Big Books of 2026

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Wordsmith (5 Lists)



Lewi's Journey by Per Olov EnquistThe Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor DostoevskyThe Violent Bear It Away by Flannery O'ConnorA Prayer for Owen Meany by John IrvingThe Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne
Challenging Religious Fiction
205 books — 73 voters
The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankNight by Elie WieselMila 18 by Leon UrisExodus by Leon UrisUnder Total Eclipse We Will Tremble Like Birds Without Song by Lee Vidor
Best Holocaust Literature
112 books — 109 voters

The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Grapes of Wrath by John SteinbeckA Prayer for Owen Meany by John IrvingGone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
31,479 books — 119,907 voters
A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving
Best Books of 1989
378 books — 227 voters

The Loser by Thomas BernhardTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerLove in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García MárquezThe Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,807 books — 49,790 voters