Big Books of 2026

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Mercer (84 Lists)



The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
I Don't Understand All That Fuss
1,024 books — 2,566 voters
And Then There Were None by Agatha ChristieRebecca by Daphne du Maurier
Best Crime & Mystery Books
7,306 books — 15,549 voters

And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie
Best Agatha Christie Book
111 books — 1,374 voters
The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan
Books that Should Be Made into BETTER Movies
163 books — 315 voters

Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
Best Books of the Decade: 1840s
280 books — 384 voters
Rebecca by Daphne du MaurierJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëWuthering Heights by Emily Brontë
Best Gothic Books of All Time
585 books — 3,501 voters

Dragonfly in Amber by Diana GabaldonOutlander by Diana Gabaldon
The Best of the Best Romance Novels of the Twentieth Century
641 books — 2,231 voters
Dragonfly in Amber by Diana Gabaldon
Best Time Travel Fiction
1,957 books — 5,244 voters

Magic Study by Maria V. SnyderThe Raven by Edgar Allan Poe
Books that Sound So Much More Interesting If One Removes the Last Letter of the Title
1,188 books — 245 voters
Columbine by Dave CullenIn Cold Blood by Truman CapoteThe Stranger Beside Me by Ann RuleMind Hunter by John E. DouglasI'll Be Gone in the Dark by Michelle McNamara
True Crime
726 books — 607 voters

The Doors of Stone by Patrick Rothfuss
Hurry Up and Release It!!!
252 books — 3,789 voters
Mistborn by Brandon SandersonThe Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss
Most Interesting Magic System
2,645 books — 8,768 voters

Outlander by Diana GabaldonDragonfly in Amber by Diana Gabaldon
Best Historical Fiction
7,396 books — 25,578 voters
Dragonfly in Amber by Diana Gabaldon
Best Historical Fiction Set in UK and Ireland
1,348 books — 1,584 voters

Outlander by Diana Gabaldon
Hunks in History
209 books — 313 voters
The Bands of Mourning by Brandon Sanderson
Can't Wait Science Fiction/Fantasy of 2016
432 books — 1,812 voters

Lady Midnight by Cassandra Clare
YA Novels of 2016
1,139 books — 8,692 voters
The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis
Saw the Movie, Now must read the Book
45 books — 8 voters

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingHarry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling
Best Male Leads
593 books — 144 voters
Cress by Marissa MeyerCity of Heavenly Fire by Cassandra ClareIsla and the Happily Ever After by Stephanie Perkins
The "Can't Wait" Books of 2014
1,967 books — 5,290 voters

City of Heavenly Fire by Cassandra ClareCress by Marissa MeyerIsla and the Happily Ever After by Stephanie PerkinsThe One by Kiera Cass
YA Novels of 2014
1,506 books — 8,775 voters
The House of Hades by Rick RiordanAllegiant by Veronica RothEmerald Green by Kerstin Gier
YA Books - Publishing October 2013
122 books — 339 voters

Scarlet by Marissa MeyerProdigy by Marie Lu
Beautiful Book Covers of 2013
595 books — 2,020 voters
The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. TolkienThe Two Towers by J.R.R. TolkienThe Return of the King by J.R.R. TolkienThe Hobbit by Chuck Dixon
Best Fantasy that is Really Fantasy
331 books — 285 voters

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling
Six Stars
1,509 books — 756 voters
The Selection by Kiera Cass
2012 Debut Authors (Young Adult & Middle Grade)
1,046 books — 6,282 voters

The Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsCatching Fire by Suzanne CollinsMockingjay by Suzanne CollinsDivergent by Veronica Roth
Best YA Dystopian Book of All Times
84 books — 28 voters
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. RowlingHarry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. RowlingHarry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. RowlingHarry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. RowlingHarry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. Rowling
Books I Became So Obsessed With I Stopped Everything Else in My Life to Finish.
12,146 books — 9,897 voters

The Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. Tolkien
Great First Lines
91 books — 84 voters
The Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsCatching Fire by Suzanne CollinsCinder by Marissa MeyerThe Host by Stephenie MeyerThe Selection by Kiera Cass
YA Dystopia Novels
1,790 books — 11,250 voters


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