Big Books of 2026

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Heather (30 Lists)



Still Life by Louise PennyA Trick of the Light by Louise PennyThe Blue Girl by Charles de Lint
Best Canadian Literature
2,333 books — 1,146 voters
The Time Machine by H.G. WellsKindred by Octavia E. ButlerTime and Again by Jack FinneyHollow World by Michael J. SullivanTime and Time Again by Ben Elton
Time Travel
335 books — 287 voters

The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsA Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy TooleThe Diary of a Nobody by George GrossmithReggiecide by Chris DolleyWhat Ho, Automaton! by Chris Dolley
Best Humor Writing
841 books — 842 voters
Novecento. Un monologo by Alessandro Baricco
IT: libri con voto medio più alto
12 books — 4 voters

Sostiene Pereira by Antonio Tabucchi
Libri dalla copertina rossa
352 books — 72 voters
The Night Circus by Erin MorgensternPrecious Bane by Mary Webb
True Love
342 books — 196 voters

Kingdom of the Wicked by Derek Landy
Books You Wish More People Knew About
17,383 books — 10,356 voters
Let the Right One In by John Ajvide LindqvistBloodsucking Fiends by Christopher MooreAnno Dracula by Kim NewmanThe Radleys by Matt Haig
Best Adult Vampire Books
1,771 books — 4,918 voters

The Riverman by Aaron Starmer
Newbery 2015
140 books — 586 voters
The House of Silk by Anthony Horowitz
Beyond Conan Doyle - Best of the Continuing Cases of Sherlock Holmes
272 books — 267 voters

Macbeth by William ShakespeareMuch Ado About Nothing by William ShakespeareJulius Caesar by William ShakespeareA Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare
The Best Shakespeare Plays
41 books — 171 voters
Old Dogs Are the Best Dogs by Gene WeingartenI, Jack by Patricia FinneyThe Call of the Wild by Jack LondonBecause of Winn-Dixie by Kate DiCamilloStick Dog Wants a Hamburger by Tom Watson
Great "Dog" Books
1,248 books — 1,930 voters

The Alienist by Caleb CarrMr. Timothy by Louis BayardThe Last Dickens by Matthew Pearl
Best Historical Mystery
2,070 books — 4,531 voters
The Alienist by Caleb CarrThe Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonPerfume by Patrick Süskind
Best Crime & Mystery Books
7,306 books — 15,555 voters

The Mystery of Edwin Drood by Charles DickensThe First Man by Albert Camus
Best Known Unfinished Novels/Series
62 books — 81 voters
Foucault’s Pendulum by Umberto EcoThe Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco
Umberto Eco
18 books — 46 voters

The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson BurnettThe Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss
Books that Blew Me Away and that I Still Think About
14,461 books — 14,669 voters
The Help by Kathryn StockettThe Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk KiddFried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe by Fannie Flagg
Best Adult Female Friendship Books
700 books — 1,190 voters

The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsThree Men in a Boat by Jerome K. JeromeThe Caravaners by Elizabeth von Arnim
The Starship Book List
2,764 books — 189 voters
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies by Seth Grahame-Smith
Books I Regret Reading
2,300 books — 3,224 voters

The Name of the Wind by Patrick RothfussStorm Front by Jim ButcherThe Blade Itself by Joe AbercrombieWorld War Z by Max Brooks
New Speculative Fiction Stars
1,145 books — 2,717 voters
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonThe Girl Who Played with Fire by Stieg LarssonShiver by Maggie StiefvaterThe Help by Kathryn StockettFound by Margaret Peterson Haddix
Couldn't Put The Book Down
16,816 books — 16,621 voters

The Alienist by Caleb Carr
I Love New York City
609 books — 355 voters
Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine PatersonThe Story of Edgar Sawtelle by David Wroblewski
Books That Made You Cry
1,607 books — 3,275 voters

Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister by Gregory MaguireThe Bloody Chamber and Other Stories by Angela CarterMirror Mirror by Gregory Maguire
The Best Fairytales and Retellings
2,797 books — 9,159 voters
The Last of the Just by André Schwarz-Bart
Well-Written Holocaust Books
891 books — 2,885 voters

The Wise Man's Fear by Patrick RothfussHer Fearful Symmetry by Audrey Niffenegger
The "Can't Wait" Book of '09
443 books — 2,031 voters
A Certain Slant of Light by Laura WhitcombThe Alienist by Caleb Carr
Books That Should Be Made Into Movies
32,220 books — 68,255 voters

Anansi Boys by Neil GaimanThe Book of Lost Things by John ConnollyThe Graveyard Book by Neil GaimanThe Name of the Wind by Patrick RothfussThe Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein
Best Books of the Decade: 2000s
7,189 books — 28,379 voters
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
Best Intro to Science Fiction for Young Readers
1,388 books — 1,636 voters