Big Books of 2026

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Kasper (19 Lists)



Præsten i Vejlby by Steen Steensen BlicherEnten-eller by Søren KierkegaardKongens fald by Johannes V. JensenDen lille havfrue by Hans Christian AndersenVed vejen by Herman Bang
Den Danske kulturkanon
11 books — 6 voters
The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerLolita by Vladimir NabokovFrankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft ShelleyTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler
The 100 best novels
100 books — 17 voters

And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie
100 Mysteries and Thrillers to Read in a Lifetime: Readers' Picks
2,206 books — 4,464 voters
And Then There Were None by Agatha ChristieMurder at the Vicarage by Agatha Christie
Best Agatha Christie Book
111 books — 1,374 voters

The Machine Stops by E.M. ForsterAn Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge by Ambrose Bierce
Best Short Stories of All Time
612 books — 388 voters
The Sound and the Fury by William FaulknerCrime and Punishment by Fyodor DostoevskyThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerAnna Karenina by Leo TolstoyThe Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Must Read Classics
1,861 books — 4,648 voters

The Lady with the Little Dog by Anton ChekhovDead as They Come by Ian McEwanAn Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge by Ambrose BierceThe Machine Stops by E.M. Forster
Single Short Story
775 books — 303 voters
Second Variety by Philip K. DickBreath's a Ware That Will Not Keep by Thomas F. Monteleone
Obscure but awesome science fiction and fantasy
89 books — 33 voters

Twelve Angry Men by Reginald RoseThe Shape of Things by Neil LaButeWho's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? by Edward AlbeeCat on a Hot Tin Roof by Tennessee Williams
Best American Plays
249 books — 366 voters
American Tabloid by James EllroyThe Big Sleep by Raymond ChandlerThe Maltese Falcon by Dashiell HammettThe Thin Man by Dashiell HammettWhite Jazz by James Ellroy
Best Hardboiled & Noir fiction
701 books — 879 voters

The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor DostoevskyThe Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan DoyleA Study in Scarlet by Arthur Conan DoyleEnder’s Game by Orson Scott CardFrankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
Best Audio Narration
1,519 books — 1,050 voters
The Sound and the Fury by William FaulknerThe Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor DostoevskyAtonement by Ian McEwanMrs. Dalloway by Virginia WoolfDoing It by Melvin Burgess
Polyphonic Novels
19 books — 15 voters

Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk
Unique Narrators
403 books — 347 voters
The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerDoing It by Melvin Burgess
Coming of Age Stories
732 books — 573 voters

Watchmen by Alan MooreDavid Boring by Daniel ClowesBlack Hole by Charles Burns
Best Graphic Novels
3,451 books — 6,766 voters
The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerAmerican Tabloid by James EllroyThe Big Sleep by Raymond ChandlerThe Maltese Falcon by Dashiell Hammett
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,807 books — 49,788 voters

The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor DostoevskyThe Turn of the Screw by Henry JamesAnna Karenina by Leo TolstoyWar and Peace by Leo TolstoyThe Idiot by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Best Books of the 19th Century
1,703 books — 6,872 voters
American Tabloid by James EllroyThe Big Sleep by Raymond ChandlerThe Maltese Falcon by Dashiell HammettThe Black Dahlia by James Ellroy
Best Crime & Mystery Books
7,306 books — 15,550 voters

American Tabloid by James EllroyThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
Books That Should Be Made Into Movies
32,215 books — 68,204 voters