Big Books of 2026

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Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day by Winifred WatsonMiss Buncle's Book by D.E. StevensonSomeone at a Distance by Dorothy WhippleThe Making of a Marchioness, Part I and II by Frances Hodgson BurnettMariana by Monica Dickens
Best Persephone Books
150 books — 165 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeePride and Prejudice by Jane AustenLittle Women by Louisa May AlcottThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankWuthering Heights by Emily Brontë
Literature by Women
561 books — 113 voters

Beloved by Toni MorrisonThe Color Purple by Alice WalkerWhite Teeth by Zadie SmithThe Secret History by Donna TarttPossession by A.S. Byatt
Flavorwire: 50 Books by Women Authors to Read for #ReadWomen2014
50 books — 68 voters
The God of Small Things by Arundhati RoyInterpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa LahiriThe Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiriविप्लवी [Biplavi] by Sanu Sharmaएकादेशमा [Ekadeshma] by Sanu Sharma
South Asian Fiction by Women
183 books — 163 voters

The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankThe Glass Castle by Jeannette WallsI Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya AngelouEat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth GilbertPersepolis by Marjane Satrapi
Memoirs by Women
3,009 books — 3,025 voters
A Fine Balance by Rohinton MistryThe God of Small Things by Arundhati RoyA Passage to India by E.M. ForsterShantaram by Gregory David RobertsThe Far Pavilions by M.M. Kaye
Books Set in India
504 books — 414 voters

The God of Small Things by Arundhati RoyA Fine Balance by Rohinton MistryThe White Tiger by Aravind AdigaMidnight’s Children by Salman RushdieThe Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri
Best Indian Fiction Books
914 books — 2,421 voters
India After Gandhi by Ramachandra GuhaDongri To Dubai by S. Hussain ZaidiRestless Days, Sleepless Nights by Ranjana BharijEverybody Loves a Good Drought by Palagummi SainathSilver Haze by Pankaj Varma
Best Non-Fiction Writing by Indian Authors
302 books — 170 voters

Een vrouwelijke Odysseus, N'zid by Malika MokeddemTriomf by Marlene van NiekerkPaarse hibiscus by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieHet stille geweld van dromen by K. Sello DuikerHet rode hart by Zakes Mda
Dutch translations of African literature
107 books — 7 voters