Big Books of 2026

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Suzanna (20 Lists)



Space Is Just a Starry Night by Tanith Lee
Best Of (And Everything By) Tanith Lee
77 books — 48 voters
The Narrow Road to the Deep North and Other Travel Sketches by Matsuo BashōZen Mind, Beginner's Mind by Shunryu Suzuki
Best Japanese Books
771 books — 3,248 voters

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. LewisLittle Women by Louisa May AlcottThe Winter's Tale by William ShakespeareWinter's Tale by Mark Helprin
Winter Reads
10,118 books — 2,737 voters
Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara KingsolverThe Year of Magical Thinking by Joan DidionPlenty by Alisa Smith
A Year in the Life
203 books — 320 voters

The Folk Keeper by Franny BillingsleyTam Lin by Pamela Dean
Fairy Tale Retellings: Hidden Gems
587 books — 732 voters
The Pleasures and Sorrows of Work by Alain de Botton
In-text photographs
18 books — 7 voters

The Kitchen God's Wife by Amy TanWind, Sand and Stars by Antoine de Saint-ExupéryAngels and Insects by A.S. ByattThe Treasure of the City of Ladies by Christine de PizanWhen the Emperor Was Divine by Julie Otsuka
Most Poetic Book Titles
2,064 books — 893 voters
Lavinia by Ursula K. Le Guin
Best Books About Ancient Rome
738 books — 1,084 voters

The Last Unicorn by Peter S. BeagleStardust by Neil GaimanDaughter of the Forest by Juliet MarillierThe Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer BradleyNeverwhere by Neil Gaiman
The Best of Mythic Fiction
683 books — 709 voters
Beauty by Robin McKinleyBook of a Thousand Days by Shannon HaleEast by Edith PattouDaughter of the Forest by Juliet MarillierSun and Moon, Ice and Snow by Jessica Day George
The Best Fairytales and Retellings
2,796 books — 9,158 voters

Gilead by Marilynne RobinsonThe Good Earth by Pearl S. BuckTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Pulitzer Winners: Fiction & Novels
99 books — 952 voters
New Seeds of Contemplation by Thomas Merton
Lent Reading List
232 books — 73 voters

Winter's Tale by Mark HelprinInvisible Cities by Italo Calvino
Favorite Magical Realism Novels
1,304 books — 4,515 voters
Jane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëThe Pillow Book by Sei ShōnagonThe Histories by Herodotus
Clifton Fadiman's Lifetime Reading Plan
182 books — 106 voters

People of the Book by Geraldine Brooks
Best Books of 2008
1,631 books — 6,783 voters
Battlefield Earth by L. Ron HubbardThe Tale of Genji by Murasaki ShikibuThe Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon
Thickest Books Ever
889 books — 2,489 voters

The Other Wind by Ursula K. Le Guin
World Fantasy Award Winners
57 books — 273 voters
Possession by A.S. Byatt
Booker Prize Winners
60 books — 1,985 voters

The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan DidionDreaming Me by Janice Dean WillisRefuge by Terry Tempest Williams
Memoirs by Women
2,993 books — 3,021 voters
Les Misérables by Victor Hugo
Best Books Ever
76,039 books — 282,475 voters