Big Books of 2026

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Marcus (13 Lists)



The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor DostoevskyCrime and Punishment by Fyodor DostoevskyThe Odyssey by Homer
Best Books Ever
76,079 books — 282,657 voters
The Gulag Archipelago by Aleksandr SolzhenitsynLolita by Vladimir NabokovA Clockwork Orange by Anthony BurgessChild of God by Cormac McCarthyBlood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West by Cormac McCarthy
The Most Disturbing Books Ever Written
3,191 books — 11,287 voters

Big Dog and Little Dog by Dav Pilkey
Polar Opposites
147 books — 24 voters
The Trouble with Physics by Lee SmolinThe Fabric of the Cosmos by Brian GreeneA Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson
Best Science Books - Non-Fiction Only
1,837 books — 3,600 voters

War and Peace by Leo TolstoyDon Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes SaavedraThe Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor DostoevskyAnna Karenina by Leo TolstoyMoby-Dick or, The Whale by Herman Melville
Big Fat Books Worth the Effort
1,874 books — 7,000 voters
Lolita by Vladimir NabokovFor Whom the Bell Tolls by Ernest HemingwayA Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,807 books — 49,789 voters

Catch-22 by Joseph HellerZen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance by Robert M. PirsigLove in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García Márquez
The Most Begun "Read but Unfinished" (Started) book ever
2,605 books — 13,134 voters
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark TwainMoby-Dick or, The Whale by Herman MelvilleAs I Lay Dying by William Faulkner
American Literature
519 books — 175 voters

Penrod by Booth TarkingtonThe Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsDon Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
Best Humorous Books
4,322 books — 7,862 voters
War and Peace by Leo TolstoyA Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess
Most Difficult Novels
588 books — 2,043 voters

Sartor Resartus by Thomas CarlyleThe Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark TwainAs I Lay Dying by William FaulknerA Farewell to Arms by Ernest HemingwayThe Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
The Five Books I Would Require If I Taught an English Literature Class
625 books — 2,753 voters
The Historian by Elizabeth KostovaThe Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael Pollan
Best Books of the Decade: 2000s
7,189 books — 28,380 voters

The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon
Thickest Books Ever
889 books — 2,489 voters