Big Books of 2026

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Shannon (23 Lists)



The Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley
Best Arthurian Fiction
476 books — 1,442 voters
The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende
Best Feminist Fiction
1,504 books — 2,674 voters

Stiff by Mary RoachKitchen Confidential by Anthony BourdainMidnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John Berendt
Best Non-Fiction (no biographies)
6,227 books — 8,066 voters
Rebecca by Daphne du MaurierJude the Obscure by Thomas HardyThe Mayor of Casterbridge by Thomas HardyDracula by Bram StokerFahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
Classics Library
634 books — 522 voters

The Da Vinci Code by Dan BrownTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey NiffeneggerEnder’s Game by Orson Scott CardThe Red Tent by Anita Diamant
Books on the Worst Books of All Time List That I Love
268 books — 891 voters
The Book of Salt by Monique Truong
Worst Books I Ever Read
337 books — 269 voters

Atonement by Ian McEwanGirls in Trucks by Katie Crouch
Disappointing Books
2,735 books — 4,607 voters
The Alienist by Caleb CarrAngels & Demons by Dan BrownThe Thirteenth Tale by Diane SetterfieldMystic River by Dennis Lehane
Best Crime & Mystery Books
7,306 books — 15,546 voters

The Good Earth by Pearl S. BuckThe Pearl by John SteinbeckBilly Budd, Sailor by Herman MelvilleSilas Marner by George EliotThe Mill on the Floss by George Eliot
Read These In School - Would Have Preferred A Root Canal
466 books — 1,588 voters
Rebecca by Daphne du MaurierUse of Weapons by Iain M. BanksThe Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey NiffeneggerEnder’s Game by Orson Scott Card
Best Ending
8,034 books — 6,062 voters

The Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa Gregory
Most Inaccurate Historical Fiction
105 books — 160 voters
The Alienist by Caleb CarrPompeii by Robert HarrisMistress of the Art of Death by Ariana Franklin
Best Historical Mystery
2,067 books — 4,529 voters

Mythology by Edith Hamilton
Best Books About Mythology
1,395 books — 2,218 voters
America (The Book) by Jon Stewart
Best Humorous Books
4,313 books — 7,860 voters

Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris
Best Strange and Twisted Memoirs
699 books — 1,051 voters
Garlic and Sapphires by Ruth ReichlDry by Augusten BurroughsKitchen Confidential by Anthony BourdainMy Life in France by Julia Child
Favorite Memoirs/Autobiographies
2,093 books — 1,943 voters

The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield
Book Club List
739 books — 772 voters
La Cucina by Lily Prior
Food-Related Fiction
856 books — 602 voters

Ahab's Wife, or The Star-Gazer by Sena Jeter NaslundGarden Spells by Sarah Addison Allen
Chick Lit for the Beach
1,386 books — 1,785 voters
The Shining by Stephen KingThe Tommyknockers by Stephen KingRosemary’s Baby by Ira LevinCarrie by Stephen King
Best Horror Novels
1,983 books — 5,446 voters

The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey NiffeneggerThe Lovely Bones by Alice SeboldThe Book of Lost Things by John ConnollyEmpire Falls by Richard Russo
Best Books of the Decade: 2000s
7,189 books — 28,380 voters
Ender’s Game by Orson Scott CardDracula by Bram StokerLord of the Flies by William Golding
Best Books Ever
76,022 books — 282,387 voters

Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur GoldenThe Pillars of the Earth by Ken FollettPompeii by Robert HarrisNefertiti by Michelle Moran
Best Historical Fiction
7,386 books — 25,573 voters