Big Books of 2026

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Chris Kemnitzer (32 Lists)



Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace
Size Doesn't Matter - The Long and Large Classics of Literature
304 books — 399 voters
The Buried Giant by Kazuo Ishiguro
Anticipated 2015 Literary Fiction
195 books — 545 voters

Kon-Tiki by Thor Heyerdahl
Oceans, Water, Ice
715 books — 171 voters
The House of the Scorpion by Nancy FarmerCity of the Beasts by Isabel Allende1984 by George Orwell
Best Books for Teen Boys
1,430 books — 1,552 voters

The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman
Children's books I wish I read as a kid
498 books — 261 voters
Animal Farm by George OrwellThe Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-ExupéryAtlas Shrugged by Ayn RandInto the Wild by Jon Krakauer
Books that Changed the Way You View Life
10,487 books — 5,733 voters

The Way of the Bodhisattva by Śāntideva
A Buddhist Reading List
905 books — 1,179 voters
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. RowlingA Storm of Swords by George R.R. Martin
Books With a Goodreads Average Rating of 4.5 and above and With At Least 100 Ratings
1,945 books — 2,688 voters

Dune by Frank Herbert1984 by George OrwellDo Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick
Best Science Fiction
3,650 books — 6,961 voters
Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand
Thickest Books Ever
889 books — 2,489 voters

A Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin
Best Series
3,352 books — 9,427 voters
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea by Jules VerneKon-Tiki by Thor HeyerdahlThe Old Man and the Sea by Ernest HemingwayLife of Pi by Yann Martel
Nautical Tales
746 books — 399 voters

A Sand County Almanac and Sketches Here and There by Aldo LeopoldDesert Solitaire by Edward AbbeyNever Cry Wolf by Farley Mowat
Best Environmental Books
1,072 books — 1,201 voters
The Call of the Wild by Jack LondonAnimal Farm by George Orwell
Most influential books under 100 pages
250 books — 922 voters

Life of Pi by Yann MartelThe Road by Cormac McCarthy
Best Books of the 21st Century
9,835 books — 21,937 voters
The Backyard Homestead by Carleen Madigan
100+ Best Permaculture & Homesteading Books: The Ultimate Reading List for Sustainable Living
197 books — 150 voters

The Backyard Homestead by Carleen Madigan
Best Sustainability Nonfiction
401 books — 295 voters
Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace
(good!) Hipster Literature
132 books — 247 voters

A Sand County Almanac and Sketches Here and There by Aldo LeopoldNever Cry Wolf by Farley Mowat
Some Great Books on Nature
255 books — 146 voters
Catch-22 by Joseph Heller
Funniest Novels of All Time
1,407 books — 2,259 voters

The Art of Simple Food by Alice Waters
Best Cookbooks
1,439 books — 1,106 voters
Infinite Jest by David Foster WallaceUlysses by James JoyceThus Spoke Zarathustra by Friedrich NietzscheGravity’s Rainbow by Thomas Pynchon
Pompous Books to Read in Public
307 books — 153 voters

Into the Wild by Jon KrakauerThe Call of the Wild by Jack LondonThe Road by Cormac McCarthy
Essential Man's Library
327 books — 123 voters
Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer
Best Biographies
1,658 books — 2,939 voters

King Solomon's Mines by H. Rider HaggardInto Thin Air by Jon KrakauerInto the Wild by Jon KrakauerKon-Tiki by Thor Heyerdahl
Tales of Adventure
513 books — 474 voters
Watchmen by Alan MooreV for Vendetta by Alan Moore
500 Essential Graphic Novels
939 books — 863 voters

The Road by Cormac McCarthy
This Is the End...
998 books — 1,593 voters
1984 by George OrwellBrave New World by Aldous HuxleyThe Road by Cormac McCarthyDo Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. DickV for Vendetta by Alan Moore
Best Dystopian Originals
98 books — 103 voters


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