Big Books of 2026

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Lauren (31 Lists)



Trace by Lauret SavoyAs Long as Grass Grows by Dina Gilio-WhitakerBraiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall KimmererSpirit Run by Noé ÁlvarezA Terrible Thing to Waste by Harriet A. Washington
Race, Conservation, and the Outdoors
124 books — 14 voters
The Unwomanly Face of War by Svetlana AlexievichPushkin's Children by Tatyana TolstayaSexographies by Gabriela WienerThe Day Nina Simone Stopped Singing by Darina Al-JoundiOther Russias by Victoria Lomasko
Translated Non-Fiction by Women Authors
231 books — 37 voters

The Tiger by John Vaillant
Christian Science Monitor's Best Nonfiction Books of 2010
33 books — 62 voters
Ella Minnow Pea by Mark DunnThe Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann ShafferGriffin & Sabine by Nick BantockSabine's Notebook by Nick Bantock
Epistolary Fiction
855 books — 849 voters

The Year of the Flood by Margaret AtwoodCatching Fire by Suzanne CollinsThe Selected Works of T.S. Spivet by Reif Larsen
Best Books of 2009
1,766 books — 6,932 voters
Mockingjay by Suzanne CollinsDead in the Family by Charlaine Harris
Can't Wait Books of 2010
1,233 books — 10,130 voters

1984 by George OrwellThe Handmaid's Tale by Margaret AtwoodBrave New World by Aldous HuxleyOryx and Crake by Margaret AtwoodLord of the Flies by William Golding
Best Dystopian and Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
3,769 books — 26,024 voters
When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead
2009 MUST READS: Children's and YA
222 books — 764 voters

A Walk in the Woods by Bill BrysonThe Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid by Bill BrysonMe Talk Pretty One Day by David SedarisDress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim by David SedarisIn a Sunburned Country by Bill Bryson
Humorous Memoirs and Non-Fiction
943 books — 1,249 voters
The Road by Cormac McCarthyThe Little Match Girl by Hans Christian Andersen
Most Depressing Book of All Time
1,232 books — 3,915 voters

The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith
Cozy Mystery Series - First Book of a Series
1,160 books — 2,473 voters
1984 by George OrwellBrave New World by Aldous HuxleyThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodThe Sparrow by Mary Doria RussellNever Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
Best Science Fiction & Fantasy Books
8,482 books — 24,755 voters

The Histories by HerodotusThe History of Rome, Books 1-5 by Livy
History as Literature
727 books — 535 voters
Blissful Bites by Christy MorganThe Vegan Table by Colleen Patrick-GoudreauVegan Fire & Spice by Robin RobertsonVeganomicon by Isa Chandra MoskowitzViva Vegan! 200 Authentic and Fabulous Recipes for Latin Food... by Terry Hope Romero
Best Vegan Cookbooks
293 books — 389 voters

Chocolat by Joanne Harris
Food-Related Fiction
898 books — 603 voters
Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë
Read These In School - Would Have Preferred A Root Canal
462 books — 1,588 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Godfather by Mario PuzoPride and Prejudice by Jane AustenThe Silence of the Lambs by Thomas HarrisThe Princess Bride by William Goldman
Best Book to Screen Interpretation
579 books — 479 voters
Little Women by Louisa May AlcottAnne of Green Gables by L.M. MontgomeryCharlotte’s Web by E.B. WhiteHeidi by Johanna SpyriLittle House in the Big Woods by Laura Ingalls Wilder
Favorite books from my childhood
4,427 books — 7,435 voters

The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz ZafónThe Thirteenth Tale by Diane SetterfieldThe Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann ShafferThe Princess Bride by William GoldmanA Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith
Stories For Book Lovers
8,363 books — 8,455 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldPride and Prejudice by Jane AustenJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëLord of the Flies by William Golding
I'm glad someone made me read this book
10,843 books — 10,474 voters

War and Peace by Leo TolstoyUlysses by James JoyceOne Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García MárquezAnna Karenina by Leo TolstoyLove in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García Márquez
I Should Probably Read This Sometime...
11,607 books — 10,349 voters
Into Thin Air by Jon KrakauerInto the Wild by Jon KrakauerA Walk in the Woods by Bill BrysonTracks by Robyn DavidsonBlue Latitudes by Tony Horwitz
Tales of Adventure
513 books — 474 voters

The Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniFlowers for Algernon by Daniel KeyesHarry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. RowlingTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Books that Made You Cry!
3,357 books — 7,957 voters
A Tale of Two Cities by Charles DickensGirl with a Pearl Earring by Tracy ChevalierThe Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne
Best Historical Fiction
7,440 books — 25,628 voters

Night by Elie WieselThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankThe Autobiography of Malcolm X by Malcolm XInto Thin Air by Jon KrakauerThe Audacity of Hope by Barack Obama
Best Memoir / Biography / Autobiography
5,860 books — 6,382 voters
The Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael PollanIn Defense of Food by Michael PollanBlink by Malcolm GladwellAnimal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver
Best Non-Fiction (no biographies)
6,239 books — 8,069 voters

Veganomicon by Isa Chandra MoskowitzThe China Study by T. Colin CampbellVegan Freak by Bob TorresVegan with a Vengeance by Isa Chandra MoskowitzVegan Fire & Spice by Robin Robertson
Books for Vegans, Vegetarians, and those interested in Animal Rights
478 books — 528 voters
The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
Best ALA Adult Notables
142 books — 53 voters

Middlesex by Jeffrey EugenidesLife of Pi by Yann MartelThe Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón
Best Books of the Decade: 2000s
7,187 books — 28,369 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldBrave New World by Aldous HuxleyA Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty SmithThe Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,899 books — 49,792 voters


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