Big Books of 2026

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Brady (15 Lists)



The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki MurakamiHard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World by Haruki Murakami1Q84 by Haruki Murakami
Magical Realism
442 books — 639 voters
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki MurakamiHard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World by Haruki MurakamiA Wild Sheep Chase by Haruki Murakami
Best Haruki Murakami Books
25 books — 840 voters

The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki MurakamiKafka on the Shore by Haruki MurakamiThe Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov
Favorite Magical Realism Novels
1,304 books — 4,519 voters
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki MurakamiLolita by Vladimir Nabokov
Let's Shake It Up A Bit
961 books — 570 voters

The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien
Best Books on Vietnam
210 books — 175 voters
The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara KingsolverThe Ultimate Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsEnder’s Game by Orson Scott CardAtlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,807 books — 49,785 voters

The Monster of Florence by Douglas Preston
Best True Crime
1,329 books — 1,886 voters
Z for Zachariah by Robert C. O'Brien
Best Known Unfinished Novels/Series
62 books — 81 voters

Ender’s Game by Orson Scott CardThe Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón
Books that scored a five by me
9,439 books — 2,369 voters
Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale HurstonThe Road by Cormac McCarthy
The Best Use of Stylistic Language (best form/language)
560 books — 544 voters

The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón
Best Historical Fiction
7,406 books — 25,586 voters
The Book of Mormon by Joseph Smith Jr.
Books You Can't Live Without
1,655 books — 1,184 voters

Ender’s Game by Orson Scott CardFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburySpeaker for the Dead by Orson Scott CardFoundation by Isaac Asimov
Best Science Fiction & Fantasy Books
8,351 books — 24,669 voters
Ender’s Game by Orson Scott CardTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Best Books Ever
76,167 books — 283,198 voters

Sphere by Michael CrichtonTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeHigh Fidelity by Nick HornbyThe Da Vinci Code by Dan BrownHow the Grinch Stole Christmas! by Dr. Seuss
The Book Was Better Than the Movie
1,561 books — 18,687 voters