Big Books of 2026

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Bryan (8 Lists)



Revelation Space by Alastair ReynoldsRedemption Ark by Alastair ReynoldsChasm City by Alastair ReynoldsIlium by Dan Simmons
Best Space Opera of the 21st Century
289 books — 551 voters
The Stand by Stephen KingSlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.The Dog Stars by Peter Heller
Best Dystopian and Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
3,745 books — 25,982 voters

Revelation Space by Alastair Reynolds
Excellent Space Opera
1,013 books — 3,617 voters
All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria RemarqueThe Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsOne Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken KeseyThe Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark TwainSlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
31,459 books — 119,772 voters

Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. DickThe Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsAnathem by Neal StephensonCat’s Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
Best Science Fiction
3,650 books — 6,957 voters
Galileo's Dream by Kim Stanley RobinsonDrood by Dan SimmonsAn Instance of the Fingerpost by Iain PearsThe Confusion by Neal StephensonQuicksilver by Neal Stephenson
History through Novels: 1000-1899 Western Europe
434 books — 179 voters

Foucault’s Pendulum by Umberto Eco
Best Middle Ages Books
1,217 books — 1,697 voters
Little Big Man by Thomas BergerThe Thin Red Line by James JonesAn Instance of the Fingerpost by Iain PearsThe Alienist by Caleb Carr
Best Historical Fiction
7,387 books — 25,574 voters