Big Books of 2026

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Patrick (31 Lists)



Moby-Dick or, The Whale by Herman MelvilleThe Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson by Emily DickinsonLeaves of Grass by Walt WhitmanAbsalom, Absalom! by William FaulknerLolita by Vladimir Nabokov
100 Best American Authors
751 books — 615 voters
Gender Trouble by Judith Butler
r/CriticalTheory Recommended Reading
84 books — 21 voters

Bartleby y compañía by Enrique Vila-Matas
Los mejores libros en español de los últimos 25 años
228 books — 165 voters
The Epic of Gilgamesh by AnonymousThe Aeneid by Virgil
Greatest Ancient Epics
97 books — 49 voters

Aztecs by Inga Clendinnen
Mesoamerica
134 books — 40 voters
Plagues and Peoples by William H. McNeill
Environmental History Classics
40 books — 17 voters

Pest Control for Organic Gardening by Amber Richards
Troubadour's book list for self reliance
124 books — 32 voters
Leaves of Grass by Walt WhitmanFaust, First Part by Johann Wolfgang von GoetheCrime and Punishment by Fyodor DostoevskyThe Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor DostoevskyMoby-Dick or, The Whale by Herman Melville
Best Books of the 19th Century
1,703 books — 6,873 voters

The Pale King by David Foster Wallace2666 by Roberto Bolaño
Goodreads 21st Century Literature Group - Most Important Books of the 21st Century
184 books — 215 voters
القرآن الكريم by Anonymous
Best Books of the 7th Century
12 books — 79 voters

The Poetic Edda by UnknownThe Complete Fairy Tales by Hans Christian Andersen
Best Scandinavian and Nordic Literature
1,210 books — 1,244 voters
Lies, First Person by Gail HarevenThe Physics of Sorrow by Georgi Gospodinov
Open Letter Books
125 books — 49 voters

Gravity’s Rainbow by Thomas Pynchon
DIFFICULT BUT REWARDING
158 books — 69 voters
Gravity’s Rainbow by Thomas PynchonBleeding Edge by Thomas PynchonAgainst the Day by Thomas PynchonMason & Dixon by Thomas Pynchon
Ranking the works of Thomas Pynchon
10 books — 262 voters

The Remains of the Day by Kazuo IshiguroLet the Northern Lights Erase Your Name by Vendela VidaSwann's Way by Marcel ProustLong Day’s Journey into Night by Eugene O'NeillOne Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez
Most Poetic Book Titles
2,064 books — 893 voters
The Golden Ass by ApuleiusMonkey by Wu Cheng'en
1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die
1,320 books — 5,838 voters

Infinite Jest by David Foster WallaceMoby-Dick or, The Whale by Herman MelvilleOn the Road by Jack KerouacLolita by Vladimir NabokovSong of Solomon by Toni Morrison
The Great American Novel
670 books — 1,090 voters
Rules for Radicals by Saul D. Alinsky
Best Books To Frame Thinking
1,278 books — 1,419 voters

Ulysses by James JoyceGravity’s Rainbow by Thomas PynchonInfinite Jest by David Foster Wallace
Works of Pure Genius
727 books — 576 voters
The Magic Mountain by Thomas MannMason & Dixon by Thomas Pynchon
Most Difficult Novels
588 books — 2,043 voters

Heart of Darkness by Joseph ConradA Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce
Books That Deserve a Higher Rating (Avg Rating < 4)
736 books — 253 voters
1984 by George OrwellBrave New World by Aldous HuxleyThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerLeaves of Grass by Walt WhitmanTao Te Ching by Lao Tzu
Best Books for the Modern Day Hippie, Bohemian, Free Spirit
430 books — 332 voters

A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce
The Great Classics You Have Not Read Yet
745 books — 1,811 voters
Ulysses by James JoyceThe Holy Bible by AnonymousGravity’s Rainbow by Thomas PynchonThe Iliad by HomerA Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole
The Most Begun "Read but Unfinished" (Started) book ever
2,605 books — 13,135 voters

The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor DostoevskyGravity’s Rainbow by Thomas Pynchon
Big Fat Books Worth the Effort
1,874 books — 6,999 voters
1984 by George OrwellThe Stranger by Albert Camus
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
31,506 books — 119,965 voters

Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov
Best Russian Literature
512 books — 2,276 voters
Gravity’s Rainbow by Thomas PynchonSlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.Blindness by José SaramagoThe Man in the High Castle by Philip K. DickMumbo Jumbo by Ishmael Reed
Postmodern Genius
508 books — 584 voters

Europe Central by William T. Vollmann
Must Read Before You Die
555 books — 183 voters
The Symposium by PlatoCritique of Pure Reason by Immanuel KantThe Republic by PlatoThe Complete Works of Aristotle by AristotlePhilosophical Investigations by Ludwig Wittgenstein
Best World Philosophy Book
953 books — 1,419 voters


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