Big Books of 2026

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Adrianna Grezak (22 Lists)



Between Two Fires by Joshua YaffaOne Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
Books about Russia
139 books — 74 voters
The UnAmericans by Molly Antopol
Badass Short Story Collections (Or So I Hear)
464 books — 261 voters

The Help by Kathryn Stockett
Stories For Book Lovers
8,335 books — 8,356 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee1984 by George OrwellThe Help by Kathryn Stockett
Best Page-Turners with Redeeming Social Value
8,061 books — 5,730 voters

Born to Run by Christopher McDougall
Best Running (non-instructional) Books
227 books — 555 voters
In the Woods by Tana FrenchThe Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonThe Alienist by Caleb Carr
Best Crime & Mystery Books
7,306 books — 15,546 voters

Fall of Giants by Ken FollettThe Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson
You Want to Read in 2010
1,079 books — 1,976 voters
The Alienist by Caleb Carr
Best Historical Mystery
2,066 books — 4,528 voters

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingAnne of Green Gables by L.M. MontgomeryThe Fountainhead by Ayn RandWhite Oleander by Janet FitchThe Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath
Books With Unforgettable Characters
9,436 books — 8,402 voters
The Alienist by Caleb CarrThe Chosen by Chaim Potok
Tales of New York City
1,507 books — 1,216 voters

The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan BradleyThe Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael Chabon
Beautiful Books for Summer 2009
84 books — 76 voters
The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2007 by Dave Eggers
Anthologies
317 books — 174 voters

1984 by George OrwellThe Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde
Best British and Irish Literature
1,169 books — 1,112 voters
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken KeseyThe Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down by Anne FadimanThe Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales by Oliver SacksThe Bell Jar by Sylvia PlathThe Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
Medicine and Literature
1,843 books — 2,002 voters

The Complete Maus by Art SpiegelmanThe Plot by Will EisnerPersepolis by Marjane SatrapiUnderstanding Comics by Scott McCloud
Required Reading Graphic Novels
1,173 books — 2,011 voters
Middlesex by Jeffrey EugenidesIn the Woods by Tana FrenchLord of the Flies by William Golding
Best Books Ever
76,021 books — 282,388 voters

Atonement by Ian McEwan
What To Read Next
20,182 books — 24,092 voters
The Complete Maus by Art SpiegelmanA Contract with God and Other Tenement Stories by Will EisnerUnderstanding Comics by Scott McCloudAsterios Polyp by David Mazzucchelli
Best Graphic Novels
3,449 books — 6,767 voters

Atonement by Ian McEwanThe Notebook by Nicholas SparksAnne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery
Best Love Stories
5,168 books — 9,630 voters
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken Kesey1984 by George OrwellThe Grapes of Wrath by John SteinbeckNight by Elie WieselThe Stranger by Albert Camus
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,807 books — 49,785 voters

Middlesex by Jeffrey EugenidesHarry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. RowlingPersepolis by Marjane SatrapiThe Bookseller of Kabul by Åsne SeierstadThe Pianist by Władysław Szpilman
Best Books of the Decade: 2000s
7,189 books — 28,380 voters
Into the Wild by Jon KrakauerSurvival in Auschwitz by Primo LeviThe Bookseller of Kabul by Åsne SeierstadEyewitness Auschwitz by Filip Müller
Best Memoir / Biography / Autobiography
5,801 books — 6,339 voters