Big Books of 2026

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Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeePride and Prejudice by Jane AustenThe Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienThe Book Thief by Markus Zusak
PBS’s The Great American Read: List of America’s Top 100 Books
100 books — 2,378 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeIn the Time of the Butterflies by Julia AlvarezThe Latehomecomer by Kao Kalia YangMy Ántonia by Willa CatherEverything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng
NEA Big Read
96 books — 5 voters

The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodAnne of Green Gables by L.M. MontgomeryLife of Pi by Yann MartelWater for Elephants by Sara GruenA Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry
Best Canadian Literature
2,333 books — 1,146 voters
If on a Winter’s Night a Traveler by Italo CalvinoHouse of Leaves by Mark Z. DanielewskiSlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.The Name of the Rose by Umberto EcoThe Princess Bride by William Goldman
Metafiction
442 books — 578 voters

The Master and Margarita by Mikhail BulgakovThe Book of Disquiet by Fernando PessoaIce by Anna KavanHeart of Darkness by Joseph ConradMoby-Dick or, The Whale by Herman Melville
Patti Smith's Favourite Books
43 books — 8 voters
The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankThe Glass Menagerie by Tennessee WilliamsSongs of Innocence and of Experience by William BlakeAriel by Sylvia PlathIlluminations by Arthur Rimbaud
Books from "Just Kids" by Patti Smith
50 books — 7 voters

Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi CoatesWuthering Heights by Emily BrontëThe Argonauts by Maggie NelsonUnfinished Business by Anne-Marie SlaughterThe Girls by Emma Cline
Lenny-Recommended Books
137 books — 13 voters
Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus! by Mo WillemsGreen Eggs and Ham by Dr. SeussWhere the Wild Things Are by Maurice SendakChicka Chicka Boom Boom by Bill Martin Jr.The Monster at the End of this Book by Jon Stone
Voices & Sounds - Best Read Alouds for Young Children
984 books — 885 voters

The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodHarry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. RowlingA Prayer for Owen Meany by John IrvingThe Poisonwood Bible by Barbara KingsolverThe Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
Entertainment Weekly New Classics
104 books — 257 voters
The Complete Persepolis by Marjane SatrapiWhite Teeth by Zadie SmithAmericanah by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieThe History of Love by Nicole KraussIn the Woods by Tana French
Flavorwire's 50 Excellent Novels by Female Writers Under 50 That Everyone Should Read
50 books — 108 voters

One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García MárquezThe Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey NiffeneggerThe House of the Spirits by Isabel AllendeLike Water for Chocolate by Laura EsquivelLove in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García Márquez
Favorite Magical Realism Novels
1,304 books — 4,515 voters
The Road by Cormac McCarthyNever Let Me Go by Kazuo IshiguroThe Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark HaddonAtonement by Ian McEwanLife of Pi by Yann Martel
Major Award-Winning Fiction Since 1990
252 books — 567 voters


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