Big Books of 2026

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Andreas (11 Lists)



A Farewell to Arms by Ernest HemingwayTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeFor Whom the Bell Tolls by Ernest HemingwayBroken April by Ismail KadareThe General of the Dead Army by Ismail Kadare
Vintage Classics (Red Spine)
216 books — 75 voters
It Can’t Happen Here by Sinclair LewisOld Masters by Thomas BernhardGoodbye to All That by Robert GravesAnother Day of Life by Ryszard KapuścińskiThe Emperor by Ryszard Kapuściński
Penguin Modern Classics
411 books — 486 voters

De wereld van gisteren by Stefan ZweigAll Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria RemarqueDe døde by Christian KrachtThe Rings of Saturn by W.G. SebaldA Visit to Don Otavio by Sybille Bedford
Best German Authors
608 books — 704 voters
Catch-22 by Joseph HellerThe Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsThe Old Devils by Kingsley AmisSlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.Witch Grass by Raymond Queneau
Best Humorous Books
4,326 books — 7,864 voters

The Quiet American by Graham GreeneThe Heart of the Matter by Graham GreeneReflections by Graham GreeneThe Comedians by Graham GreeneBrighton Rock by Graham Greene
Best of Graham Greene
87 books — 15 voters
The Quiet American by Graham GreeneThe Heart of the Matter by Graham GreeneThe Comedians by Graham GreeneBrighton Rock by Graham GreeneOur Man in Havana by Graham Greene
Best Graham Greene novels
25 books — 205 voters

Dirty Snow by Georges SimenonThe Strangers in the House by Georges SimenonAct of Passion by Georges SimenonThe Man Who Watched Trains Go By by Georges SimenonThe Widow by Georges Simenon
Best Books of Georges Simenon
85 books — 59 voters
A Brief History of Seven Killings by Marlon JamesThe Old Devils by Kingsley AmisVernon God Little by D.B.C. PierreThe God of Small Things by Arundhati RoyMidnight’s Children by Salman Rushdie
Booker Prize Winners
60 books — 1,985 voters

Augustus by John WilliamsStoner by John WilliamsHard Rain Falling by Don CarpenterThe Old Devils by Kingsley AmisWitch Grass by Raymond Queneau
New York Review Books - Classics
531 books — 890 voters
American Pastoral by Philip RothI Married a Communist by Philip RothOperation Shylock by Philip RothZuckerman Unbound by Philip RothGoodbye, Columbus by Philip Roth
Best Philip Roth Books
32 books — 104 voters

The Basque History of the World by Mark KurlanskyNeither Here nor There by Bill BrysonA Savage War of Peace by Alistair HorneNo God But God by Reza AslanThe New Spaniards by John Hooper
Best Non-Fiction (no biographies)
6,227 books — 8,062 voters