Big Books of 2026

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Marcel (16 Lists)



Life by Georges Perec
1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die
1,320 books — 5,838 voters
A Room with a View by E.M. ForsterRebecca by Daphne du MaurierJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëWuthering Heights by Emily BrontëGone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
What to read when you've finished Jane Austen
528 books — 676 voters

The Fall by Albert Camus
Best Books of the Decade: 1950s
1,181 books — 1,508 voters
Jane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëWuthering Heights by Emily BrontëTess of the D’Urbervilles by Thomas HardyRevolutionary Road by Richard YatesGone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
Unhappy Marriages
484 books — 288 voters

If on a Winter’s Night a Traveler by Italo Calvino
Italy
978 books — 495 voters
Out by Natsuo KirinoThe Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami
Best Japanese Books
771 books — 3,248 voters

If on a Winter’s Night a Traveler by Italo CalvinoThe Right Stuff by Tom WolfeBreakfast of Champions by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
Best Books of the Decade: 1970s
1,946 books — 1,880 voters
Jane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëPride and Prejudice by Jane AustenCrime and Punishment by Fyodor DostoevskyNotes from Underground, White Nights, The Dream of a Ridiculo... by Fyodor DostoevskyWuthering Heights by Emily Brontë
Project Gutenberg
619 books — 115 voters

Journey Under the Midnight Sun by Keigo HigashinoOut by Natsuo KirinoJapanese Tales of Mystery & Imagination by Edogawa Rampo
Japanese Mystery/Detective/Crime Fiction Translated Into English
175 books — 386 voters
Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert
Cheaters
532 books — 910 voters

Deep Water by Patricia HighsmithOut by Natsuo KirinoLaura by Vera CasparyRebecca by Daphne du MaurierBedelia by Vera Caspary
Female Noir
152 books — 104 voters
Miami Blues by Charles WillefordLaura by Vera Caspary
Best Hardboiled & Noir fiction
700 books — 878 voters

Underworld by Don DeLillo
Big Fat Books Worth the Effort
1,874 books — 6,999 voters
Nooit meer slapen by Willem Frederik HermansEen nagelaten bekentenis by Marcellus EmantsOnder professoren by Willem Frederik Hermans
The best Dutch literature
440 books — 390 voters

The Fall by Albert CamusJourney to the End of the Night by Louis-Ferdinand Céline
Best French Literature
872 books — 1,573 voters
The Bonfire of the Vanities by Tom WolfeWhite Noise by Don DeLillo
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,807 books — 49,787 voters