Big Books of 2026

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Cold Mountain by Charles FrazierChristy by Catherine MarshallProdigal Summer by Barbara KingsolverA Walk in the Woods by Bill BrysonThe Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls
Best Books Set in Appalachia
795 books — 840 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeGone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellThe Help by Kathryn StockettThe Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark TwainMidnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John Berendt
Best Southern Books
826 books — 739 voters

Stiff by Mary RoachThe Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca SklootThe Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales by Oliver SacksOne Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken KeseyThe Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon
Medicine and Literature
1,852 books — 2,014 voters
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca SklootThe Hot Zone by Richard PrestonThe Ghost Map by Steven JohnsonThe Emperor of All Maladies by Siddhartha MukherjeeThe Great Influenza by John M. Barry
History of Medicine
351 books — 158 voters

Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark by Alvin SchwartzHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingKristy's Great Idea by Ann M. MartinDouble Love by Francine PascalHarry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. Rowling
Young Adult Series Books published in the '80s & '90s
696 books — 578 voters
The Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer BradleyThe Red Tent by Anita DiamantThe Secret Magdalene by Ki LongfellowNefertiti by Michelle MoranCleopatra's Daughter by Michelle Moran
Awesome Women of the Ancient World
434 books — 951 voters

I, Claudius by Robert GravesMistress of Rome by Kate QuinnCleopatra's Daughter by Michelle MoranThe First Man in Rome by Colleen McCulloughPompeii by Robert Harris
Best Historical Fiction About Ancient Rome
361 books — 597 voters