Big Books of 2026

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Jacob (12 Lists)



The Metamorphosis by Franz KafkaThe Old Man and the Sea by Ernest HemingwayThe Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-ExupérySiddhartha by Hermann HesseCandide by Voltaire
World's Greatest Novellas
714 books — 1,442 voters
The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Best children's books EVER
2,094 books — 2,091 voters

Lord of the Flies by William GoldingEugene Onegin by Alexander Pushkin
Books you wish they would teach in high school
118 books — 208 voters
The Metamorphosis by Franz KafkaDubliners by James Joyce
Best Books of the Decade: 1910s
530 books — 775 voters

Dubliners by James JoyceThe Most Dangerous Game by Richard ConnellThe Gift of the Magi by O. HenryThe Complete Short Stories by Franz KafkaA Hunger Artist by Franz Kafka
Best Short Stories of All Time
612 books — 388 voters
Dubliners by James Joyce
Collections of Short Stories
2,895 books — 2,040 voters

Dubliners by James Joyce
Best Short Story Cycles
18 books — 14 voters
The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-ExupéryThe Trial by Franz KafkaCandide by VoltaireMetamorphosis by Franz Kafka
Favorite Translated Literature
1,029 books — 498 voters

Siddhartha by Hermann HesseThe Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-ExupéryThe Trial by Franz Kafka
Best Philosophical Literature
1,167 books — 2,725 voters
The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Best Books Ever
76,094 books — 282,860 voters

John Adams by David McCullough
Best History Books
3,701 books — 3,733 voters
Siddhartha by Hermann HesseLord of the Flies by William GoldingSteppenwolf by Hermann HesseThe Glass Bead Game by Hermann HesseDemian by Hermann Hesse
Nobel Laureates
660 books — 566 voters