Big Books of 2026

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Pat (29 Lists)



Let the Great World Spin by Colum McCannLosing Mum and Pup by Christopher Buckley
New York Times 100 Notable Books of 2009 (fiction and nonfiction)
100 books — 118 voters
The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey NiffeneggerThe Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest by Stieg LarssonPride and Prejudice by Jane AustenThe Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett
You Want to Read in 2010
1,079 books — 1,976 voters

The Book Thief by Markus ZusakGone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellLove in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García MárquezThe Cider House Rules by John Irving
Books That Exceeded Your Expectations
14,680 books — 16,372 voters
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
Books that scored a five by me
9,434 books — 2,363 voters

The Blind Assassin by Margaret AtwoodOryx and Crake by Margaret AtwoodThe Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann ShafferThe Devil in the White City by Erik LarsonThe Book Thief by Markus Zusak
Best Books of the Decade: 2000s
7,189 books — 28,380 voters
The Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood
Metafiction
442 books — 578 voters

The Help by Kathryn Stockett
Best Books of 2009
1,769 books — 6,937 voters
The Book Thief by Markus ZusakMrs. Dalloway by Virginia WoolfThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
Book Club Books
480 books — 320 voters

The Memory Keeper's Daughter by Kim EdwardsNever Let Me Go by Kazuo IshiguroSaturday by Ian McEwanThe Da Vinci Code by Dan BrownShe’s Come Undone by Wally Lamb
Popular Books that Annoy You
1,032 books — 2,012 voters
Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf
The Best Use of Stylistic Language (best form/language)
561 books — 545 voters

The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann ShafferThe Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonUnaccustomed Earth by Jhumpa LahiriAtonement by Ian McEwanLoving Frank by Nancy Horan
Best Releases of 2008
230 books — 615 voters
The Book Thief by Markus ZusakThe Thirteenth Tale by Diane SetterfieldThe Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann ShafferA Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith
Stories For Book Lovers
8,336 books — 8,359 voters

The O'Reilly Factor for Kids by Bill O'ReillyGodless by Ann CoulterGuilty by Ann CoulterCulture Warrior by Bill O'ReillyStanding Firm by Dan Quayle
1001 Books I'd Rather Die than Read
965 books — 864 voters
Godless by Ann CoulterSlander by Ann CoulterHow to Talk to a Liberal (If You Must) by Ann CoulterIf Democrats Had Any Brains, They'd Be Republicans by Ann CoulterThe Way Things Ought to Be by Rush Limbaugh
Books I Have No Intention of Reading
1,637 books — 5,994 voters

The Cider House Rules by John IrvingThe World According to Garp by John IrvingA Widow for One Year by John IrvingThe Water-Method Man by John Irving
Best of John Irving
27 books — 344 voters
The Last Lecture by Randy PauschOlive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout
Best Books of 2008
1,631 books — 6,783 voters

Ulysses by James JoyceThe Old Man and the Sea by Ernest HemingwayOne Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez
The Most Begun "Read but Unfinished" (Started) book ever
2,602 books — 13,132 voters
I Don't Know How She Does It by Allison PearsonWelcome to the World, Baby Girl! by Fannie FlaggWater for Elephants by Sara GruenCircle of Friends by Maeve BinchyLove Story by Erich Segal
Light but not (too) dumb
845 books — 838 voters

The Alienist by Caleb CarrMystic River by Dennis LehaneGet Shorty by Elmore Leonard
Best Crime & Mystery Books
7,306 books — 15,545 voters
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
Best Young Adult Books
13,123 books — 80,172 voters

Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa SeeThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakWater for Elephants by Sara Gruen
Book Club List
739 books — 772 voters
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty SmithThe Age of Innocence by Edith WhartonRagtime by E.L. DoctorowThe Chosen by Chaim PotokThe Devil Wears Prada by Lauren Weisberger
Tales of New York City
1,507 books — 1,216 voters

Best Books Ever
76,035 books — 282,458 voters
Amsterdam by Ian McEwanLife of Pi by Yann MartelThe Blind Assassin by Margaret AtwoodThe Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro
Booker Prize Winners
60 books — 1,985 voters

Angle of Repose by Wallace StegnerA Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy TooleThe Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton
Pulitzer Winners: Fiction & Novels
99 books — 952 voters
Gone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellCold Sassy Tree by Olive Ann BurnsA Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy TooleAll Over But the Shoutin' by Rick BraggLook Homeward, Angel by Thomas Wolfe
Best Southern Literature
1,342 books — 2,574 voters

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldA Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty SmithThe Handmaid's Tale by Margaret AtwoodA Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,807 books — 49,786 voters