Big Books of 2026

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The Help by Kathryn StockettGone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellFried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe by Fannie FlaggDivine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood by Rebecca WellsTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Southern Chick Lit
275 books — 231 voters
Hurricane Season by Lauren K. DentonThe Sweet Smell of Magnolias and Memories by Celeste Fletcher McHaleThe Hideaway by Lauren K. DentonThe Help by Kathryn StockettTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Contemporary Southern Women Writers
216 books — 79 voters

Nineteen Eighty-Four by George OrwellAnimal Farm by George OrwellThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldLolita by Vladimir NabokovOne Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez
Penguin Modern Classics
411 books — 487 voters
The Help by Kathryn StockettThe Sound and the Fury by William FaulknerA Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee WilliamsLight in August by William FaulknerThe Goldfinch by Donna Tartt
Mississippi Writers - Best 100 books by
305 books — 115 voters

The Giver by Lois LowryHoles by Louis SacharA Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'EngleNumber the Stars by Lois LowryBridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson
The Most Deserving Newbery
106 books — 2,990 voters
The Help by Kathryn StockettTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk KiddFried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe by Fannie FlaggGarden Spells by Sarah Addison Allen
Quirky Southern Fiction
970 books — 1,907 voters

Running with Scissors by Augusten BurroughsThe Glass Castle by Jeannette WallsMe Talk Pretty One Day by David SedarisGirl, Interrupted by Susanna KaysenAngela’s Ashes by Frank McCourt
Best Strange and Twisted Memoirs
707 books — 1,058 voters
The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankThe Glass Castle by Jeannette WallsNight by Elie WieselAngela’s Ashes by Frank McCourtEat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert
Best Memoir / Biography / Autobiography
5,861 books — 6,383 voters

The Goldfinch by Donna TarttLife After Life by Kate AtkinsonA Constellation of Vital Phenomena by Anthony MarraThe Signature of All Things by Elizabeth GilbertTenth of December by George Saunders
New York Times 100 Notable Books of 2013 (fiction and nonfiction)
100 books — 818 voters