Big Books of 2026

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Guinevere (112 Lists)



The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny by Kiran DesaiSeascraper by Benjamin Wood
2025 Booker Prize Longlist
13 books — 8 voters
In Memoriam by Alice WinnTomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle ZevinThe Whalebone Theatre by Joanna Quinn
Waterstones Books of the Month
15 books — 3 voters

Vigil by George SaundersOne Aladdin Two Lamps by Jeanette WintersonTranscription by Ben LernerThe True True Story of Raja the Gullible by Rabih AlameddineJohn of John by Douglas Stuart
Booker Prize Eligible 2026
73 books — 26 voters
James by Percival EverettMartyr! by Kaveh AkbarThe Wedding People by Alison EspachThe Safekeep by Yael van der WoudenGlorious Exploits by Ferdia Lennon
2025 Tournament of Books Longlist
85 books — 318 voters

The Safekeep by Yael van der WoudenTell Me Everything by Elizabeth StroutNesting by Roisín O’DonnellAmma by Saraid de SilvaThe Artist by Lucy Steeds
Women's Prize for Fiction 2025 Longlist
16 books — 18 voters
There Are Rivers in the Sky by Elif ShafakThe Safekeep by Yael van der WoudenGliff by Ali SmithNesting by Roisín O’DonnellTell Me Everything by Elizabeth Strout
Women's Prize for Fiction 2025 Eligible Books
143 books — 39 voters

James by Percival EverettThe Safekeep by Yael van der Wouden
Booker Prize 2024 Shortlist (6 books)
6 books — 7 voters
James by Percival EverettMy Friends by Hisham MatarThe Safekeep by Yael van der WoudenPlayground by Richard Powers
Booker Prize 2024 Longlist
13 books — 36 voters

Demon Copperhead by Barbara KingsolverStation Eleven by Emily St. John MandelCloud Atlas by David MitchellTomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle ZevinSmall Things Like These by Claire Keegan
NYT The 100 Best Books of the 21st Century
100 books — 229 voters
Nesting by Roisín O’DonnellThe Emperor of Gladness by Ocean VuongEndling by Maria RevaThe Book of Guilt by Catherine ChidgeyWe Pretty Pieces of Flesh by Colwill Brown
Booker Prize Eligible 2025
177 books — 173 voters

Brotherless Night by V.V. GaneshananthanSoldier Sailor by Claire KilroyEnter Ghost by Isabella HammadRiver East, River West by Aube Rey Lescure
Women's Prize for Fiction Shortlist 2024
6 books — 4 voters
James by Percival EverettThe God of the Woods by Liz MooreBlue Sisters by Coco MellorsLong Island by Colm TóibínMartyr! by Kaveh Akbar
Best Books of 2024
826 books — 923 voters

Soldier Sailor by Claire KilroyRiver East, River West by Aube Rey LescureIn Defence of the Act by Effie BlackThe Maiden by Kate FosterBrotherless Night by V.V. Ganeshananthan
Women's Prize for Fiction Longlist 2024
16 books — 17 voters
Enter Ghost by Isabella HammadTom Lake by Ann PatchettSoldier Sailor by Claire KilroyIn Memoriam by Alice WinnThe Rachel Incident by Caroline O'Donoghue
Women's Prize for Fiction 2024 Eligible Books
89 books — 73 voters

Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel
Waterstones Book of the Month
22 books — 6 voters
Wolf Hall by Hilary MantelThe Name of the Rose by Umberto EcoWar and Peace by Leo TolstoyBring Up the Bodies by Hilary MantelOne Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez
Literary Historical Fiction
1,130 books — 1,030 voters

Prophet Song by Paul LynchThe Bee Sting by Paul Murray
Booker Prize Shortlist 2023
6 books — 5 voters
The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store by James McBrideChain-Gang All-Stars by Nana Kwame Adjei-BrenyahAll the Sinners Bleed by S.A. CosbyShark Heart by Emily HabeckThe Covenant of Water by Abraham Verghese
Goodreads Picks for Tournament of Books 2024
125 books — 129 voters

The Most Secret Memory of Men by Mohamed Mbougar SarrThe Postcard by Anne BerestThe City of the Living by Nicola LagioiaA Little Luck by Claudia PiñeiroSisters in Arms by Shida Bazyar
International Booker Prize 2024: Eligible Books
170 books — 76 voters
James by Percival EverettMy Friends by Hisham MatarMartyr! by Kaveh AkbarThe Night Alphabet by Joelle TaylorJaded by Ela Lee
Booker Prize Eligible 2024
194 books — 178 voters

The House of Doors by Tan Twan EngProphet Song by Paul LynchThe Bee Sting by Paul Murray
Booker Prize 2023 Longlist
13 books — 40 voters
Still Born by Guadalupe NettelTime Shelter by Georgi Gospodinov
2023 Booker International Shortlist
6 books — 2 voters

Trespasses by Louise KennedyThe Marriage Portrait by Maggie O'FarrellDemon Copperhead by Barbara KingsolverBlack Butterflies by Priscilla Morris
Women's Prize for Fiction Shortlist 2023
6 books — 3 voters
Trespasses by Louise KennedyMemphis by Tara M. StringfellowDemon Copperhead by Barbara KingsolverThe Marriage Portrait by Maggie O'FarrellBlack Butterflies by Priscilla Morris
Women's Prize for Fiction 2023 Longlist
16 books — 31 voters

Limberlost by Robbie ArnottHorse by Geraldine BrooksWillowman by Inga Simpson
Miles Franklin Eligible - 2023
13 books — 6 voters
Boy Swallows Universe by Trent DaltonThe Lost Flowers of Alice Hart by Holly RinglandLove Your Body by Jessica SandersYour Own Kind of Girl by Clare BowditchThe Dictionary of Lost Words by Pip Williams
Australian Book Industry Award (ABIA) Winners
62 books — 5 voters

Demon Copperhead by Barbara KingsolverTomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle ZevinThe Marriage Portrait by Maggie O'FarrellTrespasses by Louise KennedyNightcrawling by Leila Mottley
Women's Prize for Fiction 2023 Eligible Books
95 books — 124 voters
Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries by Heather FawcettThe Collected Regrets of Clover by Mikki BrammerThe Heaven & Earth Grocery Store by James McBrideTom Lake by Ann PatchettChain-Gang All-Stars by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah
Best Books of 2023
1,208 books — 1,840 voters

Small Things Like These by Claire KeeganThe Trees by Percival EverettThe Seven Moons of Maali Almeida by Shehan Karunatilaka
Booker Prize Shortlist 2022
6 books — 12 voters
Our Share of Night by Mariana EnriquezStill Born by Guadalupe NettelTime Shelter by Georgi GospodinovOf Saints and Miracles by Manuel AsturDead Lands by Núria Bendicho Giró
International Booker Prize 2023: Eligible Books
159 books — 84 voters


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