Big Books of 2026

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Still Life by Sarah WinmanMiss Benson's Beetle by Rachel JoyceAuē by Becky ManawatuLying Beside You by Michael RobothamRemarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt
Your Top 5 Reads in 2022
577 books — 196 voters
Still Life by Sarah WinmanMiss Benson's Beetle by Rachel JoyceAuē by Becky ManawatuLying Beside You by Michael RobothamThe Man Who Died Twice by Richard Osman
What We've Read So Far in 2022
5,363 books — 432 voters

Still Life by Sarah WinmanMiss Benson's Beetle by Rachel JoyceAuē by Becky ManawatuLying Beside You by Michael RobothamThe Man Who Died Twice by Richard Osman
2022: What the Over-35s Are Reading
2,331 books — 128 voters
Still Life by Sarah WinmanMiss Benson's Beetle by Rachel JoyceAuē by Becky ManawatuLying Beside You by Michael RobothamThe Man Who Died Twice by Richard Osman
2022: What Women Born In The 1970s Read In 2022
6,696 books — 579 voters

Boy Swallows Universe by Trent DaltonWhere the Forest Meets the Stars by Glendy VanderahThe Book Woman of Troublesome Creek by Kim Michele RichardsonDear Edward by Ann NapolitanoThe Blinding Knife by Brent Weeks
What We've Read So Far in 2021
5,606 books — 368 voters
Boy Swallows Universe by Trent DaltonWhere the Forest Meets the Stars by Glendy VanderahThe Book Woman of Troublesome Creek by Kim Michele RichardsonDear Edward by Ann NapolitanoThe Blinding Knife by Brent Weeks
2021: What the Over-35s Are Reading
2,537 books — 163 voters

Boy Swallows Universe by Trent DaltonWhere the Forest Meets the Stars by Glendy VanderahThe Book Woman of Troublesome Creek by Kim Michele RichardsonDear Edward by Ann NapolitanoThe Blinding Knife by Brent Weeks
2021: What Women Born In The 1970s Read In 2021
6,717 books — 695 voters
Boy Swallows Universe by Trent DaltonWhen She Was Good by Michael RobothamThe Book of Lost Friends by Lisa WingateThe Prettiest Star by Carter SickelsThe Lincoln Highway by Amor Towles
Your Top 5 Reads in 2021
596 books — 262 voters

A Fine Balance by Rohinton MistryPachinko by Min Jin LeeWhere the Crawdads Sing by Delia OwensThe Huntress by Kate QuinnThis Tender Land by William Kent Krueger
Your Top 5 Reads in 2020
562 books — 212 voters
When All Is Said by Anne GriffinWatching You by Lisa JewellThings You Save in a Fire by Katherine CenterThis Tender Land by William Kent KruegerThe German Girl by Armando Lucas Correa
What We've Read So Far in 2020
5,746 books — 376 voters

When All Is Said by Anne GriffinWatching You by Lisa JewellThings You Save in a Fire by Katherine CenterThis Tender Land by William Kent KruegerThe German Girl by Armando Lucas Correa
2020: What the Over-35s are Reading
2,870 books — 188 voters
When All Is Said by Anne GriffinWatching You by Lisa JewellThings You Save in a Fire by Katherine CenterThis Tender Land by William Kent KruegerThe German Girl by Armando Lucas Correa
2020: What Women Born In The 1970s Read In 2020
6,393 books — 848 voters

Beartown by Fredrik BackmanThe Lost Man by Jane HarperThe Border by Don WinslowThe Labyrinth of the Spirits by Carlos Ruiz ZafónThe Girl in the Tower by Katherine Arden
Your Top 5 Reads in 2019
667 books — 260 voters
El laberinto de los espíritus by Carlos Ruiz ZafónMuse of Nightmares by Laini TaylorEverything Here Is Beautiful by Mira T. LeeThe Chalk Man by C.J. TudorDon't Believe It by Charlie Donlea
What We've Read So Far in 2019
6,515 books — 638 voters

The Labyrinth of the Spirits by Carlos Ruiz ZafónMuse of Nightmares by Laini TaylorEverything Here Is Beautiful by Mira T. LeeThe Chalk Man by C.J. TudorDon't Believe It by Charlie Donlea
2019: What the Over-35s Are Reading
2,509 books — 187 voters
El laberinto de los espíritus by Carlos Ruiz ZafónMuse of Nightmares by Laini TaylorEverything Here Is Beautiful by Mira T. LeeThe Chalk Man by C.J. TudorDon't Believe It by Charlie Donlea
2019: What Women Born In The 1970s Read In 2019
6,620 books — 865 voters

The Core by Peter V. BrettCold Harbor by Matthew FitzSimmonsInto the Water by Paula HawkinsLast Christmas in Paris by Hazel GaynorThe Choke by Sofie Laguna
2018: What the Over-35s Are Reading
2,747 books — 302 voters
Small Great Things by Jodi PicoultTraitor's Blade by Sebastien de CastellDark Matter by Blake CrouchEverything You Want Me to Be by Mindy MejiaThe Heart's Invisible Furies by John Boyne
2018: What Women Born In The 1970s Read In 2018
6,937 books — 980 voters

A History of Loneliness by John BoyneA Little Life by Hanya YanagiharaThe Alice Network by Kate QuinnThe Force by Don WinslowThe Secrets She Keeps by Michael Robotham
2017: What Women Born In The 1970s Read In 2017
5,977 books — 754 voters
The Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniThe Help by Kathryn StockettThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakA Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled HosseiniSmall Great Things by Jodi Picoult
Best for Book Clubs
14,620 books — 18,453 voters

The Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Book Thief by Markus Zusak
Best Books Ever
76,160 books — 283,135 voters