Big Books of 2026

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Meredith (165 Lists)



Piranesi by Susanna ClarkeThe Only Good Indians by Stephen Graham JonesA Deadly Education by Naomi Novik
Best Books of 2020
1,564 books — 1,934 voters
Fugitive Telemetry by Martha Wells
Best Books of 2021
1,434 books — 1,625 voters

The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs by Jon ScieszkaThe Three Little Pigs by Steven Kellogg
Picture Books About Pigs
258 books — 113 voters
Matilda by Roald DahlThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienThe Perilous Gard by Elizabeth Marie PopeCharlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald DahlJames and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl
Best Chapter Books to Read Out Loud
789 books — 830 voters

The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsWhere the Wild Things Are by Maurice SendakThe Eyre Affair by Jasper FfordeCatch-22 by Joseph Heller
Trippy Books
843 books — 897 voters
Stiletto by Daniel O'Malley
Can't Wait Books of 2016
1,359 books — 6,391 voters

Good Omens by Terry PratchettThe Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar WildeSmall Gods by Terry Pratchett
Best Humorous Books
4,328 books — 7,873 voters
Jane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëFrankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft ShelleyThe Grapes of Wrath by John SteinbeckEmma by Jane AustenPersuasion by Jane Austen
1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die
1,320 books — 5,838 voters

The Elementals by Michael McDowell
New Editions of Vintage Horror
42 books — 26 voters
The Elementals by Michael McDowell
Forgotten Frights: Overlooked and Underappreciated Horror
803 books — 412 voters

Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna ClarkeWe Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley JacksonThe Night Circus by Erin MorgensternThe Bloody Chamber and Other Stories by Angela Carter
Modern Gothic
711 books — 1,357 voters
The Secret History by Donna Tartt
Best Quirky Dark Novels
131 books — 174 voters

The Girl with All the Gifts by M.R. Carey
Zombies!
1,664 books — 4,319 voters
The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
TO DIE FOR 2000 - 2015 STAND-ALONES
1,979 books — 5,353 voters

Wolf Hall by Hilary MantelThe Six Wives of Henry VIII by Alison WeirBring Up the Bodies by Hilary MantelThe Daughter of Time by Josephine TeyThe Boleyn Inheritance by Philippa Gregory
Best Books About Tudor England
608 books — 1,627 voters
The Guns of August by Barbara W. TuchmanNight by Elie WieselEmpire of the Summer Moon by S.C. Gwynne
Best History Books
3,701 books — 3,733 voters

I, Claudius by Robert GravesWolf Hall by Hilary MantelMemoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden
Recommended Historical Fiction
3,646 books — 3,588 voters
Wolf Hall by Hilary MantelBring Up the Bodies by Hilary MantelThe Color Purple by Alice WalkerThe King Must Die by Mary Renault
Literary Historical Fiction
1,133 books — 1,033 voters

Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
Love/Hate Relationships
807 books — 1,424 voters
Anna Karenina by Leo TolstoyJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëThe Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne
Unhappy Marriages
484 books — 288 voters

The Daughter of Time by Josephine Tey
Richard III and The War of the Roses
64 books — 43 voters
The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienFight Club by Chuck PalahniukThe Princess Diaries by Meg CabotDo Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick
The MOVIE was BETTER than the BOOK
1,133 books — 10,102 voters

Macbeth by William ShakespeareThe Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. LewisJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëMatilda by Roald Dahl
Best Female Villains
144 books — 91 voters
The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath
Borderline Personality Disorder, Insanity, and related issues
537 books — 734 voters

The Daughter of Time by Josephine TeyThe Alienist by Caleb Carr
Best Historical Mystery
2,070 books — 4,532 voters
The Secret History by Donna TarttTinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy by John le CarréThe Yiddish Policemen's Union by Michael ChabonThe Daughter of Time by Josephine TeyThe Alienist by Caleb Carr
Best Literary Mysteries
2,551 books — 4,594 voters

The Last Days of the Romanovs by Helen RappaportAnastasia by Carolyn Meyer
The Best Romanov Books, The Russian Tsars and Russian Royal Family
194 books — 265 voters
The Forgotten Beasts of Eld by Patricia A. McKillipA Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'EngleChalice by Robin McKinley
The Best of Mythic Fiction
683 books — 709 voters

The Metamorphosis by Franz KafkaHamlet by William ShakespeareDo Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. DickFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyOf Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
Best Existential Fiction
449 books — 767 voters
The Odyssey by HomerThe Voyage of the Dawn Treader by C.S. LewisAdventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
Boat Books
771 books — 500 voters


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