Second Foundation by Isaac AsimovUbik by Philip K. Dick2001 by Arthur C. Clarke
Best Science Fiction & Fantasy Books
8,485 books — 24,760 voters

The Cosmic Landscape by Leonard Susskind
Best General Science Books
583 books — 489 voters
Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.Breakfast of Champions by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.The Sound and the Fury by William FaulknerInfinite Jest by David Foster WallaceGravity’s Rainbow by Thomas Pynchon
Best Experimental Books Ever
1,107 books — 1,718 voters

The First World War by John KeeganRetribution by Max HastingsStrategy by B.H. Liddell HartMemoirs of General W.T. Sherman by William T. ShermanA History of Warfare by John Keegan
Best Non-fiction War Books
2,147 books — 2,419 voters
1984 by George OrwellAnimal Farm by George OrwellBrave New World by Aldous HuxleyA Clockwork Orange by Anthony BurgessThe War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells
This Is the End...
995 books — 1,592 voters

Catch-22 by Joseph HellerAnimal Farm by George OrwellSlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.1984 by George OrwellThe Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
31,759 books — 120,837 voters
Forrest Gump by Winston GroomJumanji by Chris Van AllsburgCatch Me If You Can by Frank W. AbagnaleThe Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank BaumThe Notebook by Nicholas Sparks
I Only Watched the Movie!
1,221 books — 6,121 voters

The First World War by John Keegan
Best Non-Fiction (no biographies)
6,239 books — 8,069 voters
Catch-22 by Joseph HellerBreakfast of Champions by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.The Restaurant at the End of the Universe by Douglas AdamsOur Dumb Century by Scott Dikkers
Best Humorous Books
4,347 books — 7,949 voters

The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienThe Ultimate Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
Big Fat Books Worth the Effort
1,873 books — 6,998 voters
The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne
Disappointing Books
2,732 books — 4,602 voters

1984 by George Orwell
Best Dystopian and Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
3,766 books — 26,023 voters
Moby-Dick or, The Whale by Herman MelvilleThings Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe
The Most Begun "Read but Unfinished" (Started) book ever
2,605 books — 13,149 voters

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingHarry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. RowlingEragon by Christopher PaoliniHarry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. RowlingHarry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling
Books I Have No Intention of Reading
1,638 books — 5,989 voters