Big Books of 2026

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



Flowers for Algernon by Daniel KeyesOld Yeller by Fred GipsonLes Misérables by Victor Hugo
Saddest Books
491 books — 721 voters
Joe Bob Goes To the Drive-In by Joe Bob Briggs
Elvira, Mistress of the Dark
22 books — 4 voters

Rothko by Christopher Rothko
The Great Painters: 1400-2022
133 books — 12 voters
Ulysses by James JoyceEast of Eden by John SteinbeckThe Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson by Emily Dickinson
Books Inclined To Stimulate Your Mind
104 books — 35 voters

The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
All Time Favorite Male Character
426 books — 228 voters
Mulholland Drive by Luca Malavasi
Why is there a cowboy?
6 books — 11 voters

The Last Picture Show by Larry McMurtry
Dead in 2021: The Authors We Lost
609 books — 49 voters
Misery by Stephen King
mentally unstable women/girls
44 books — 18 voters

Handcarved Coffins by Truman CapoteThe Red Pony by John SteinbeckThe Luck of Roaring Camp by Bret HarteNight Shift by Stephen King
What is the best short story that you ever read?
251 books — 36 voters
Dracula by Bram StokerDanse Macabre by Stephen KingRosemary’s Baby by Ira Levin
Halloween Inspiration
52 books — 13 voters

Into the Wild by Jon KrakauerInto Thin Air by Jon KrakauerClassic Krakauer by Jon Krakauer
Best of Jon Krakauer
9 books — 6 voters
Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
I read it because my friends did!
125 books — 13 voters

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Fiction Set in 1920s
164 books — 102 voters
Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky
More books that are too sad and depressing!
34 books — 9 voters

It by Stephen King
Best Supernatural Characters books
20 books — 8 voters
The Red Pony by John Steinbeck
Farm and Ranch Life in YA and Middle Grade Fiction
484 books — 40 voters

The Sibley Guide to Birds by David Allen Sibley
Books for Bird Lovers
525 books — 207 voters
Ulysses by James JoyceThe Razor’s Edge by W. Somerset Maugham
Books With Wonderful 4th of July Celebrations!
8 books — 6 voters

Collected Poems by W.H. Auden
Poetry Everyone Should Read - 2021
53 books — 15 voters
Moby-Dick or, The Whale by Herman MelvilleAtlas Shrugged by Ayn RandKim by Rudyard KiplingMila 18 by Leon Uris
Books I read and I can't remember a thing
390 books — 55 voters

The Universal Christ by Richard RohrThe Holy Bible by Anonymous
Healing & Spirituality
949 books — 1,264 voters
Anna Karenina by Leo TolstoyThe Polar Express by Chris Van Allsburg
Books that have trains in the story
36 books — 12 voters

Dracula by Bram Stoker
Historical fiction set in Romania
10 books — 19 voters
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
Best Books With Chivalrous Heroes
123 books — 112 voters

Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Best bipolar/schizophrenia books
131 books — 155 voters
The Shining by Stephen King
"Slow Descent into Madness"
63 books — 33 voters

The Eustace Diamonds by Anthony Trollope
Great Victorian Mysteries
47 books — 60 voters
Little House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls WilderThe Wind in the Willows by Kenneth GrahameDr Doolittle by Hugh Lofting
Which children's or YA books is most recommended by you?
1,381 books — 923 voters

The Little Sister by Raymond Chandler
Similar Crime, Thriller, Hard boiled Reads-Really
136 books — 18 voters
All Creatures Great and Small by James Herriot
feel good stuff
70 books — 32 voters