Big Books of 2026

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



The Stand by Stephen KingFahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury1984 by George OrwellStation Eleven by Emily St. John MandelReady Player One by Ernest Cline
Best Dystopian and Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
3,747 books — 25,986 voters
In the Lives of Puppets by T.J. KluneA Fever in the Heartland by Timothy EganThe Hexologists by Josiah BancroftThe Wager by David GrannThe Fragile Threads of Power by V.E. Schwab
Best Books of 2023
1,208 books — 1,840 voters

Dragons of Autumn Twilight by Margaret WeisDragons of Winter Night by Margaret WeisDragons of Spring Dawning by Margaret WeisThe Talisman by Stephen KingTime of the Twins by Margaret Weis
Best Fantasy of the 80s
343 books — 689 voters
Dragons of Autumn Twilight by Margaret WeisDragons of Winter Night by Margaret WeisDragons of Spring Dawning by Margaret WeisTime of the Twins by Margaret WeisWar of the Twins by Margaret Weis
The Best of Dragonlance
54 books — 102 voters

Dragons of Autumn Twilight by Margaret WeisMistborn by Brandon SandersonA Darker Shade of Magic by V.E. SchwabThe Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon
The Best Epic Fantasy (fiction)
4,206 books — 25,713 voters
The Road by Cormac McCarthyThe Alchemist by Paulo CoelhoJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
I Don't Understand All That Fuss
1,023 books — 2,564 voters

The Historian by Elizabeth KostovaAll the Light We Cannot See by Anthony DoerrSarah's Key by Tatiana de RosnayThe Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniThe Nightingale by Kristin Hannah
Best Historical Fiction
7,388 books — 25,576 voters
11/22/63 by Stephen KingThe Overstory by Richard PowersUnbroken by Laura HillenbrandReady Player One by Ernest ClineThe Martian by Andy Weir
Best Books of the Decade: 2010s
7,686 books — 14,157 voters

The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. SchwabProject Hail Mary by Andy WeirThe Midnight Library by Matt HaigThe Splendid and the Vile by Erik LarsonIn the Lives of Puppets by T.J. Klune
Best Books of the Decade: 2020's
2,924 books — 5,411 voters
Into the Wild by Jon KrakauerThe Last Season by Eric BlehmFinding Everett Ruess by David RobertsSavage Harvest by Carl HoffmanThe Lost City of Z by David Grann
What happened to them?
55 books — 46 voters

Into the Wild by Jon KrakauerA Walk in the Woods by Bill BrysonThe Sex Lives of Cannibals by J. Maarten TroostWild by Cheryl Strayed
Best Traveling Vicariously
2,121 books — 1,848 voters
The Stand by Stephen KingDifferent Seasons by Stephen King11/22/63 by Stephen KingIt by Stephen KingThe Institute by Stephen King
Best of Stephen King
178 books — 3,875 voters

The Overstory by Richard PowersThe Water Knife by Paolo BacigalupiThe Berenstain Bears Don't Pollute by Stan BerenstainThe Windup Girl by Paolo BacigalupiThe Monkey Wrench Gang by Edward Abbey
Best Fiction Books about the Environment and Sustainability
216 books — 200 voters