Big Books of 2026

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by James (18 Lists)



Gulab by Rohith S. KatbamnaThe Collected Regrets of Clover by Mikki BrammerThings We Left Behind by Lucy ScoreThe Book of Lost Things by John ConnollyThe Lover by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
What We've Read So Far in 2024
4,532 books — 234 voters
Gulab by Rohith S. KatbamnaThe Year of the Runaways by Sunjeev SahotaThe Beekeeper of Aleppo by Christy LefteriVeil of Roses by Laura FitzgeraldStrange Pilgrims by Gabriel García Márquez
Immigrant Experience Literature
1,011 books — 1,454 voters

Gulab by Rohith S. KatbamnaNo Country for Old Men by Cormac McCarthyAll the Ugly and Wonderful Things by Bryn GreenwoodThe Kind Worth Killing by Peter SwansonL.A. Requiem by Robert Crais
Best Noir of the 21st Century
243 books — 378 voters
Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor E. FranklThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankNumber the Stars by Lois LowryThe Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John Boyne
Well-Written Holocaust Books
893 books — 2,888 voters

Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor E. FranklInto the Wild by Jon KrakauerThe Autobiography of Malcolm X by Malcolm XThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankThe Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls
Best Memoir / Biography / Autobiography
5,858 books — 6,381 voters
Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor E. FranklNarrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass by Frederick DouglassWild Swans by Jung ChangA Long Way Gone by Ishmael BeahInto the Wild by Jon Krakauer
100 Biographies & Memoirs to Read in a Lifetime: Readers' Picks
1,876 books — 1,778 voters

The Hero with a Thousand Faces by Joseph CampbellModern Man in Search of a Soul by C.G. JungThe Metamorphosis by Franz KafkaCandide by VoltaireSiddhartha by Hermann Hesse
Myth, Meaning, and Experience
269 books — 92 voters
Man and His Symbols by C.G. JungThinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel KahnemanModern Man in Search of a Soul by C.G. JungEmotional Intelligence by Daniel GolemanInfluence by Robert B. Cialdini
Greatest Psychology Books
794 books — 1,333 voters

Modern Man in Search of a Soul by C.G. JungThe Odyssey by HomerGargantua and Pantagruel by François RabelaisThe Prince by Niccolò MachiavelliThus Spoke Zarathustra by Friedrich Nietzsche
The 100 Most Influential Books Ever Written
232 books — 354 voters
Down and Rising by Rohith S. KatbamnaThe Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien1984 by George OrwellThe Complete Works by William ShakespeareAnimal Farm by George Orwell
Best British and Irish Literature
1,172 books — 1,112 voters

Down and Rising by Rohith S. KatbamnaModern Man in Search of a Soul by C.G. JungMan's Search for Meaning by Viktor E. FranklWherever You Go, There You Are by Jon Kabat-ZinnThe Happiness Project by Gretchen Rubin
Inspiring Books
4,703 books — 3,418 voters
Down and Rising by Rohith S. KatbamnaLolita by Vladimir NabokovIn Cold Blood by Truman CapoteThe Metamorphosis by Franz KafkaBrave New World by Aldous Huxley
The Most Disturbing Books Ever Written
3,214 books — 11,341 voters

Down and Rising by Rohith S. KatbamnaThe V Girl by Mya RobartsSilence by Becca Fitzpatrick
Books that should be made into a movie/tv show
1,536 books — 1,102 voters
Down and Rising by Rohith S. KatbamnaThe House of the Spirits by Isabel AllendeMidnight’s Children by Salman RushdieCutting for Stone by Abraham VergheseBeloved by Toni Morrison
Best Multicultural General Fiction
588 books — 376 voters

Down and Rising by Rohith S. KatbamnaHarakiri by Claudio Bertoni2001 by Arthur C. ClarkeOne Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken KeseySecond Foundation by Isaac Asimov
Best Books Ever
76,689 books — 285,185 voters
Watchmen by Alan MooreAnimal Farm by George Orwell1984 by George OrwellBrave New World by Aldous Huxley
Best Experimental Books Ever
1,107 books — 1,718 voters

Down and Rising by Rohith S. KatbamnaThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankAnimal Farm by George OrwellThe Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
31,759 books — 120,834 voters
Down and Rising by Rohith S. Katbamna1984 by George OrwellThe Handmaid's Tale by Margaret AtwoodThe Road by Cormac McCarthyAnimal Farm by George Orwell
Best Dystopian and Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
3,766 books — 26,023 voters