Big Books of 2026

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Mary (21 Lists)



The Chaperone by Laura MoriartyThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Best 1920s Historical Fiction
197 books — 275 voters
West With the Night by Beryl MarkhamMy Life in France by Julia ChildShakespeare and Company by Sylvia Beach
100 Best Female Biographies and Autobiographies
421 books — 74 voters

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood
The Book Bucket "Top 10 Books" Challenge Compilation
1,082 books — 370 voters
e. by Matt Beaumont
Epistolary Novels
187 books — 268 voters

E. by Matt BeaumontThe Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie
Epistolary Fiction
855 books — 846 voters
Red River by Lalita Tademy
Best Historical Fiction
7,406 books — 25,586 voters

Catch-22 by Joseph HellerOne Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García MárquezDon Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes SaavedraSwann’s Way by Marcel ProustTropic of Cancer by Henry Miller
The Most Begun "Read but Unfinished" (Started) book ever
2,606 books — 13,135 voters
World's End by T. Coraghessan Boyle
Best Family Sagas
619 books — 673 voters

The Graveyard Book by Neil GaimanJamaica Inn by Daphne du MaurierRebecca by Daphne du MaurierLolly Willowes by Sylvia Townsend WarnerThe Return of the Native by Thomas Hardy
Best Books To Read In Autumn
876 books — 518 voters
West with the Night by Beryl Markham
Favorite Travel Books
2,022 books — 3,944 voters

My Ántonia by Willa CatherA Thousand Acres by Jane SmileyBabbitt by Sinclair Lewis
Novels of the American Midwest
339 books — 157 voters
The Best of Everything by Rona JaffeRevolutionary Road by Richard YatesThe Group by Mary McCarthy
If You Like Mad Men . . .
63 books — 90 voters

True Grit by Charles PortisBossypants by Tina Fey
Best Audiobooks Ever
1,970 books — 2,836 voters
Pride and Prejudice by Jane AustenThe Color Purple by Alice Walker
Books with Strong Women Characters (All Genres)
1,726 books — 787 voters

Howards End by E.M. ForsterA Room with a View by E.M. ForsterBrideshead Revisited by Evelyn WaughThe Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro
Downton Abbey-esque Books
602 books — 999 voters
Loving by Henry Green
Best Fiction Set in Ireland
815 books — 547 voters

Please Ignore Vera Dietz by A.S. KingSloppy Firsts by Megan McCafferty13 Little Blue Envelopes by Maureen JohnsonThe Miseducation of Cameron Post by Emily M. DanforthThe Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie
If you love John Green books you'll love these books
115 books — 145 voters
Babe by Robert W. CreamerSandy Koufax by Jane LeavyMuhammad Ali by Thomas HauserWhen Pride Still Mattered by David MaranissDays of Grace by Arthur Ashe
Sports Biography (nonfiction)
248 books — 95 voters

The Return of the Native by Thomas HardyBossypants by Tina FeyThe Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
Best Audiobooks
1,565 books — 1,109 voters
The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankI Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya AngelouLittle Women by Louisa May AlcottTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeJane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
Best (Classic) Books for Teens
147 books — 303 voters

Pride and Prejudice by Jane AustenTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeePersuasion by Jane AustenThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldRebecca by Daphne du Maurier
Novels That Are Great Enough (and fun enough) to Read *Twice*
410 books — 208 voters