Big Books of 2026

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Jack (81 Lists)



The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee WilliamsMillennium Approaches by Tony KushnerThe Pillowman by Martin McDonaghPerestroika by Tony KushnerThe Laramie Project by Moisés Kaufman
Best American Plays
249 books — 366 voters
Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha ChristieThe Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldHoles by Louis SacharThe Princess Bride by William Goldman
Best Ending
8,034 books — 6,079 voters

Angels in America by Tony KushnerThe Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen ChboskyWill Grayson, Will Grayson by John GreenThe Color Purple by Alice Walker
Best Gay Fiction
2,649 books — 3,866 voters
God Is Not Great by Christopher Hitchens
The Worst Books of All Time
8,104 books — 19,875 voters

No Exit and Three Other Plays by Jean-Paul SartreThe Lieutenant of Inishmore by Martin McDonagh
Best Plays Ever
853 books — 1,128 voters
James and the Giant Peach by Roald DahlLord of the Flies by William Golding
Best Books About Creepy Crawlies
282 books — 331 voters

A Great and Terrible Beauty by Libba BrayThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakNumber the Stars by Lois LowryRebel Angels by Libba BrayThe Sweet Far Thing by Libba Bray
Teen Historical Fiction
1,388 books — 3,087 voters
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankInferno by Dante AlighieriBrave New World by Aldous Huxley
Books I should have read in school but didn't
124 books — 29 voters

The Outsiders by S.E. HintonThe Laramie Project by Moisés KaufmanA Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee WilliamsThe Color Purple by Alice WalkerFlowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes
Best Books You Read Because of a Teacher
234 books — 48 voters
The Color Purple by Alice WalkerThings Fall Apart by Chinua AchebeNative Son by Richard Wright
Black History Month
553 books — 493 voters

Twilight by Stephenie MeyerThe Twilight Saga by Stephenie MeyerThe Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien
Popular Books that Annoy You
1,032 books — 2,012 voters
Hamlet by William Shakespeare
You Didn't Mind When the Main Character Died
20 books — 15 voters

Lord of the Flies by William GoldingRomeo and Juliet by William ShakespeareTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeHamlet by William ShakespeareMacbeth by William Shakespeare
School Curriculum Books That Are Actually Good
38 books — 36 voters
The Da Vinci Code by Dan BrownThe Lovely Bones by Alice SeboldOf Mice and Men by John SteinbeckWhere the Wild Things Are by Maurice SendakThe Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Read the Book, Haven't Watched the Movie
61 books — 38 voters

Uglies by Scott WesterfeldWuthering Heights by Emily Brontë
Needs To Become A Movie!
148 books — 27 voters
The Outsiders by S.E. HintonThe Princess Bride by William GoldmanCharlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald DahlJames and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl
Books Whose Movies Did Them Justice
60 books — 17 voters

My Sister's Keeper by Jodi PicoultHarry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. RowlingAlice’s Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis CarrollThe Princess Bride by William Goldman
I Have to Read this Before I See the Movie
46 books — 10 voters
The Princess Bride by William Goldman
The Movie Brought Me to the Book
130 books — 48 voters

The Outsiders by S.E. HintonHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingHarry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. RowlingHarry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. RowlingHarry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling
I Saw the Movie & Read the Book
1,921 books — 1,761 voters
Eragon by Christopher Paolini
Worst Movies from the Best Books
26 books — 21 voters

A Great and Terrible Beauty by Libba BrayWither by Lauren DeStefanoThe Mysterious Benedict Society by Trenton Lee StewartThe Egypt Game by Zilpha Keatley SnyderSmall Steps by Peg Kehret
Books that I would Love to See on The Bigscreen
418 books — 185 voters
The Outsiders by S.E. HintonThe Princess Bride by William GoldmanThe Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsRomeo and Juliet by William ShakespeareCharlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl
Both the book and the movie are good!
635 books — 321 voters

The Lovely Bones by Alice SeboldHarry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling
Body Parts in Book Titles
2,236 books — 141 voters
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingA Great and Terrible Beauty by Libba BrayLooking for Alaska by John GreenThe Austere Academy by Lemony SnicketThe Mysterious Benedict Society by Trenton Lee Stewart
Boarding Schools, Camps & Private Academies
304 books — 271 voters

Unwind by Neal ShustermanMockingjay by Suzanne CollinsMacbeth by William Shakespeare
Single Word Titles
844 books — 76 voters
Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur GoldenThe Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer
Future Required Reading
13 books — 5 voters

The Call of the Wild by Jack LondonThe Pearl by John Steinbeck
Books You Wish You Hadn't Wasted Your Time On
336 books — 77 voters
Eragon by Christopher PaoliniMy Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult
Loved the book, Hated the movie
88 books — 98 voters

Forrest Gump by Winston GroomJumanji by Chris Van AllsburgThe Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank BaumThe Silence of the Lambs by Thomas HarrisThe Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux
I Only Watched the Movie!
1,222 books — 6,122 voters
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsLolita by Vladimir NabokovSlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.Life of Pi by Yann Martel
I Should Probably Read This Sometime...
11,315 books — 10,111 voters


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