Big Books of 2026

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Emily (11 Lists)



The Worst Hard Time by Timothy Egan
The Great Depression
203 books — 79 voters
Dancing on the Edge by Han NolanLisa, Bright and Dark by John NeufeldLeaving Fishers by Margaret Peterson HaddixDon't Think Twice by Ruth Pennebaker
Teen Novels of the '90s
172 books — 84 voters

The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerThe Tao of Pooh by Benjamin HoffThe Last Unicorn by Peter S. BeagleThe Fault in Our Stars by John GreenA Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith
Books you have read 3 or more times.
102 books — 4 voters
Les Misérables by Victor HugoThe Phantom of the Opera by Gaston LerouxHarry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling
Best Tortured Heroes in Fiction
782 books — 797 voters

Prayers and Lies by Sherri Wood EmmonsThe Member of the Wedding by Carson McCullersGood Old Boy by Willie MorrisThe Wishing Tree by William FaulknerMy Louisiana Sky by Kimberly Willis Holt
Quirky Southern Fiction
968 books — 1,906 voters
Keeping You a Secret by Julie Anne PetersLuna by Julie Anne PetersAnnie on My Mind by Nancy GardenGeography Club by Brent HartingerDown to the Bone by Mayra Lazara Dole
Best YA Fiction with GLBTQQI themes / characters
1,959 books — 5,984 voters

The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. LewisHis Dark Materials by Philip PullmanAlice in Wonderland by Jane CarruthThrough the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There by Lewis CarrollThe Shape of Water by Anne Spollen
What We Wish We'd Read Earlier
39 books — 10 voters
Into the Wild by Jon KrakauerPobby and Dingan by Ben RiceThe Fault in Our Stars by John GreenA Day No Pigs Would Die by Robert Newton Peck
Life-Ruiners
24 books — 14 voters

Prayers and Lies by Sherri Wood EmmonsMemoirs of an Imaginary Friend by Matthew DicksI Know This Much Is True by Wally LambA Stolen Life by Jaycee DugardA Child Called "It" by Dave Pelzer
Child on the cover
141 books — 12 voters
The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth SteinUntil Tuesday by Luis Carlos Montalván
Favorite Dog Books
94 books — 48 voters

Invisible Man by Ralph EllisonAlice in Wonderland by Jane CarruthThe Tao of Pooh by Benjamin HoffA Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith
Best Books Ever
76,173 books — 283,228 voters