Big Books of 2026

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Anne (11 Lists)



Sarum by Edward RutherfurdThe Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer BradleyLondon by Edward RutherfurdThe Bruce Trilogy by Nigel TranterThe Seventh Son by Reay Tannahill
Best Historical Fiction Set in UK and Ireland
1,359 books — 1,593 voters
Cover Her Face by P.D. JamesThe Man With a Load of Mischief by Martha GrimesThe Crossing Places by Elly GriffithsA Man Lay Dead by Ngaio MarshAfter the Armistice Ball by Catriona McPherson
Cozy Mystery Series - First Book of a Series
1,160 books — 2,473 voters

Sarum by Edward RutherfurdThe Far Pavilions by M.M. KayeShadow of the Moon by M.M. KayeThe Clan of the Cave Bear by Jean M. AuelShōgun by James Clavell
Best Historical Fiction
7,440 books — 25,628 voters
The Dead of Winter by Nicola UpsonA Divided Loyalty by Charles ToddThe Last Mrs. Summers by Rhys BowenThe Killings at Kingfisher Hill by Sophie HannahThe Outcast Girls by Alys Clare
Historical Mystery 2020
123 books — 124 voters

The Last Mrs. Summers by Rhys Bowen
Cozy Mysteries 2020 New Releases
214 books — 242 voters
Miss Austen by Gill HornbyWhen We Were Young & Brave by Hazel GaynorThe Daughters of Foxcote Manor by Eve ChaseMiss Benson's Beetle by Rachel Joyce
Historical Fiction 2020
370 books — 523 voters

A Great Deliverance by Elizabeth GeorgeThe Man With a Load of Mischief by Martha GrimesWhose Body? by Dorothy L. SayersCover Her Face by P.D. JamesThe Zig Zag Girl by Elly Griffiths
Best Crime & Mystery Books
7,318 books — 15,656 voters
Shadow of the Moon by M.M. KayeThe Far Pavilions by M.M. KayeA Passage to India by E.M. ForsterZemindar by Valerie FitzgeraldThe Last Kashmiri Rose by Barbara Cleverly
Tales of the Raj
109 books — 31 voters

Gaudy Night by Dorothy L. SayersBusman's Honeymoon by Dorothy L. SayersThe Body in the Library by Agatha ChristieMurder at the Vicarage by Agatha ChristieHave His Carcase by Dorothy L. Sayers
The Golden Age Queens of Crime: Christie -- Sayers -- Marsh -- Allingham -- Wentworth (fiction)
184 books — 256 voters
Shadow of the Moon by M.M. KayeThe Far Pavilions by M.M. KayeA Passage to India by E.M. ForsterZemindar by Valerie FitzgeraldThe Kashmir Shawl by Rosie Thomas
Excellent Books about India and England
280 books — 268 voters

Gaudy Night by Dorothy L. SayersCase Histories by Kate AtkinsonThe Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan BradleyIn the Woods by Tana FrenchBusman's Honeymoon by Dorothy L. Sayers
The Best British Crime/Mystery Fiction
1,209 books — 1,256 voters