Big Books of 2026

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Sunsettowers (13 Lists)



The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha ChristieMurder at the Vicarage by Agatha ChristieThe Secret Adversary by Agatha ChristieThe Beekeeper's Apprentice by Laurie R. King
Cozy Mystery Series - First Book of a Series
1,154 books — 2,468 voters
The Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan DoyleJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëFrankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft ShelleyRebecca by Daphne du Maurier
Best Gothic Books of All Time
585 books — 3,502 voters

Gone Girl by Gillian FlynnIn the Woods by Tana FrenchThe Tell-Tale Heart by Edgar Allan PoeCatching Fire by Suzanne CollinsMockingjay by Suzanne Collins
WTF Endings
478 books — 862 voters
The Paying Guests by Sarah Waters
2015 Tournament of Books Short List
17 books — 159 voters

Shutter Island by Dennis LehaneDark Places by Gillian FlynnSharp Objects by Gillian FlynnGone Girl by Gillian FlynnThe Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins
Best Beach Reads 2015
1,738 books — 2,268 voters
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonThe Girl Who Played with Fire by Stieg LarssonThe Thirteenth Tale by Diane SetterfieldAnd Then There Were None by Agatha ChristieThe Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest by Stieg Larsson
Best Literary Mysteries
2,551 books — 4,596 voters

And Then There Were None by Agatha ChristieMurder on the Orient Express by Agatha ChristieThe Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie
Best Agatha Christie Book
111 books — 1,374 voters
The Wire In The Blood by Val McDermidThe Private Patient by P.D. JamesA Study in Scarlet by Arthur Conan DoyleRebecca by Daphne du MaurierThe Sittaford Mystery by Agatha Christie
Best British Crime Fiction
260 books — 34 voters

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingThe Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,807 books — 49,788 voters
The Thirteenth Tale by Diane SetterfieldThe Historian by Elizabeth KostovaRebecca by Daphne du MaurierThe Forgotten Garden by Kate Morton
Modern Gothic
712 books — 1,358 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeePride and Prejudice by Jane AustenThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldRomeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
31,546 books — 120,094 voters
And Then There Were None by Agatha ChristieThe Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha ChristieMurder on the Orient Express by Agatha ChristieShutter Island by Dennis LehaneThe Westing Game by Ellen Raskin
Best Twists
8,352 books — 8,965 voters

Silver Shadows by Richelle MeadHollow City by Ransom RiggsThe Thousand-Dollar Tan Line by Rob ThomasUnmade by Sarah Rees Brennan
The "Can't Wait" Books of 2014
1,967 books — 5,296 voters