Big Books of 2026

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Helen (10 Lists)



The Three Musketeers by Alexandre DumasThe Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre DumasThe Scarlet Pimpernel by Emmuska OrczyCaptain Blood by Rafael Sabatini
Swashbucklers
559 books — 498 voters
Wuthering Heights by Emily BrontëTess of the D’Urbervilles by Thomas HardyEthan Frome by Edith WhartonHungry Hill by Daphne du MaurierJude the Obscure by Thomas Hardy
Masters Of Misery
407 books — 99 voters

The Tapestry by Nancy BilyeauA Desperate Fortune by Susanna KearsleyThe Price of Blood by Patricia BracewellThe Last Queen of India by Michelle MoranWatch the Lady by Elizabeth Fremantle
Historical Fiction 2015
397 books — 2,091 voters
Watership Down by Richard AdamsCharlotte’s Web by E.B. WhiteThe Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson BurnettLittle Women by Louisa May AlcottBlack Beauty by Anna Sewell
1001 Children's Books You Must Read Before You Grow Up
975 books — 959 voters

Paris by Edward RutherfurdThe Aviator's Wife by Melanie BenjaminThe Chalice by Nancy BilyeauThe Firebird by Susanna Kearsley
Historical Fiction 2013
395 books — 2,108 voters
The Secret Life of William Shakespeare by Jude MorganMistress of Mourning by Karen Harper
Historical Fiction 2012 Releases - Which books are you looking forward to the most?
145 books — 1,093 voters

An Echo in the Bone by Diana Gabaldon
Best Books of 2009
1,769 books — 6,935 voters
Gone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellThe Pillars of the Earth by Ken FollettThe Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa GregoryShōgun by James Clavell
Best Historical Fiction
7,406 books — 25,586 voters