Big Books of 2026

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Gerry (122 Lists)



Murder at the Vicarage by Agatha ChristieThe Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie
Best Agatha Christie Book
111 books — 1,374 voters
Green Eggs and Ham by Dr. SeussThe Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar WildeThe Woman in White by Wilkie CollinsThe Scarlet Pimpernel by Emmuska OrczyThe Masque of the Red Death by Edgar Allan Poe
A Kaleidoscope of Colors
2,283 books — 199 voters

Frankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft ShelleyOur Mutual Friend by Charles DickensRight Ho, Jeeves by P.G. WodehouseThe Scarlet Pimpernel by Emmuska OrczyA Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
LibriVox Audiobooks
169 books — 63 voters
Oliver Twist by Charles DickensThe Fall of the House of Usher by Edgar Allan PoeThe Pickwick Papers by Charles DickensFrankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft ShelleyNicholas Nickleby by Charles Dickens
Best Books of the Decade: 1830s
244 books — 236 voters

Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn WaughUncle Tom’s Cabin by Harriet Beecher StoweBeyond a Boundary by C.L.R. JamesThank You, Jeeves by P.G. WodehouseMulliner Nights by P.G. Wodehouse
Books Mentioned in Hitch-22
101 books — 25 voters
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee by Dee BrownInto Thin Air by Jon KrakauerThe Devil in the White City by Erik LarsonIn Cold Blood by Truman CapoteEx Libris by Anne Fadiman
Interesting and Readable Nonfiction
4,041 books — 2,036 voters

In Cold Blood by Truman CapoteLady Chatterley's Lover by D.H. LawrenceVile Bodies by Evelyn WaughRoom at the Top by John BraineEnglish Journey by J.B. Priestley
David Bowie's Top 100 Must Read Books
100 books — 311 voters
The Talented Mr. Ripley by Patricia HighsmithRebecca by Daphne du MaurierThe Red Dahlia by La Plante. Lynda.
Thrillers You Must Read!
4,719 books — 6,567 voters

Travels with Charley by John SteinbeckThe Innocents Abroad, Or, the New Pilgrims' Progress by Mark TwainNotes from a Small Island by Bill BrysonHimalaya by Michael PalinThe Dig Tree by Sarah Murgatroyd
Have Passport Will Travel
704 books — 587 voters
Raffles by E.W. HornungPride and Prejudice by Jane AustenGone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellPeter Pan by J.M. Barrie
Best Protagonist Ever
69 books — 23 voters

Zelda by Nancy MilfordClara Bow by David StennA Life of Barbara Stanwyck by Victoria Wilson
A Celebration of Icons
28 books — 5 voters
Rebecca by Daphne du MaurierJane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
Books with the Most Twists
17 books — 11 voters

The Queen's Head by Edward Marston
Historical Fiction of the 1980s
85 books — 13 voters
A Christmas Carol by Lesley SimsThe Tale of Peter Rabbit by Beatrix Potter
Heartwarming Picture Books
56 books — 28 voters

The Origin of Species by Charles DarwinUncle Tom’s Cabin by Harriet Beecher StoweFrankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft ShelleyLes Misérables by Victor HugoThe Gutenberg Bible by Martin Davies
The Most Influential Books
1,479 books — 5,283 voters
My Man Jeeves by P.G. WodehouseThe Code of the Woosters by P.G. WodehouseRight Ho, Jeeves by P.G. Wodehouse
These Will Make You Laugh
60 books — 31 voters

Happy Like Murderers by Gordon BurnThe Devil in the White City by Erik LarsonPeople Who Eat Darkness by Richard Lloyd ParrySomebody's Husband, Somebody's Son by Gordon BurnA Different Class of Murder by Laura Thompson
True Crime--Well Written
389 books — 389 voters
Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier
Books With The Best First Sentences
27 books — 16 voters

At Bertram's Hotel by Agatha ChristieRebecca by Daphne du Maurier
Hotels, Motels, Inns, B'n'Bs and Guesthouses
444 books — 187 voters
Vanity Fair by William Makepeace ThackerayDavid Copperfield by Charles DickensGulliver’s Travels by Jonathan Swift
Good Reading's 100 Significant Books
100 books — 56 voters

Katherine by Anya SetonDrood by Dan Simmons
Fictionalized accounts of real people
350 books — 109 voters
Rubaiyat by Omar KhayyámRobbery Under Arms by Rolf Boldrewood
Forgotten Classics
88 books — 20 voters

Georgiana by Amanda ForemanA Journal of the Plague Year by Daniel DefoeElizabeth's London by Liza PicardThe Life of Elizabeth I by Alison WeirVictorian London by Liza Picard
British History
786 books — 203 voters
Rebecca by Daphne du MaurierThe Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins
Favorite Virago Modern Classics
270 books — 206 voters

Carry On, Jeeves by P.G. WodehouseVery Good, Jeeves! by P.G. WodehouseThe Code of the Woosters by P.G. Wodehouse
The Funniest Books Ever Written (Any Genre)
474 books — 89 voters
Pride and Prejudice by Jane AustenThe Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre DumasLittle Women by Louisa May AlcottThe Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark TwainDracula by Bram Stoker
Project Gutenberg
619 books — 115 voters

Gone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellBurning Bright by Tracy ChevalierPride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
How to be a heroine
48 books — 8 voters
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
Your Top 5 Reads in 2014
1,610 books — 1,251 voters

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark TwainGone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellThe Yearling by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings
Books Worth Reading Twice
192 books — 19 voters
The House of Silk by Anthony HorowitzThe Small House at Allington by Anthony TrollopeThe Black Swan by Rafael Sabatini
2015: What the Over 35's Are Reading
2,556 books — 313 voters


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