Big Books of 2026

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Heather (7 Lists)



The Italian Teacher by Tom RachmanThe Golden State by Lydia KieslingMy Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan BraithwaiteThe Mars Room by Rachel KushnerThe House of Broken Angels by Luis Alberto Urrea
2019 Tournament of Books Shortlist
18 books — 130 voters
The Witch Elm by Tana FrenchThe Great Believers by Rebecca MakkaiThe Italian Teacher by Tom RachmanSelf-Portrait with Boy by Rachel LyonThe Immortalists by Chloe Benjamin
The 2019 Tournament of Books Longlist
76 books — 431 voters

The Animators by Kayla Rae WhitakerSing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn WardIdaho by Emily RuskovichPachinko by Min Jin LeeSo Much Blue by Percival Everett
2018 Tournament of Books
19 books — 77 voters
The Animators by Kayla Rae WhitakerAll Grown Up by Jami Attenberg4 3 2 1 by Paul AusterSince We Fell by Dennis LehaneThe Leavers by Lisa Ko
Goodreads Picks for Tournament of Books 2018
174 books — 384 voters

Version Control by Dexter PalmerThe Nix by Nathan HillMister Monkey by Francine ProseHomegoing by Yaa GyasiThe Mothers by Brit Bennett
2017 Tournament of Books
18 books — 53 voters
The Vegetarian by Han KangThe Nest by Cynthia D'Aprix SweeneyCommonwealth by Ann PatchettAll the Ugly and Wonderful Things by Bryn GreenwoodMr. Splitfoot by Samantha Hunt
Goodreads Picks for Tournament of Books 2017
511 books — 1,999 voters

A Little Life by Hanya YanagiharaA God in Ruins by Kate AtkinsonAfter Birth by Elisa AlbertLoving Day by Mat JohnsonDelicious Foods by James Hannaham
Goodreads Picks For Tournament of Books 2016
283 books — 1,364 voters