Big Books of 2026

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by White Falcon (38 Lists)



Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates
Books White People Need to Read
1,327 books — 1,574 voters
Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls
Books that Made You Cry!
3,357 books — 7,957 voters

A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson
Best Non-Fiction (no biographies)
6,239 books — 8,069 voters
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyBrave New World by Aldous Huxley
Disturbing Truths
552 books — 354 voters

The Power of Now by Eckhart TolleSiddhartha by Hermann HesseThe Bhagavad Gita by Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa
Best Spiritual Books
1,507 books — 1,346 voters
The Untethered Soul by Michael A. SingerTao Te Ching by Lao TzuThe Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle
Best Books on Spiritual Enlightenment / Awakening
400 books — 421 voters

Tao Te Ching by Lao TzuEnder’s Game by Orson Scott CardSiddhartha by Hermann Hesse
Best World Philosophy Book
953 books — 1,419 voters
The Stars My Destination by Alfred BesterFlowers for Algernon by Daniel KeyesThe Day of the Triffids by John WyndhamCat's Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
SF Masterworks
203 books — 724 voters

More Than Human by Theodore SturgeonThe Cyberiad by Stanisław Lem
Most Under-rated Science Fiction
2,077 books — 2,183 voters
Replay by Ken Grimwood
Best Unappreciated Books
4,366 books — 2,204 voters

Fahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyI, Robot by Isaac AsimovThe Martian Chronicles by Ray BradburyThe Stars My Destination by Alfred BesterThe Foundation Trilogy by Isaac Asimov
Classic Science Fiction - 1950-1959
275 books — 272 voters
Walden or, Life in the Woods by Henry David Thoreau
Best Nature Books
1,156 books — 782 voters

Ishmael by Daniel Quinn
Best Environmental Books
1,075 books — 1,202 voters
The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-ExupéryMan's Search for Meaning by Viktor E. FranklFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyIshmael by Daniel QuinnSlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
Books that Changed the Way You View Life
10,507 books — 5,814 voters

Ender’s Game by Orson Scott CardFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyFoundation by Isaac AsimovFlowers for Algernon by Daniel KeyesThe Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury
Most Popular Science Fiction on Goodreads
285 books — 518 voters
What I Talk About When I Talk About Running by Haruki MurakamiOnce a Runner by John L. Parker Jr.
Best Running (non-instructional) Books
228 books — 555 voters

Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
Best Progressive Reads
1,057 books — 710 voters
The Martian Chronicles by Ray BradburyThe Illustrated Man by Ray Bradbury
Collections of Short Stories
2,897 books — 2,041 voters

Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell
Best Science Books - Non-Fiction Only
1,839 books — 3,601 voters
The Thief Lord by Cornelia FunkeThe Phantom Tollbooth by Norton JusterThe Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson BurnettThe City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrauTreasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson
Top 100 Middle School Must-Reads
2,269 books — 3,659 voters

The Twits by Roald DahlShiloh by Phyllis Reynolds NaylorEnder’s Game by Orson Scott CardThe Dark Is Rising by Susan CooperThe Hidden Staircase by Carolyn Keene
Favorite books from my childhood
4,427 books — 7,435 voters
The Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienThe Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-ExupéryHarry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. RowlingThe Giver by Lois Lowry
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
31,758 books — 120,817 voters

Life of Pi by Yann MartelThrough Black Spruce by Joseph Boyden
Best Canadian Literature
2,332 books — 1,146 voters
The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-ExupéryFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyBrave New World by Aldous HuxleyWe by Yevgeny ZamyatinThe Cyberiad by Stanisław Lem
Best Philosophical Literature
1,170 books — 2,727 voters

Fahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyThe Illustrated Man by Ray BradburyThe Stars My Destination by Alfred BesterThe Martian Chronicles by Ray BradburySlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
Golden Age & New Wave SF
270 books — 207 voters
Inkheart by Cornelia FunkeRedwall by Brian JacquesThe Amulet of Samarkand by Jonathan Stroud
Best Fantasy Series, Trilogies, and Duologies
2,086 books — 11,753 voters

Fahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyThe Path of Druidry by Penny BillingtonSlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.Inkheart by Cornelia FunkeEnder’s Game by Orson Scott Card
100 in 2012
153 books — 30 voters
The Giver by Lois LowryHoles by Louis SacharMrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH by Robert C. O'BrienWalk Two Moons by Sharon CreechShiloh by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
The Most Deserving Newbery
106 books — 2,990 voters

Frankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft ShelleyThe Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark TwainA Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
Best Books of the 19th Century
1,704 books — 6,878 voters
The Golden Compass by Philip PullmanThe Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-ExupéryRedwall by Brian JacquesInkheart by Cornelia FunkeHarry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling
Best Children's Fantasy
970 books — 1,113 voters


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