Big Books of 2026

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by John (11 Lists)



The Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëThe Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienGreat Expectations by Charles DickensThe Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver
Books You Wish You Could Force All Your Friends to Read
1,784 books — 832 voters
What's Bred in the Bone by Robertson DaviesCat’s Eye by Margaret AtwoodPossession by A.S. ByattThe Horse's Mouth by Joyce CaryA Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce
Art & Artists in Fiction
945 books — 1,107 voters

Tell No One by Harlan Coben
Favorite Harlan Coben
28 books — 193 voters
The Maltese Falcon by Dashiell Hammett
Best Crime & Mystery Books
7,318 books — 15,655 voters

Crime and Punishment by Fyodor DostoevskyThe Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienJonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna ClarkeThe Fountainhead by Ayn RandMiddlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides
Books that Blew Me Away and that I Still Think About
14,637 books — 14,900 voters
War and Peace by Leo TolstoySense and Sensibility by Jane AustenAtlas Shrugged by Ayn RandMy Ántonia by Willa Cather
I Should Probably Read This Sometime...
11,607 books — 10,349 voters

David Copperfield by Charles DickensJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëCrime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Books I Read for School and Ended Up Loving
231 books — 307 voters
A Separate Peace by John Knowles
Forced to read in school, but hated
322 books — 560 voters

The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienCatch-22 by Joseph HellerTreasure Island by Robert Louis StevensonThe Poisonwood Bible by Barbara KingsolverCrime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky
1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die
1,335 books — 5,848 voters
The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara KingsolverA Prayer for Owen Meany by John IrvingLonesome Dove by Larry McMurtryThe Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael ChabonA Thousand Acres by Jane Smiley
Entertainment Weekly New Classics
104 books — 258 voters

Middlesex by Jeffrey EugenidesThe Good Earth by Pearl S. BuckThe Confessions of Nat Turner by William StyronThe Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael ChabonThe Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton
Pulitzer Winners: Fiction & Novels
99 books — 951 voters