Big Books of 2026

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Emily Bayer (17 Lists)



To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankPride and Prejudice by Jane AustenNight by Elie Wiesel
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
31,755 books — 120,807 voters
Brave New World by Aldous HuxleyEnder’s Game by Orson Scott CardThe Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsDivergent by Veronica RothCatching Fire by Suzanne Collins
Best Dystopian Books for Teens
535 books — 2,126 voters

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingThe Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsThe Giver by Lois LowryHoles by Louis SacharTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Best Young Adult Books
13,127 books — 80,200 voters
Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor E. FranklSiddhartha by Hermann HesseTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar WildeThe Origin of Species by Charles Darwin
Books that Changed the Way You View Life
10,507 books — 5,813 voters

The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins1984 by George OrwellThe Giver by Lois LowryBrave New World by Aldous HuxleyDivergent by Veronica Roth
Best Dystopian and Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
3,769 books — 26,024 voters
Brokeback Mountain by Annie Proulx
The MOVIE was BETTER than the BOOK
1,133 books — 10,101 voters

Fifty Shades of Grey by E.L. James
The Worst Books of All Time
8,096 books — 19,876 voters
Beautiful Boy by David SheffSex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs by Chuck Klosterman
Druggie Memoirs
44 books — 79 voters

The Help by Kathryn StockettWater for Elephants by Sara GruenTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsThe Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls
Best for Book Clubs
14,863 books — 18,733 voters
The Four Agreements by Miguel RuizEat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth GilbertCodependent No More by Melody BeattieIllusions by Richard BachThe Dalai Lama's Little Book Of Wisdom by Dalai Lama XIV
Best Self-Help, Spiritual, Motivational, Law of Attraction Books
2,004 books — 1,636 voters

The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara KingsolverAngela’s Ashes by Frank McCourtThe Road by Cormac McCarthyGreat Expectations by Charles DickensOne Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken Kesey
Best Books Ever
76,706 books — 285,111 voters
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark TwainHamlet by William ShakespeareWinnie-the-Pooh by A.A. Milne
Books that scored a five by me
9,429 books — 2,368 voters

Divergent by Veronica Roth
Best Books of the Decade: 2010s
7,688 books — 14,216 voters
High Fidelity by Nick HornbyThe Bad Beginning by Lemony SnicketI Know This Much Is True by Wally LambInto the Wild by Jon KrakauerThe Shipping News by Annie Proulx
Best Books of the Decade: 1990s
3,129 books — 3,678 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee1984 by George OrwellThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerBrave New World by Aldous Huxley
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,899 books — 49,793 voters
Water for Elephants by Sara GruenThe Help by Kathryn StockettThe Road by Cormac McCarthyThe Glass Castle by Jeannette WallsThe Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón
Best Books of the Decade: 2000s
7,187 books — 28,369 voters

Pride and Prejudice by Jane AustenAnna Karenina by Leo TolstoySense and Sensibility by Jane AustenWater for Elephants by Sara GruenLes Misérables by Victor Hugo
Literary Love Triangles (Non-YA)
530 books — 1,887 voters