Big Books of 2026

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Ryan Corbitt (12 Lists)



The Only Good Indians by Stephen Graham JonesDeath in Her Hands by Ottessa MoshfeghThe Glass Hotel by Emily St. John MandelAnxious People by Fredrik Backman
Anticipated 2020 Literary Fiction
587 books — 1,240 voters
Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf
The Most Begun "Read but Unfinished" (Started) book ever
2,605 books — 13,134 voters

Spring by Ali SmithWhite by Bret Easton Ellis
Best Books of 2019
1,389 books — 1,961 voters
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S. ThompsonThe Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsThe Stranger by Albert CamusSlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,807 books — 49,790 voters

American Psycho by Bret Easton EllisThe Wasp Factory by Iain BanksLess Than Zero by Bret Easton Ellis
The Most Disturbing Books Ever Written
3,191 books — 11,287 voters
The White Book by Han Kang
Man Booker International Prize: Eligible Books 2018
76 books — 59 voters

A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara
Book Riot's 100 Must-Read Books about Mental Illness
100 books — 47 voters
The Sense of an Ending by Julian BarnesThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldThe Old Man and the Sea by Ernest HemingwayAnimal Farm by George Orwell
50 Best short novels under 200 pages (Flavorwire)
55 books — 111 voters

A Little Life by Hanya YanagiharaReady Player One by Ernest ClineThe Sense of an Ending by Julian BarnesImagine Me Gone by Adam Haslett
Your Top 5 Reads in 2017
751 books — 361 voters
The Sense of an Ending by Julian BarnesImagine Me Gone by Adam HaslettA Little Life by Hanya YanagiharaA Long Way Down by Nick HornbySurvivor by Chuck Palahniuk
Best Books That Deal With Suicide
99 books — 105 voters

A Little Life by Hanya YanagiharaFlowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes
Books that punch life and happiness in the gut, and make the reader want to go to the nearest bridge over water and jump (but they don't, because that would be horrible)
234 books — 165 voters
The Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes
Best Literary Fiction of 21st Century
643 books — 278 voters