Big Books of 2026

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



The Stranger by Albert Camus
Francophones
234 books — 44 voters
Thank You, Jeeves by P.G. WodehousePortnoy’s Complaint by Philip Roth
"Comedy" on The Guardian's "1000 Novels Everyone Must Read"
151 books — 104 voters

Mere Christianity by C.S. LewisThe Holy Bible by AnonymousOrthodoxy by G.K. Chesterton
Favorite Christian Books
1,901 books — 1,363 voters
And Then There Were None by Agatha ChristieThe Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha ChristieMurder on the Orient Express by Agatha ChristieThe Complete Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle
The Best British Crime/Mystery Fiction
1,209 books — 1,256 voters

Confessions by Augustine of Hippo
Must Read Memoirs
1,229 books — 803 voters
Animal Farm by George OrwellThe Communist Manifesto by Karl MarxThe Art of War by Sun TzuOedipus Rex by SophoclesThe Trial and Death of Socrates by Plato
Most influential books under 100 pages
250 books — 922 voters

Brave New World by Aldous HuxleyAnimal Farm by George OrwellPlato by PlatoL'Étranger by Albert CamusThe Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
Best Books To Frame Thinking
1,278 books — 1,419 voters
Please Kill Me by Legs McNeilThe Beatles by Bob Spitz
Best Non Fiction About Music
1,437 books — 1,340 voters

Ecclesiastical History of the English People by BedeThe History of the Kings of Britain by Geoffrey of MonmouthThe Waning of the Middle Ages by Johan HuizingaRichard III by William ShakespeareArthurian Romances by Chrétien de Troyes
Best Middle Ages Books
1,219 books — 1,699 voters
The Histories by HerodotusThe Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward GibbonHistory of the Peloponnesian War by ThucydidesThe Twelve Caesars by SuetoniusThe Gulag Archipelago 1918–1956 by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
Best History Books
3,698 books — 3,731 voters

Traité d'économie politique by Jean-Baptiste Say
Best Books of the Decade: 1800s.
103 books — 94 voters
Pride and Prejudice by Jane AustenAnimal Farm by George OrwellThe Holy Bible by AnonymousThe Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar WildeOne Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
31,465 books — 119,806 voters

The Holy Bible by AnonymousThe Complete Works by William ShakespeareDeclaration of Independence, Constitution of the United State... by Founding FathersThe Art of War by Sun Tzu
The Most Influential Books
1,479 books — 5,282 voters
Ficciones by Jorge Luis BorgesSwann’s Way by Marcel ProustOedipus Rex by Sophocles
100 Best Books of All Time: The World Library List
100 books — 1,710 voters

The Holy Bible by Anonymous
The Most Begun "Read but Unfinished" (Started) book ever
2,603 books — 13,133 voters
Pride and Prejudice by Jane AustenHamlet by William ShakespeareAnimal Farm by George OrwellThe Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar WildeWuthering Heights by Emily Brontë
The Five Books I Would Require If I Taught an English Literature Class
625 books — 2,754 voters

Pride and Prejudice by Jane AustenAnimal Farm by George OrwellWuthering Heights by Emily BrontëThe Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar WildeFicciones by Jorge Luis Borges
Best Books Ever
76,042 books — 282,482 voters
The Hunchback of Notre-Dame by Victor HugoThe Fall of the House of Usher by Edgar Allan PoeThe Red and the Black by StendhalThe Nose by Catherine CowanThe French Revolution by Thomas Carlyle
Best Books of the Decade: 1830s
244 books — 236 voters

Pride and Prejudice by Jane AustenEmma by Jane AustenThe Complete Grimm's Fairy Tales by Jacob Grimm
Best Books of the Decade: 1810s
141 books — 324 voters