Big Books of 2026

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Brian Fagan (185 Lists)



In the Woods by Tana FrenchThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerDuane's Depressed by Larry McMurtryThe Lion's Game by Nelson DeMilleAnna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
still thinking about them to this day
123 books — 14 voters
Mila 18 by Leon Uris
Most Depressing Book of All Time
1,240 books — 3,907 voters

Anna Karenina by Leo TolstoyThe Thorn Birds by Colleen McCullough
Famous Romance Books
113 books — 7 voters
Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes
Disability Fiction
53 books — 13 voters

The Silence of the Lambs by Thomas Harris
female led horror
41 books — 14 voters
They Call Me Super Mex by Lee TrevinoBall Four by Jim BoutonThe Game by Ken DrydenThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank
Favourite Autobiography
110 books — 13 voters

Les Miserables by Victor HugoThe Crossing by Cormac McCarthyFlowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes
Five-Hanky Books
74 books — 11 voters
Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtryThe Crossing by Cormac McCarthyThe Last Picture Show by Larry McMurtryComanche Moon by Larry McMurtryAll the Pretty Horses by Cormac McCarthy
My 10 Favorite Westerns
93 books — 38 voters

Ill Wind by Nevada BarrThe Rope by Nevada BarrIn the Woods by Tana FrenchThe Silence of the Lambs by Thomas Harris
[ATY 2022] Female Detective/Police Officer
254 books — 108 voters
The Robe by Lloyd C. Douglas
Fiction with Jesus as a Character
185 books — 167 voters

Les Miserables by Victor Hugo
Smug Bastards!
64 books — 75 voters
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark TwainEast of Eden by John SteinbeckThe Long Goodbye by Raymond ChandlerCouples by John Updike
Best Books To Reread Repeatedly
126 books — 7 voters

Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes
Characters That Make Your Heart Ache
371 books — 193 voters
The Accursed by Joyce Carol Oates
DARK ACADEMIA MOOD
12 books — 6 voters

Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
Best Mother/Daughter Relationship Books
6 books — 8 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
It Feels Like Summer
55 books — 11 voters

The Lion's Game by Nelson DeMille
Greatest Thrillers & Spy Novels
227 books — 88 voters
Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry
American Westerns Featuring Black Cowboys and Characters
27 books — 14 voters

Dr. Seuss's ABC by Dr. Seuss
Beautifully Illustrated Children's Books
215 books — 29 voters
The Bride of Lammermoor by Walter Scott
The Role of the Insane Woman in Literature
92 books — 41 voters

Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen
Books In Which The Hot Guy Is A Jerk
117 books — 194 voters
Far From the Madding Crowd by Thomas HardySense and Sensibility by Jane AustenOf Human Bondage by W. Somerset MaughamTess of the D’Urbervilles by Thomas HardyTwo on a Tower by Thomas Hardy
The English/British Novels {Fiction} Part 1
150 books — 45 voters

The Highway by C.J. Box
Best Books by C. J. Box
35 books — 11 voters
Little House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder
Books That Consumed My Childhood
453 books — 46 voters

Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
Romance Novels That Influenced A Generation
172 books — 37 voters
The Return of the Native by Thomas Hardy
Heroines with Black Hair
28 books — 12 voters

The Last Picture Show by Larry McMurtry
"The Last..."
855 books — 43 voters
Testament of Youth by Vera Brittain
Books to read in times of war
65 books — 8 voters

The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerThe Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark TwainEast of Eden by John SteinbeckThe Wind in the Willows by Kenneth GrahameThe War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells
Books That I Could Read Over and Over Again
7,318 books — 1,683 voters
Ansel Adams by Ansel Adams
Landscape Photography
117 books — 8 voters