Big Books of 2026

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by John (9 Lists)



Pandora's Star by Peter F. HamiltonJudas Unchained by Peter F. Hamilton2010 by Arthur C. ClarkeThe Mote in God's Eye by Larry NivenThe Caves of Steel by Isaac Asimov
best hard science fiction
392 books — 719 voters
Railsea by China Miéville2312 by Kim Stanley RobinsonThe Wind Through the Keyhole by Stephen KingBlue Remembered Earth by Alastair Reynolds
Science Fiction & Fantasy Titles for 2012!
651 books — 1,423 voters

Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth StroutJonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna ClarkeThe Yiddish Policemen's Union by Michael ChabonThe Road by Cormac McCarthyThen We Came to the End by Joshua Ferris
Best Books of the 21st Century
9,835 books — 21,937 voters
The City & the City by China MiévilleAnathem by Neal StephensonThe Road by Cormac McCarthyThe Yiddish Policemen's Union by Michael ChabonOryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood
Best Science Fiction of the 21st Century
1,208 books — 8,952 voters

The City & the City by China MiévilleThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood
Arthur C. Clarke Award Winners
37 books — 94 voters
The City & The City by China Miéville
Best Outside-the-box Speculative Fiction
883 books — 486 voters

Room by Emma Donoghue
Not the Booker Prize 2010
86 books — 179 voters
1984 by George OrwellThe Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams2001 by Arthur C. ClarkeA Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess
Best SF Books that weren't Nominated for Hugo or Nebula
168 books — 291 voters

The Year of the Flood by Margaret Atwood
New York Times 100 Notable Books of 2009 (fiction and nonfiction)
100 books — 118 voters