Big Books of 2026

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Jerry Davis (11 Lists)



All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony DoerrWar and Peace by Leo TolstoyThe Silent Patient by Alex MichaelidesNineteen Eighty-Four by George OrwellThe Dry by Jane Harper
2019: What the Over-50s Are Reading
821 books — 70 voters
Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O'Dell
Best Historical Fiction
7,388 books — 25,575 voters

Mistress of the Art of Death by Ariana FranklinThe Thirteenth Tale by Diane SetterfieldMaisie Dobbs by Jacqueline WinspearOne Corpse Too Many by Ellis PetersThe Cater Street Hangman by Anne Perry
Best Historical Mystery
2,069 books — 4,531 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Best Books Ever
76,039 books — 282,475 voters

The Thirteenth Tale by Diane SetterfieldTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeRebecca by Daphne du MaurierThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood
Over 35 List: Books You Most Want to Read in 2015
1,107 books — 1,722 voters
Salt by Mark Kurlansky
You Read a Book about What?
4,045 books — 2,093 voters

Rebecca by Daphne du MaurierThe Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield
Modern Gothic
711 books — 1,357 voters
The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienWar and Peace by Leo TolstoyDune by Frank Herbert
Big Fat Books Worth the Effort
1,874 books — 7,001 voters

Rebecca by Daphne du MaurierThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienAnd Then There Were None by Agatha Christie
Best Books of the Decade: 1930s
904 books — 1,257 voters
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonThe Girl Who Played with Fire by Stieg LarssonThe Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest by Stieg LarssonAnd Then There Were None by Agatha ChristieAn Unsuitable Job for a Woman by P.D. James
Best Literary Mysteries
2,550 books — 4,594 voters

The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. TolkienAll Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
31,464 books — 119,803 voters