Big Books of 2026

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Jeff (13 Lists)



Infinite Jest by David Foster WallaceUnderworld by Don DeLilloThe Gold Bug Variations by Richard Powers
Best Books of the Decade: 1990s
3,130 books — 3,678 voters
V. by Thomas PynchonPlayer Piano by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.The Recognitions by William GaddisThe Instructions by Adam LevinThe Broom of the System by David Foster Wallace
Great Debut Novels
1,575 books — 1,473 voters

Underworld by Don DeLilloGravity’s Rainbow by Thomas PynchonThe Corrections by Jonathan FranzenFear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S. ThompsonInfinite Jest by David Foster Wallace
The Great American Novel
670 books — 1,090 voters
Gravity’s Rainbow by Thomas PynchonV. by Thomas PynchonInherent Vice by Thomas Pynchon
Ranking the works of Thomas Pynchon
10 books — 262 voters

Infinite Jest by David Foster WallaceGravity’s Rainbow by Thomas PynchonUnderworld by Don DeLilloSlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S. Thompson
A Postmodernist "Canon"
273 books — 172 voters
Infinite Jest by David Foster WallaceGravity’s Rainbow by Thomas PynchonThe Stand by Stephen KingThe Instructions by Adam LevinUnderworld by Don DeLillo
Best Literary Fiction, 700+ pages
106 books — 99 voters

Infinite Jest by David Foster WallaceThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerOf Mice and Men by John SteinbeckA Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess
The Guardian's "1000 Novels Everyone Must Read"
1,016 books — 594 voters
Infinite Jest by David Foster WallaceGravity’s Rainbow by Thomas PynchonV. by Thomas Pynchon
Rabelais' Codpiece
135 books — 143 voters

The Instructions by Adam LevinLamb by Christopher MooreThe Pale King by David Foster WallaceThe Corrections by Jonathan FranzenInherent Vice by Thomas Pynchon
Best Books of the 21st Century
9,835 books — 21,937 voters
Infinite Jest by David Foster WallaceGravity’s Rainbow by Thomas PynchonThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldOf Mice and Men by John SteinbeckSlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,807 books — 49,789 voters

The Stand by Stephen King11/22/63 by Stephen KingDoctor Sleep by Stephen KingUnder the Dome by Stephen KingThe Shining by Stephen King
Best of Stephen King
178 books — 3,876 voters
Infinite Jest by David Foster WallaceGravity’s Rainbow by Thomas PynchonV. by Thomas PynchonBlueprints of the Afterlife by Ryan BoudinotBreakfast of Champions by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
Postmodern Genius
508 books — 584 voters

Infinite Jest by David Foster WallaceThe Stand by Stephen KingThe Instructions by Adam LevinThe Recognitions by William GaddisUnder the Dome by Stephen King
The 800+ page Gorillaz
459 books — 517 voters