Big Books of 2026

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



Holy Bible by Anonymous
Goodreads Top 250
189 books — 12 voters
Rabbit Angstrom by John Updike
Best Series to Read
156 books — 91 voters

Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
Best Books for Long Flights
164 books — 68 voters
They Call Me Super Mex by Lee Trevino
Life With An Artist/Famous Person
16 books — 12 voters

"Kim" by Rudyard Kipling by L. OrmondMila 18 by Leon Uris
Glad It is Over!
24 books — 10 voters
Dances with Wolves by Michael BlakeSchindler’s List by Thomas KeneallyThe Silence of the Lambs by Thomas Harris
The MOVIE was BETTER than the BOOK
1,133 books — 10,102 voters

The Andromeda Strain by Michael Crichton
Pathogens and Disease
108 books — 37 voters
Dracula by Bram StokerIn Cold Blood by Truman Capote
Diabolical
60 books — 31 voters

Dracula by Bram Stoker
Books Read in October 2020
85 books — 13 voters
Little House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder
Books My Mom Gave Me
219 books — 37 voters

Undaunted Courage by Stephen E. Ambrose
The American Frontier
685 books — 155 voters
The Razor’s Edge by W. Somerset Maugham
Evil Inside
469 books — 189 voters

Ill Wind by Nevada Barr
Which book by Nevada Barr is your favorite?
11 books — 12 voters
Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Books I Still Hope to Forget
189 books — 37 voters

All the Pretty Horses by Cormac McCarthy
Cormac McCarthy
10 books — 12 voters
Dracula by Bram StokerIt by Stephen KingPet Sematary by Stephen KingThe Shining by Stephen King’Salem’s Lot by Stephen King
Best Books to Read for Halloween
1,175 books — 1,249 voters

In Cold Blood by Truman Capote
Cold Chills
10 books — 7 voters
No Country for Old Men by Cormac McCarthy
I Only Watched the Movie!
1,222 books — 6,123 voters

Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen
Best Woman-Authored Books
8,214 books — 5,215 voters
Kim by Rudyard KiplingMila 18 by Leon Uris
Read These In School - Would Have Preferred A Root Canal
466 books — 1,588 voters

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldAnna Karenina by Leo TolstoyThe Return of the Native by Thomas HardyDoctor Zhivago by Boris PasternakGone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
Best Novels With Sad Endings
35 books — 10 voters
Ball Four by Jim Bouton
Top reads for sports fans
955 books — 769 voters

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark TwainThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerOf Human Bondage by W. Somerset MaughamPride and Prejudice by Jane AustenTess of the D’Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy
Classics All Educated Persons Should Read
129 books — 25 voters
The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldEast of Eden by John SteinbeckLonesome Dove by Larry McMurtryFlowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,807 books — 49,789 voters

Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtryTrue Grit by Charles PortisThe Red Pony by John SteinbeckThe Last Picture Show by Larry McMurtryNo Country for Old Men by Cormac McCarthy
Favorite American West Novels
71 books — 11 voters
The Rough Guide to Opera by Matthew BoydenOpera by Andras (ed) Batta
Best Opera Guides
2 books — 1 voter

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark TwainThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
Novels That Ignited a Firestorm of Controversy
11 books — 9 voters
Farewell, My Lovely by Raymond ChandlerThe Lady in the Lake by Raymond Chandler
Best Books That Became Film Noir Movies
7 books — 2 voters

The Story of Doctor Dolittle by Hugh Lofting
The First Book I Got at a Library as a Child
2 books — 2 voters
East of Eden by John SteinbeckThe Red Pony by John SteinbeckTortilla Flat by John SteinbeckThe Wayward Bus by John SteinbeckCannery Row by John Steinbeck
John Steinbeck
44 books — 209 voters