Big Books of 2026

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Yasmin (68 Lists)



1453 by Roger CrowleyTerry Jones' Medieval Lives by Terry JonesThe Ornament of the World by María Rosa MenocalThe House Of Wisdom by Jonathan LyonsThe Far Traveler by Nancy Marie Brown
Best Medieval History Books
817 books — 328 voters
Under Milk Wood by Dylan ThomasA Child's Christmas in Wales by Dylan Thomas
Wales: The Best Books
173 books — 42 voters

The Color Purple by Alice WalkerBeloved by Toni MorrisonMarch by John LewisTheir Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale HurstonTwelve Years a Slave by Solomon Northup
#BlackLivesMatter Reading List
625 books — 290 voters
1491 by Charles C. MannThe Motorcycle Diaries by Ernesto Che GuevaraThe Bolivian Diary by Ernesto Che GuevaraBolívar by Marie Arana
South America - History and Culture
359 books — 124 voters

Red Earth and Pouring Rain by Vikram ChandraA Fine Balance by Rohinton MistryFamily Matters by Rohinton MistrySuch a Long Journey by Rohinton MistryHeat and Dust by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
Best Indian Fiction Books
918 books — 2,426 voters
The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar WildeAgainst Nature by Joris-Karl HuysmansLes Fleurs du Mal by Charles BaudelaireThe Tell-Tale Heart and Other Writings by Edgar Allan PoeBel-Ami by Guy de Maupassant
Decadence & the Fin-de-Siècle
240 books — 201 voters

Roots by Alex HaleyThe Three Musketeers by Alexandre DumasKidnapped by Robert Louis Stevenson
Recommended Historical Fiction
3,673 books — 3,604 voters
The Complete Collected Poems by Maya AngelouTwenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair by Pablo NerudaThe Book of American Negro Poetry by James Weldon JohnsonThe Essential Rumi by Coleman BarksPoems of Phillis Wheatley by Phillis Wheatley
Favorite Poets of Color
600 books — 199 voters

Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieClear Light of Day by Anita Desai
Nobel Prize Contenders
77 books — 65 voters
The Sufi Doctrine of Rumi by William C. Chittick1453 by Roger CrowleyThe Autobiography of Malcolm X by Malcolm XPersepolis by Marjane SatrapiA Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
Best Books About Islam & Muslims
722 books — 725 voters

A Fine Balance by Rohinton MistryA Suitable Boy by Vikram SethThe Twentieth Wife by Indu SundaresanFamily Matters by Rohinton MistryThe Bandit Queen Of India by Phoolan Devi
Fiction/Non-fiction Books About India That Don't Focus On the British Raj
228 books — 109 voters
Heat & Dust by Ruth Prawer JhabvalaClear Light of Day by Anita DesaiIn Custody by Anita Desai
South Asian Fiction by Women
183 books — 163 voters

The Pillow Book of Sei Shōnagon by Sei ShōnagonThe Tale of Genji by Murasaki ShikibuThe Pure and the Impure by ColetteSo That You Can Know Me by Yasmin HameedThe Complete Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi
Women in Translation
924 books — 305 voters
The Arabian Nights by Anonymous
Best Books of the 9th Century
18 books — 96 voters

The Tale of Genji by Murasaki ShikibuThe Pillow Book by Sei ShōnagonRubáiyát of Omar Khayyám by Omar Khayyám
Best Books of the 11th Century
24 books — 112 voters
Teachings of Rumi (The Masnavi) by JalalThe Essential Rumi by Jalal ad-Din Muhammad ar-RumiClassics of World Spirituality by Jalal ad-Din Muhammad ar-RumiThe Masnavi, Book Two by Jalal ad-Din Muhammad ar-Rumi
Best Books of the 13th Century
72 books — 186 voters

The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri
Best Books of the 14th Century
63 books — 355 voters
The Prince by Niccolò Machiavelli
Best Books of the 16th Century
192 books — 543 voters

A Vindication of the Rights of Woman by Mary WollstonecraftThe Rime of the Ancient Mariner by Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Best Books of the 18th Century
375 books — 1,008 voters
Jane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëWuthering Heights by Emily BrontëThe Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar WildeFrankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft ShelleyThe Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas
Best Books of the 19th Century
1,704 books — 6,878 voters

The Complete Persepolis by Marjane SatrapiDewey by Vicki MyronBring Up the Bodies by Hilary MantelThe Book of Negroes by Lawrence HillA Mercy by Toni Morrison
Best Books of the 21st Century
9,847 books — 22,040 voters
Jane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëSong of Solomon by Toni MorrisonCollins Complete Works of Oscar Wilde by Oscar WildeEarthly Paradise by Colette
If I Was Stuck on a Desert Island I'd Need...
30 books — 12 voters

Jambula Tree and other stories by The Caine Prize for African...Aya by Marguerite AbouetSlave by Mende NazerThe Book of Negroes by Lawrence Hill
Books about AFRICA or by AFRICAN AUTHORS
820 books — 286 voters
The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankI Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya AngelouThe Story of My Life by Helen Keller
Must Read Memoirs
1,229 books — 809 voters

Jane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëWuthering Heights by Emily Brontë
READING ADDICTION
115 books — 20 voters
The Color Purple by Alice Walker
Caribbean/West Indian Diaspora Literature - Women (fiction)
205 books — 151 voters

Lady Sings the Blues by Billie HolidayI Put a Spell on You by Nina SimoneNina Simone by Sylvia HamptonDuke by Terry TeachoutWhat a Wonderful World by Ricky Riccardi
Best Books about Musicians, Singers, and Bands
291 books — 77 voters
The Book of Love by Jalal ad-Din Muhammad ar-RumiThe Soul of Rumi by Jalal ad-Din Muhammad ar-RumiA Year with Rumi by Jalal ad-Din Muhammad ar-Rumi
Medieval Persian Philosopher-Poets: Rumi, Hāfez, Omar Khayyám and ‘Attār of Nishapur
111 books — 103 voters

The Tale of Genji by Murasaki ShikibuThe Pillow Book by Sei Shōnagon
Japanese Literature
310 books — 387 voters
Little Daughter by Zoya Phan
Myanmar/Burma
147 books — 74 voters


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