Big Books of 2026

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Jen (24 Lists)



Inamorata by Joseph GangemiKick Me by Paul FeigSuperstud by Paul FeigLove Is a Mix Tape by Rob SheffieldKing Dork by Frank Portman
Best Books of the Decade: 2000s
7,189 books — 28,380 voters
Ramona Quimby, Age 8 by Beverly ClearySuperfudge by Judy BlumeThe Mouse and the Motorcycle by Beverly ClearyHow Spider Saved Valentine's Day by Robert KrausWhere the Sidewalk Ends by Shel Silverstein
What Book Got You Hooked?
3,837 books — 10,489 voters

Revolutionary Road by Richard Yates
Books that are being made into movies 2009
27 books — 65 voters
High Fidelity by Nick HornbyAbout a Boy by Nick HornbyTwelve Angry Men by Reginald Rose
Best Book to Screen Interpretation
579 books — 479 voters

The Grapes of Wrath by John SteinbeckWuthering Heights by Emily BrontëThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerThe Complete Tales and Poems by Edgar Allan PoeFrankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
Classics Library
634 books — 522 voters
The Grapes of Wrath by John SteinbeckThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerWuthering Heights by Emily BrontëThe Complete Stories and Poems by Edgar Allan PoeCannery Row by John Steinbeck
Best Required Reading
35 books — 20 voters

A Separate Peace by John KnowlesThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
Boarding School Stories
961 books — 1,016 voters
The Grapes of Wrath by John SteinbeckThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerWuthering Heights by Emily BrontëBrave New World by Aldous HuxleyTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Books on the Worst Books of All Time List That I Love
268 books — 891 voters

Like Water for Chocolate by Laura EsquivelMy Year of Meats by Ruth Ozeki
Food-Related Fiction
856 books — 602 voters
Dry by Augusten Burroughs
Substance Abuse & Addiction
717 books — 1,315 voters

How to Be Good by Nick HornbyOne Hundred and Forty Five Stories in a Small Box by Dave EggersPieces by Stephen ChboskyThe Bridge Across Forever by Richard BachIndependence Day by Richard Ford
Disappointing Books
2,735 books — 4,607 voters
The Wanting Seed by Anthony BurgessA Clockwork Orange by Anthony BurgessFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyBrave New World by Aldous Huxley
Best Dystopian Books
523 books — 1,029 voters

Hypocrite in a Pouffy White Dress by Susan Jane Gilman
Memoirs by Women
2,991 books — 3,020 voters
Crime and Punishment by Fyodor DostoevskyThe Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Best Russian Literature
512 books — 2,278 voters

Kick Me by Paul FeigSuperstud by Paul FeigRunning with Scissors by Augusten BurroughsDry by Augusten Burroughs
Memoirs by Men
1,698 books — 665 voters
A Clockwork Orange by Anthony BurgessA Father's Story by Lionel Dahmer
Books I Am Going to Hell For Reading
380 books — 412 voters

The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerWuthering Heights by Emily Brontë
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
31,461 books — 119,794 voters
Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Thickest Books Ever
889 books — 2,489 voters

Inamorata by Joseph GangemiRevolutionary Road by Richard YatesThe Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen ChboskyKick Me by Paul FeigSuperstud by Paul Feig
Light but not (too) dumb
845 books — 838 voters
Gulliver’s Travels by Jonathan SwiftThe Epic of Gilgamesh by AnonymousHamlet by William ShakespeareGreat Expectations by Charles DickensThings Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe
Read These In School - Would Have Preferred A Root Canal
466 books — 1,588 voters

Crime and Punishment by Fyodor DostoevskyWuthering Heights by Emily BrontëKick Me by Paul FeigThe Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
Best Books Ever
76,035 books — 282,449 voters
Thumbsucker by Walter Kirn
The Book Was Better Than the Movie
1,561 books — 18,691 voters

Gulliver’s Travels by Jonathan SwiftThe Bridge Across Forever by Richard BachThings Fall Apart by Chinua AchebeHow to Be Good by Nick Hornby
The Worst Books of All Time
8,104 books — 19,875 voters
The Grapes of Wrath by John SteinbeckRevolutionary Road by Richard YatesThe Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen ChboskyThe Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,807 books — 49,786 voters