Big Books of 2026

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Chen (26 Lists)



The Nine Lives of Rose Napolitano by Donna Freitas
Child Free Life
12 books — 4 voters
When the Body Says No by Gabor Maté
Life Transformation Books
3,565 books — 2,206 voters

World War Z by Max Brooks
Best Dystopian and Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
3,745 books — 25,982 voters
Bonk by Mary Roach
Microhistory: Social Histories of Just One Thing
1,825 books — 2,213 voters

Being Peace by Thich Nhat HanhThe Second Shift by Arlie Russell Hochschild
50 books that will change your life: Real Simple
52 books — 16 voters
Not Buying It by Judith LevineThe Know-It-All by A.J. Jacobs
A Year in the Life
201 books — 319 voters

The Giver by Lois LowryHoles by Louis SacharThe Outsiders by S.E. HintonNumber the Stars by Lois LowryBridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson
Top 100 Middle School Must-Reads
2,265 books — 3,651 voters
Missing Kissinger by Etgar Keret
Best Israeli Reads
128 books — 99 voters

Walk Two Moons by Sharon CreechMrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH by Robert C. O'Brien
The Most Deserving Newbery
113 books — 2,998 voters
Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH by Robert C. O'BrienIf You Only Knew by Rachel VailWhat Are Friends For? by Rachel Vail
Best Feminist Young Adult Books
1,321 books — 1,341 voters

Twilight by Stephenie Meyer
The Most Disturbing Books Ever Written
3,191 books — 11,286 voters
My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult
Worst Ending
272 books — 561 voters

Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer
Worst Love Interests
46 books — 15 voters
The Princess Diaries by Meg Cabot
The MOVIE was BETTER than the BOOK
1,133 books — 10,105 voters

Prozac Nation by Elizabeth WurtzelThe Bell Jar by Sylvia PlathGirl, Interrupted by Susanna KaysenCut by Patricia McCormick
Books About Depression
156 books — 109 voters
Prozac Nation by Elizabeth WurtzelMadness by Marya HornbacherWasted by Marya Hornbacher
Women and Mental Illness (fiction and nonfiction)
1,154 books — 2,270 voters

Wasted by Marya Hornbacher
Best Eating Disorder Books
450 books — 997 voters
Animal Farm by George OrwellThe Giving Tree by Shel SilversteinSlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
Best Books Ever
76,026 books — 282,411 voters

Misogyny by Jack HollandListen Up by Barbara FindlenIndecent by Sarah Katherine Lewis
Best Feminist Books
2,509 books — 3,514 voters
The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerThe Giving Tree by Shel SilversteinThe Giver by Lois LowryThe Outsiders by S.E. Hinton
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
31,459 books — 119,770 voters

The Lovely Bones by Alice SeboldMy Sister's Keeper by Jodi PicoultBlink by Malcolm Gladwell
Best Books of the 21st Century
9,835 books — 21,937 voters
Letters from the Inside by John MarsdenSmack by Melvin BurgessReady or Not by Meg CabotThe Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen ChboskyThe Outsiders by S.E. Hinton
Best Teen Books About Real Problems
2,980 books — 12,437 voters

1984 by George OrwellAtlas Shrugged by Ayn RandAnimal Farm by George Orwell
I Should Probably Read This Sometime...
11,297 books — 10,078 voters
Haunted by Chuck Palahniuk
Best Horror Novels
1,983 books — 5,446 voters

The Giving Tree by Shel SilversteinLove You Forever by Robert MunschIf You Give a Mouse a Cookie by Laura Joffe Numeroff
Best Children's Books
5,308 books — 6,703 voters
Blink by Malcolm GladwellThe Tipping Point by Malcolm GladwellThe Know-It-All by A.J. JacobsHunger by Sharman Apt Russell
Best Non-Fiction (no biographies)
6,227 books — 8,066 voters