Big Books of 2026

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Kelly (20 Lists)



Emma by Jane AustenMemoirs of Hadrian by Marguerite YourcenarPossession by A.S. ByattJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëPride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
Great Women Authors
1,228 books — 334 voters
Memoirs of Hadrian by Marguerite YourcenarBonjour tristesse by Françoise Sagan
Europe Minus Men and English
854 books — 224 voters

Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna ClarkeRosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead by Tom StoppardThe Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman by Laurence SterneThe Tempest by William ShakespeareA Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce
Metafiction
442 books — 578 voters
I, Claudius by Robert GravesSarum by Edward RutherfurdPossession by A.S. Byatt
Best Historical Fiction
7,387 books — 25,574 voters

Heart of Darkness by Joseph ConradThe Good Earth by Pearl S. BuckThe Grapes of Wrath by John SteinbeckThe Sound and the Fury by William FaulknerThings Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe
Read These In School - Would Have Preferred A Root Canal
466 books — 1,588 voters
The Vampire Lestat by Anne RiceMemnoch the Devil by Anne RiceThe Historian by Elizabeth Kostova
Vampire books...
540 books — 675 voters

Mansfield Park by Jane AustenStardust by Neil GaimanTo Have and Have Not by Ernest HemingwayThe Painted Veil by W. Somerset MaughamChocolat by Joanne Harris
The MOVIE was BETTER than the BOOK
1,133 books — 10,103 voters
Les Misérables by Victor Hugo
Books That Exceeded Your Expectations
14,680 books — 16,371 voters

Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke
Best Books of the Decade: 2000s
7,189 books — 28,380 voters
The Complete Works by William ShakespeareLolita by Vladimir NabokovAnna Karenina by Leo TolstoyThe Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri
Best Books Ever
76,035 books — 282,446 voters

The Two Towers by J.R.R. TolkienThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerBlood Canticle by Anne RiceKushiel's Justice by Jacqueline Carey
Disappointing Books
2,735 books — 4,607 voters
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke
Best Fantasy Books of the 21st Century
3,053 books — 9,894 voters

Lolita by Vladimir NabokovPride and Prejudice by Jane AustenWuthering Heights by Emily BrontëThe Vampire Lestat by Anne RiceVanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray
Books With Unforgettable Characters
9,436 books — 8,405 voters
The Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer BradleyThe Once and Future King by T.H. WhiteThe Fionavar Tapestry by Guy Gavriel Kay
Best Arthurian Fiction
476 books — 1,442 voters

Selected Poems by Lord ByronFour Quartets by T.S. Eliot
Best Poetry Books
2,981 books — 2,422 voters
Absalom, Absalom! by William Faulkner
The Worst Books of All Time
8,104 books — 19,875 voters

Tigana by Guy Gavriel KayA Game of Thrones by George R.R. MartinKushiel's Dart by Jacqueline CareyThe Belgariad Boxed Set by David Eddings
The Best Epic Fantasy (fiction)
4,203 books — 25,709 voters
Villette by Charlotte BrontëPride and Prejudice by Jane AustenThe Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre DumasJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëA Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
Best Books of the 19th Century
1,703 books — 6,873 voters

Tender Is the Night by F. Scott FitzgeraldUlysses by James JoyceThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,807 books — 49,786 voters
Blindness by José SaramagoPossession by A.S. Byatt
Best Books of the Decade: 1990s
3,130 books — 3,678 voters