Big Books of 2026

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Elizabeth (14 Lists)



Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides
Oprah's Book Club Picks
124 books — 2,201 voters
Gone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellA Walk to Remember by Nicholas SparksAtonement by Ian McEwanThe Thorn Birds by Colleen McCulloughThe Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer
Best Love Stories
5,179 books — 9,640 voters

Gone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellThe Prince of Tides by Pat ConroyCane River by Lalita TademyThe Help by Kathryn StockettMother of Pearl by Melinda Haynes
Best Southern Literature
1,344 books — 2,573 voters
Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth GilbertThe Road by Cormac McCarthyMen Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus by John GrayThe Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsExtremely Loud & Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer
Everyone's Read It But Me
774 books — 4,323 voters

The Memory Keeper's Daughter by Kim EdwardsThe Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey NiffeneggerMiddlesex by Jeffrey EugenidesThe Thirteenth Tale by Diane SetterfieldThe Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer
Best Books of the 21st Century
9,847 books — 22,038 voters
Green Eggs and Ham by Dr. SeussFried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe by Fannie FlaggJames and the Giant Peach by Roald DahlThe Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle
Food-Related Fiction
898 books — 603 voters

Peyton Place by Grace Metalious
Retro Reads
162 books — 133 voters
One for the Money by Janet EvanovichMarley and Me by John GroganTwo for the Dough by Janet EvanovichDivine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood by Rebecca Wells
Books that Make you Laugh
3,501 books — 5,076 voters

1984 by George OrwellSex and the City by Candace Bushnell
The Worst Books of All Time
8,096 books — 19,876 voters
The Help by Kathryn StockettA Reliable Wife by Robert GoolrickShanghai Girls by Lisa See
Best Books of 2009
1,766 books — 6,932 voters

Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak
Caldecott Medal Winners
90 books — 457 voters
Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov
Books that Blew Me Away and that I Still Think About
14,637 books — 14,904 voters

The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
Popular Books that Annoy You
1,010 books — 2,011 voters
Gone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellThe Pillars of the Earth by Ken FollettThe Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa GregoryThe Red Tent by Anita DiamantSnow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See
Best Historical Fiction
7,440 books — 25,628 voters