Big Books of 2026

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Sandy (11 Lists)



The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
Best Middle East Fiction
433 books — 473 voters
Tell the Wolves I'm Home by Carol Rifka Brunt
Best Books of 2012
3,522 books — 9,198 voters

Everything is Illuminated by Jonathan Safran FoerCrime and Punishment by Fyodor DostoevskyA Tale of Two Cities by Charles DickensThe Gulag Archipelago 1918–1956 by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
The Most Begun "Read but Unfinished" (Started) book ever
2,604 books — 13,149 voters
Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth GilbertAn Arsonist's Guide to Writers' Homes in New England by Brock Clarke
Most Overrated Books
724 books — 665 voters

Old Yeller by Fred GipsonA Dog's Life by Peter Mayle
Great "Dog" Books
1,340 books — 1,936 voters
Anne of Green Gables by L.M. MontgomeryHarry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone by J.K. Rowling"B" Is for Betsy by Carolyn Haywood
What Book Got You Hooked?
3,851 books — 10,552 voters

Queens' Play by Dorothy DunnettThe Pillars of the Earth by Ken FollettThe Alienist by Caleb Carr
Best Historical Fiction
7,440 books — 25,632 voters
The Memory Keeper's Daughter by Kim EdwardsTree of Smoke by Denis Johnson
Disappointing Books
2,732 books — 4,602 voters

The Shipping News by Annie ProulxAll the Pretty Horses by Cormac McCarthyThe Deep End of the Ocean by Jacquelyn Mitchard
The Worst Books of All Time
8,096 books — 19,875 voters
Lamb by Christopher Moore
Books that Make you Laugh
3,501 books — 5,076 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingA Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty SmithAtlas Shrugged by Ayn RandIn Cold Blood by Truman Capote
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,899 books — 49,787 voters