Big Books of 2026

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Roger Cottrell (6 Lists)



The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodMystic River by Dennis Lehane
Boston Books
332 books — 274 voters
Mr. Planemaker's Flying Machine by Shelagh WatkinsThe Princess Bride by William GoldmanTales Before Tolkien by Douglas A. Anderson
Favorites of the Fantasy Book Club
812 books — 1,732 voters

The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankReading Lolita in Tehran by Azar NafisiStolen Lives by Malika OufkirLife and Death in Shanghai by Nien ChengI Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
Memoirs by Women
3,014 books — 3,029 voters
The Complete Western Stories of Elmore Leonard by Elmore LeonardBury My Heart at Wounded Knee by Dee BrownThe U. P. Trail by Zane GreyTrails Of The Dime Novel by Terry W. BurnsRiders of the Purple Sage by Zane Grey
Best Westerns
1,376 books — 1,501 voters

Forever Friends by Shelagh Watkins
Best Anthologies
1,121 books — 770 voters
1984 by George OrwellVacation by Jeremy C. ShippThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyBrave New World by Aldous Huxley
Dystopia!
1,219 books — 2,753 voters