Big Books of 2026

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Marta (66 Lists)



Leonardo da Vinci by Walter IsaacsonMichelangelo and the Pope's Ceiling by Ross KingSacré Bleu by Christopher Moore
[ATY 2023] The Arts
504 books — 94 voters
Alan Turing by Andrew HodgesGenome by Matt RidleyStuff Matters by Mark MiodownikThe Bees by Laline PaullTroy by Stephen Fry
[ATY 2023] Repeated Object on Cover
433 books — 86 voters

Wyrd Sisters by Terry PratchettThud! by Terry PratchettThe Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar WildeThe Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsThree Men in a Boat by Jerome K. Jerome
British Wit and Humour
559 books — 303 voters
The Gene by Siddhartha MukherjeeSurely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman! by Richard P. FeynmanThe Code Breaker by Walter IsaacsonThe Making of the Atomic Bomb by Richard RhodesA Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson
[ATY 2023] Science!
543 books — 141 voters

Banana by Dan Koeppel
Fruits and Vegetables in Titles
965 books — 181 voters
Three Men in a Boat (To Say Nothing of the Dog) by Jerome K. Jerome
[ATY 2022] Set On or Near a Body of Water
492 books — 130 voters

The Color Purple by Alice WalkerTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeJingo by Terry PratchettMonstrous Regiment by Terry PratchettSnuff by Terry Pratchett
Best Page-Turners with Redeeming Social Value
8,061 books — 5,740 voters
Abigail by Magda Szabó
[ATY 2021] - Warwick Prize for Women in Translation
96 books — 103 voters

Monstress, Volume 1 by Marjorie M. LiuFun Home by Alison Bechdel
Comics & Graphic Novels by Women
1,491 books — 1,361 voters
All Systems Red by Martha WellsWe Are Legion (We Are Bob) by Dennis E. TaylorBinti by Nnedi Okorafor
Best Science Fiction
3,651 books — 6,974 voters

The Calculating Stars by Mary Robinette Kowal
ATY 2020 - Silhouette on Cover
262 books — 75 voters
Wyrd Sisters by Terry PratchettEqual Rites by Terry PratchettWitches Abroad by Terry PratchettLords and Ladies by Terry PratchettThe Wee Free Men by Terry Pratchett
ATY 2020 - Witches!
235 books — 88 voters

The Color Purple by Alice WalkerFried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe by Fannie FlaggFun Home by Alison BechdelThe Song of Achilles by Madeline MillerMy Brother's Husband, Volume 2 by Gengoroh Tagame
ATY 2020 - LGBTQIA+ Characters and Authors
425 books — 90 voters
Becoming by Michelle ObamaThe Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde
ATY 2020 - A book with an “ing” word in the title
1,123 books — 81 voters

The Blind Assassin by Margaret AtwoodThe Color Purple by Alice WalkerBeloved by Toni MorrisonMy Name Is Red by Orhan PamukThe Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin
ATY 2020 - 10 Most Coveted Awards
138 books — 37 voters
The Art of Happiness by Dalai Lama XIVLovingkindness by Sharon SalzbergHappiness by Thich Nhat HanhLove in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García Márquez
ATY 2020 - A Book with an Emotion in the Title
622 books — 108 voters

The Bees by Laline PaullThe Firm by John GrishamThe Snowman by Jo Nesbø
ATY 2020 - Two-Word Titles Starting with "The"
693 books — 90 voters
The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodMaus I by Art SpiegelmanMaus II by Art Spiegelman
ATY 2020 - A book set in a place or time that you wouldn't want to live
206 books — 71 voters

Love Medicine by Louise ErdrichRivers of London by Ben AaronovitchDune by Frank HerbertBecoming by Michelle ObamaCirce by Madeline Miller
ATY 2020 - Title Without A, T, or Y
253 books — 75 voters
Reaper Man by Terry PratchettGet Well Soon by Jennifer WrightWar and Peace by Leo TolstoyOld Man's War by John ScalziStation Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel
ATY 2020 - A book related to one of the four horsemen of the apocalypse
283 books — 84 voters

Rivers of London by Ben AaronovitchNeverwhere by Neil GaimanThe Spy Who Came In from the Cold by John le Carré
ATY 2020 - A book set in a global city
244 books — 101 voters
Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency by Douglas AdamsJust One Damned Thing After Another by Jodi Taylor
ATY 2020 - A Book Related To Time
288 books — 92 voters

Leonardo da Vinci by Walter IsaacsonSacré Bleu by Christopher MooreBrunelleschi's Dome by Ross King
ATY 2020 - A Book Related To The Arts
308 books — 103 voters
Cat’s Eye by Margaret Atwood
ATY 2020 - Australian, Canadian, or New Zealand Authors
429 books — 84 voters

She-Wolves by Helen CastorMidnight’s Children by Salman RushdieFrederick Douglass by David W. Blight
ATY 2020 - Historical Fiction or History
280 books — 59 voters
Off to Be the Wizard by Scott MeyerThe Cyberiad by Stanisław Lem
ATY 2020 - Underrated or Lesser Known Books
167 books — 62 voters

The Sixth Extinction by Elizabeth Kolbert
ATY 2020 - Books About Survival
202 books — 69 voters
Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn WaughMemoirs of Hadrian by Marguerite YourcenarUncle Tom’s Cabin by Harriet Beecher StoweMadame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert
ATY 2020 - The Classics
96 books — 47 voters

NeuroTribes by Steve SilbermanFreshwater by Akwaeke Emezi
ATY 2020 - Neurodiverse Characters
211 books — 160 voters
Ethan Frome by Edith WhartonThe Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer
Favorite Poorly Rated Books
1,519 books — 260 voters


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