Big Books of 2026

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Sonya (10 Lists)



The Known World by Edward P. Jones
Black History Month
553 books — 493 voters
A Long Way from Verona by Jane GardamSo Long, See You Tomorrow by William MaxwellThe Slaves of Solitude by Patrick Hamilton
Backlisted Podcast
132 books — 19 voters

Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel
Amazon's 2014 Best Books of the Year: The Top 100 in Print Format
99 books — 232 voters
Jane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëA Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving
100 Books to Read in a Lifetime: Readers' Picks
15,227 books — 17,462 voters

Running with Scissors by Augusten BurroughsThe Pillars of the Earth by Ken FollettAtlas Shrugged by Ayn RandThe Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk KiddProzac Nation by Elizabeth Wurtzel
Books I Regret Reading
2,300 books — 3,224 voters
Await Your Reply by Dan ChaonThe Little Stranger by Sarah WatersThe Financial Lives of the Poets by Jess WalterLast Night in Montreal by Emily St. John MandelColumbine by Dave Cullen
Best Books of 2009
1,769 books — 6,936 voters

Austerlitz by W.G. SebaldThe Road by Cormac McCarthyMiddlesex by Jeffrey EugenidesAtonement by Ian McEwanThe Corrections by Jonathan Franzen
Best Books of the 21st Century
9,832 books — 21,947 voters
Jane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëWar and Peace by Leo TolstoyThe Stand by Stephen King
Big Fat Books Worth the Effort
1,874 books — 6,998 voters

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldThe Grapes of Wrath by John SteinbeckEast of Eden by John SteinbeckLolita by Vladimir Nabokov
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,807 books — 49,789 voters
The Corrections by Jonathan FranzenMiddlesex by Jeffrey EugenidesThe Road by Cormac McCarthyThe Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael ChabonThe History of Love by Nicole Krauss
Best Books of the Decade: 2000s
7,189 books — 28,378 voters