Big Books of 2026

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Bbrown (14 Lists)



One Hundred Shadows by Hwang Jungeun
Tilted Axis Press
52 books — 33 voters
The Tartar Steppe by Dino BuzzatiSolaris by Stanisław LemThe Name of the Rose by Umberto EcoThe Blind Owl by Sadegh HedayatThe Trial by Franz Kafka
Counterpunch: 100 Best Novels, in Translation, Since 1900
100 books — 28 voters

I Burn Paris by Bruno Jasieński
Twisted Spoon Press
66 books — 5 voters
The Cathedral of Mist by Paul WillemsMalpertuis by Jean Ray
Wakefield Press
81 books — 13 voters

The Cathedral of Mist by Paul WillemsInvisible Cities by Italo Calvino
Odd Architecture
117 books — 25 voters
Aniara by Harry Martinson
Nobel Laureates
660 books — 566 voters

The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley JacksonThe Elementals by Michael McDowellThe Turn of the Screw by Henry JamesHouse of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski
Haunted Houses
610 books — 613 voters
Memories of the Future by Sigizmund KrzhizhanovskyThe Slynx by Tatyana TolstayaHav by Jan MorrisPoem Strip by Dino BuzzatiA Month in the Country by J.L. Carr
New York Review Books - Classics
531 books — 890 voters

Memories of the Future by Sigizmund KrzhizhanovskyThe Slynx by Tatyana TolstayaWe by Yevgeny ZamyatinHeart of a Dog by Mikhail BulgakovCrime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Best Russian Literature
512 books — 2,276 voters
Hav by Jan MorrisThe Other City by Michal AjvazThe Melancholy of Resistance by László KrasznahorkaiPoem Strip by Dino BuzzatiThe Blind Owl by Sadegh Hedayat
Dreamscapes
109 books — 61 voters

The Other City by Michal AjvazA Planet for Rent by YossThe Golden Age by Michal Ajvaz
100 Must-Read Works of Speculative Fiction In Translation
100 books — 61 voters
The Slynx by Tatyana TolstayaThe Gray House by Mariam PetrosyanThe Other City by Michal AjvazA Planet for Rent by YossMemories of the Future by Sigizmund Krzhizhanovsky
Translated Speculative Fiction
382 books — 204 voters

Sword & Citadel by Gene WolfeShadow & Claw by Gene WolfeThe Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin
Literary Science Fiction
306 books — 231 voters
Shadow & Claw by Gene WolfeSword & Citadel by Gene Wolfe
Gollancz Fantasy Masterworks
66 books — 114 voters