Big Books of 2026

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Osiris Oliphant (1276 Lists)



Forging Fame by Craig AbbottIn My Mind's Eye by Frederick MarionLaurence M. Gartel by Laurence M. GartelThe Fevered Novel from Balzac to Bernanos by Francesco ManziniThe Sins of the Fathers by Romark
•Phrenology Of Serpents
71 books — 2 voters
The Uncertain Trout by R.H. WigramThe Man Who Asked Why by Jessica RyanLas Vegas by Jack MurrayPhilip in the Spheres by Alice GilbertAll About Cigarette Cards by Alfred J. Cruse
Cover Art Punctuation
90 books — 13 voters

The Branded Child by Edward J. Van AllenSpace Bastards by Derby O'DonnellButtons and Bo by Edna BillingsI Am Cut Viciously by Anthony MannixThe Robot That Helped to Make a President by Charles Hamilton Jr.
•A Sensitivarium
100 books — 1 voter
Barbaric Vast & Wild by Jerome RothenbergRe-Doing Rapunzel's Hair by Lisa Pavlik-MaloneCancel My Subscription by Hershel ShanksGothic Subculture in Finland by Laura SchwöbelSuburban Gentleman by John Lindsey
'Sub'titles
200 books — 8 voters

Old Floating Cloud by Can XueThe Old Vegetable Neurotics, Hemlock, Opium, Belladonna and H... by John HarleyThe Old Leather Man by Dan W. DeLucaOld Soggy No. 1 by Hart StilwellThe Hearty Old Boy Who Looked Always the Same by Unknown
Any Old Thing
375 books — 40 voters
Doomsday Dreams by Eleanor HeartneyThe Drolatic Dreams of Pantagruel by Kaden StillwellPower Against Dream Criminals by D.K. OlukoyaOdilon Redon by Odilon RedonDream States by Jennifer L. Shaw
Books With The Word Dream On The Cover
253 books — 10 voters

Mister Rogers Tells the Story by Fred RogersTelevision Dialogue by Paulo QuaglioThe Digressions of V. by Elihu VedderUncle Sam's Letters on Phrenology to His Millions of Friends ... by Warren BurtonThe Search for Missing Friends by Ruth-Ann Mellish Harris
Books With The Word Friend In The Title
197 books — 12 voters
Shadows of a hand by Victor HugoShadow Architecture at the Crossroads Annual 19X by Paul ZelevanskyTravel Shadows by Justinus Kerner by Harold B. SegelThe Shadow-Eater by Benjamin De CasseresThe Shadow Maker by Edwin R. Papin
Books With The Word Shadow On The Cover
406 books — 16 voters

Don Miguel Lehumada, Discoverer of Liquid from the Sun's Rays by Sue GreenleafMan-made Sun by J.D. JukesSUNSPACE Science At a Threshold of Spiritual Understanding by OlivewhicherRainbow Round the Sun by Elizabeth Van BurenSolar Sketching by Erika Rix
Sunny Titles
905 books — 69 voters
American Utopia by Peter Swirski50 Ways to See Thru People by Vernon HowardDancers Under My Lens by Cyril W. BeaumontDrake's Island of Thieves by William Armand LessaLegal Language by Peter M. Tiersma
•Magnifying Glass
60 books — 5 voters

1000 Years' Chronicle of Extraordinary Natural Phenomena by Evgeny BorisenkovViola Olerich by Henry OlerichStarving on a Bed of Gold by James Augustus HallA Discourse Concerning Prodigies by John SpencerScientific Anomalies And Other Provocative Phenomena by William R. Corliss
•A Receptacle For The Various Fingers Of God Known Commonly As Prodigies
111 books — 2 voters
Ten Years of Hustling Without Feet by George A. HazelettA Selection of Dialect Poems by Harry J. RichardsonDoor-to-Door Collectibles by C.L. MillerThe Vagabond Vender by C.F. SmytheRound the World as a Specialty Salesman by Albert E. Wright
•Salesmen Are Drifting From Door-To-Door
76 books — 3 voters

The Way Down and Out by John SeniorDescent from Heaven by Deborah BoedekerSerpent Imagery and Symbolism by Lura N. Pedrini"A Hideous Bit of Morbidity" by Jason ColavitoDegeneration, decadence and disease in the Russian fin de siècle by Frederick H. White
Works of Literary Criticism
463 books — 107 voters
Ophthalmodouleia by George BartischFor Your Eyes Only by Andreas BeyerThe Eyes, Brain & Nerve System in Relation to the Earth's Mag... by H. St. L. CrookesThe Vegetative Eye by Maxwell Henley HarrisAn Astonished Eye Looks Out of the Air by Kenneth Patchen
Windows to the Soul
353 books — 21 voters

The Voyages of the Venetian Brothers by Richard Henry MajorEloa, or the Sister of the Angels by Alfred de VignyWild Brother by William Lyman UnderwoodLittle-Known Sisters of Well-Known Men by Sarah Gertrude PomeroyI'll Tell My Big Brother by Edward Dean Sullivan
Books with Brother or Sister in the title
1,021 books — 58 voters
Emblematic Monsters by A.W. BatesDiploteratology; or, a history of some of the most wonderful ... by H. BesseCelestial Wonders in Reformation Germany by Ken KuriharaArchitectonic Thought Forms by Paul LaffoleyFaith and Transformation by Doris Francis
"Forms" That White People Like To Fill Out
147 books — 4 voters

