Big Books of 2026

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Susan (20 Lists)



We, the Drowned by Carsten Jensen
Big Fat Books Worth the Effort
1,874 books — 6,997 voters
The Tattoo Artist by Jill Ciment
Books About Being Trapped or Stranded
571 books — 219 voters

A Fine Balance by Rohinton MistryGilead by Marilynne RobinsonMajor Pettigrew's Last Stand by Helen SimonsonNorwegian by Night by Derek B. Miller
Books About Old People
541 books — 191 voters
The Infinite Plan by Isabel Allende
Immigrant Experience Literature
1,008 books — 1,447 voters

Station Eleven by Emily St. John MandelHalf of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieAn Unnecessary Woman by Rabih AlameddineA Spool of Blue Thread by Anne Tyler
Your Top 5 Reads in 2015
1,518 books — 875 voters
The Christmas Oratorio by Göran Tunström
Winners of the Nordic Council Literature Prize
58 books — 38 voters

A House in the Country by José Donoso
Books about SOUTH AMERICA or by SOUTH AMERICAN Authors
164 books — 93 voters
The Golem and the Jinni by Helene WeckerAnd the Mountains Echoed by Khaled HosseiniA Tale for the Time Being by Ruth OzekiLife After Life by Kate AtkinsonThe Goldfinch by Donna Tartt
Interesting Books of 2013
308 books — 930 voters

Pride and Prejudice by Jane AustenThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank1984 by George OrwellThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldLittle Women by Louisa May Alcott
100 Books to Read in a Lifetime: Readers' Picks
15,266 books — 17,477 voters
The Book Thief by Markus ZusakThe Golden Compass by Philip PullmanPride and Prejudice by Jane AustenThe Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
Best Young Adult Books
13,096 books — 80,177 voters

The Book Thief by Markus ZusakLes Misérables by Victor HugoMystic River by Dennis LehaneThe Cider House Rules by John IrvingThe Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón
Fantastic Dads and Father-figures
719 books — 737 voters
Rosemary’s Baby by Ira LevinWuthering Heights by Emily BrontëHenry VIII by Alison WeirThe Shining by Stephen KingMacbeth by William Shakespeare
What Not to Marry
234 books — 83 voters

Flight Behavior by Barbara KingsolverThe Round House by Louise ErdrichWild by Cheryl Strayed
Best Books of 2012 - The Critics' Picks
74 books — 48 voters
The Help by Kathryn StockettWater for Elephants by Sara GruenThe Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakThe Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
Best for Book Clubs
14,622 books — 18,456 voters

11/22/63 by Stephen KingThe Scrapbook of Frankie Pratt by Caroline Preston
Kirkus Best Books of 2011
88 books — 171 voters
Mr. Rosenblum Dreams in English by Natasha SolomonsBright and Distant Shores by Dominic SmithLost in Shangri-la by Mitchell ZuckoffA Shortcut in Time by Charles DickinsonIn Pale Battalions by Robert Goddard
I Picked It Up Because of the Title
7,926 books — 2,081 voters

The Gargoyle by Andrew DavidsonLife of Pi by Yann MartelThe Blind Assassin by Margaret AtwoodA Fine Balance by Rohinton MistryThe Outlander by Gil Adamson
Best Canadian Literature
2,332 books — 1,147 voters
The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls
Best Memoir / Biography / Autobiography
5,819 books — 6,347 voters