Big Books of 2026

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Xavier (18 Lists)



The Name of the Wind by Patrick RothfussThe Way of Kings by Brandon SandersonWords of Radiance by Brandon SandersonBlood Song by Anthony RyanThe Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch
Best New Fantasy Novel
302 books — 788 voters
The Name of the Wind by Patrick RothfussThe Way of Kings by Brandon SandersonThe Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. TolkienMistborn by Brandon SandersonThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. Tolkien
The Most Popular Fantasy on Goodreads
670 books — 1,286 voters

A People’s History of the United States by Howard Zinn
History around the world (non fiction)
101 books — 18 voters
1984 by George OrwellThe Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienBrave New World by Aldous HuxleyCrime and Punishment by Fyodor DostoevskyThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. Tolkien
The Most Influential Books
1,461 books — 5,287 voters

The Name of the Wind by Patrick RothfussJ.R.R. Tolkien 4-Book Boxed Set by J.R.R. TolkienThe Way of Kings by Brandon SandersonMistborn by Brandon Sanderson
The Best Epic Fantasy (fiction)
4,232 books — 25,832 voters
The Name of the Wind by Patrick RothfussThe Wise Man's Fear by Patrick RothfussThe Way of Kings by Brandon SandersonWords of Radiance by Brandon SandersonMistborn by Brandon Sanderson
Best Fantasy Books of the 21st Century
3,062 books — 9,913 voters

The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins1984 by George OrwellFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyThe Handmaid's Tale by Margaret AtwoodThe Giver by Lois Lowry
Best Dystopian and Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
3,769 books — 26,024 voters
1984 by George OrwellThe Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsBrave New World by Aldous HuxleyThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodFahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
Best Dystopian Fiction of All Time
458 books — 1,292 voters

The Shock Doctrine by Naomi KleinThis Changes Everything by Naomi KleinCapital in the Twenty First Century by Thomas Piketty
Best Economics Books
451 books — 520 voters
And the Weak Suffer What They Must? Europe's Crisis and Amer... by Yanis Varoufakis
Corbynomics, New Economics & Anti-Austerity Theory
70 books — 24 voters

The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
Best Beach Reads 2013
2,203 books — 4,188 voters
Gone by Jennifer Mills
Best Modern Australian Literature
562 books — 671 voters

The Pillars of the Earth by Ken FollettThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienThe Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. TolkienThe Two Towers by J.R.R. Tolkien
What To Read Next
20,516 books — 24,382 voters
The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienThe Pillars of the Earth by Ken FollettThe Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz ZafónThe Name of the Rose by Umberto EcoOne Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
31,755 books — 120,807 voters

The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz ZafónThe Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonThe Da Vinci Code by Dan BrownThe Historian by Elizabeth KostovaThe Girl Who Played with Fire by Stieg Larsson
Best Books of the Decade: 2000s
7,187 books — 28,369 voters
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. LewisOne Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García MárquezThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. Tolkien
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,899 books — 49,793 voters

The Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. Tolkien
2012 Reading List! 100 books in One Year
67 books — 13 voters
World Without End by Ken FollettThe Valley of Horses by Jean M. AuelThe Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. LewisThe Da Vinci Code by Dan BrownOne Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez
Best Books Ever
76,706 books — 285,111 voters