The Bruce Haack Songbook by Bruce HaackNever Smile at Children by E.T. FrenchChildren's Writings by Jane B. WilsonBeauty Is the Beast by Ann H. BeufCircle Round the Zero by Maureen; Kiebanoff Kenney
Books with 'Children' in the title
755 books — 72 voters
Nonverbal Reactions to Wound Malodor by Gloria BakerOn the urine of the insane by Adam AddisonThe Theory of Special Connectivity by Prashant ChauhanESP in Relation to Rorschach Test Evaluation by Gertrude Raffel SchmeidlerChildren's resilience following trauma in farm settings by Roy C. Conrad
•A Wealth Of Methods Coupled With A Poverty Of Intentions
105 books — 3 voters

Technical Guide for Rainmaker Device, Ghost Consciousness Cat... by Kosol OuchCatastrophizing by Gerard PassannanteDr. J.H. McLean's Peace-Makers by James Henry McLeanInteractive and Sculptural Printmaking in the Renaissance by Suzanne Karr SchmidtTransnational Film Remakes by Iain Robert Smith
'Make' Me
727 books — 22 voters
Inside the Rainbow by Julian RothensteinMaking the Italians by Lindsay MyersThe Pedagogy of Images by Serguei A. OushakinePinocchio, Puppets, and Modernity by Katia PizziTranslation Under State Control by Gaby Thomson-Wohlgemuth
Nonfiction Books on Children's Literature
418 books — 54 voters

Space and Time Perception by the Cosmonaut by Alexei LeonovMedieval Perceptual Puzzles by Elena BăltuţăThe Influence of Culture on Visual Perception by Marshall H. SegallProsopagnosia by Davide RivoltaSensory Perception in the Medieval West by Simon Thomson
History of Perception
45 books — 3 voters
Secret Doctrine of Anahuac by Samael Aun WeorOf Serpents and Dragons in Islamic Art by Abbas DaneshvariAxial Bifurcation in Serpents by Bert CunninghamSerpent Imagery and Symbolism by Lura N. PedriniDeities and Heroes in the Form of Snakes by Elpis Mitropoulou
Best of the Snakes
205 books — 20 voters

Ancient disease in the Midwest by Dan F. MorseMercury's Wings by Richard J.A. TalbertAncient Celtic New Zealand by Martin DoutreSecret Doctrine of Anahuac by Samael Aun WeorElectric Ancient Egyptians by James Ernest Brown
"Ancient"
272 books — 12 voters
Anti-Literature by Adam Joseph ShellhorseRomantic Automata by Michael DemsonRound Trip to Hades in the Eastern Mediterranean Tradition by Gunnel EkrothThe Black Star of Mu by Mary BlindflowersTransactions of the Antiseptic Club by Albert Abrams
'Anti'-Everything
325 books — 16 voters

The Nude Aesop by Casey AllenSoft Nudes for the Devil's Butcher by Pep PentangeliThe Naked Archer by Stella GrayBody/Self Image by Jason LoamA Voice Within by Craig Blacklock
Naked Titles
305 books — 28 voters
No Room for Wild Animals by Bernhard GrzimekCivilizing Torture by W. Fitzhugh BrundageCorporate Crime and the Use of Deferred and Non-Prosecution A... by Isobel E. GilbertOur Nation Unhinged by Peter Jan HonigsbergPrescription for Profits by Linda Marsa
Books That Prove We Live In Hell
71 books — 4 voters

Funny Ways of Staying Alive by Willis BarnstoneTreasures from the Kingdom of Fungi by Taylor F. LockwoodFar-Out, Shaggy, Funky Monsters by Daniel S GreenIt's Fun To Be Fooled by Horace GoldinThe Digressions of V. by Elihu Vedder
'Fun'time
118 books — 5 voters
Like Underground Water by Edward LuedersWater architecture in the lands of Syria by Adriana De MirandaWater Shall Flow from the Rock by Arie S. IssarDescent from Heaven by Deborah BoedekerThe Flooding of the Sahara by Donald MacKenzie
Title Challenge - Water
1,780 books — 112 voters

Colossal Bust of Washington, (in American Marble, Designed to... by A New York MerchantRomano-Celtic Mask Puzzle Padlocks by Jerry SlocumAntisemitic Hate Signs in Hebrew Illuminated Manuscripts from... by Ruth MellinkoffKitsch & Design Gráfico by Jefferson Wille KielwagenGillian Wearing - Signs That Say What You Want Them to Say an... by Maureen Paley
Any Names "Signed" Beyond The Dotted Line Will Be Shot On Sight
275 books — 12 voters
Perfection Proclaimed by Nigel SmithA Perfect Vacuum by Stanisław LemThe Perfect Medium by Clément ChérouxThe Perfect Machine by Lance LetscherNobody's Perfect by Curt Johnson
Striving for Perfection
448 books — 35 voters