Big Books of 2026

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Laura Simkins (4 Lists)



The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman
Best "Strong Female" Fantasy Novels
4,493 books — 18,312 voters
The Passion of Artemisia by Susan VreelandGirl in Hyacinth Blue by Susan VreelandGirl with a Pearl Earring by Tracy Chevalier
Art & Artists in Fiction
945 books — 1,107 voters

Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth StroutThe Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniThe Help by Kathryn StockettLife of Pi by Yann MartelThe Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd
Best Books of the Decade: 2000s
7,187 books — 28,370 voters
The Snow Child by Eowyn IveyThe Orphan Master's Son by Adam JohnsonThe Goldfinch by Donna TarttAll the Light We Cannot See by Anthony DoerrThe Martian by Andy Weir
Best Books of the Decade: 2010s
7,688 books — 14,215 voters