Big Books of 2026

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



April 1865 by Jay Winik
Months of the Year
498 books — 64 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
31,546 books — 120,080 voters

Shōgun by James Clavell
Big Fat Books Worth the Effort
1,874 books — 6,997 voters
The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre DumasTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeePride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
Books You Can't Live Without
1,655 books — 1,184 voters

One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez
Best Books Ever
76,158 books — 283,123 voters
The Hours by Michael CunninghamOne Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García MárquezWritten on the Body by Jeanette WintersonThe House of the Spirits by Isabel AllendeGiovanni’s Room by James Baldwin
Favorites from 1001 Books You Should Read Before You Die
503 books — 1,055 voters

Written on the Body by Jeanette WintersonGiovanni’s Room by James BaldwinTales of the City by Armistead MaupinThe Swimming-Pool Library by Alan HollinghurstThe Line of Beauty by Alan Hollinghurst
Best Gay Fiction
2,662 books — 3,867 voters
I Dreamed of Africa by Kuki GallmannThe No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith
Best books for an African Safari
475 books — 525 voters

Daughter of Fortune by Isabel AllendeThe House of the Spirits by Isabel AllendeThe Crucible by Arthur MillerShōgun by James Clavell
Best Historical Fiction
7,406 books — 25,586 voters
Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides
Best Historical Fiction of the 21st Century
1,427 books — 2,346 voters

The God of Small Things by Arundhati RoyWritten on the Body by Jeanette WintersonMusic & Silence by Rose TremainThe Pianist by Władysław SzpilmanBridget Jones’s Diary by Helen Fielding
Best Books of the Decade: 1990s
3,129 books — 3,677 voters
One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García MárquezThe House of the Spirits by Isabel AllendeThe Passion by Jeanette Winterson
Favorite Magical Realism Novels
1,304 books — 4,518 voters

Middlesex by Jeffrey EugenidesDaughter of Fortune by Isabel AllendeThe Pianist by Władysław Szpilman
Best Books of the Decade: 2000s
7,189 books — 28,378 voters