Big Books of 2026

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



Blood & Beauty by Sarah DunantThe Prince by Niccolò Machiavelli
Best Books about the Borgia Family
69 books — 170 voters
Suite Française by Irène NémirovskyAnimal Farm by George Orwell
Must Read Before You Die
555 books — 183 voters

Time Sphere by M.C. Morison
What To Read After Harry Potter
2,162 books — 6,267 voters
Time Sphere by M.C. Morison
Original Stories . . . a Breath of Fresh Air
12,071 books — 12,184 voters

Time Sphere by M.C. Morison
YA Novels of 2014
1,506 books — 8,777 voters
Time Sphere by M.C. Morison
Best Young Adult Books
13,123 books — 80,171 voters

Time Sphere by M.C. Morison
New Authors to Read
4,526 books — 4,942 voters
Team of Rivals by Doris Kearns GoodwinWild Swans by Jung ChangNo Ordinary Time by Doris Kearns GoodwinLongitude by Dava SobelThe Passage of Power by Robert A. Caro
Best Biographies
1,660 books — 2,941 voters

The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-ExupéryTolkien On Fairy-stories by J.R.R. TolkienAnimal Farm by George OrwellThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank1984 by George Orwell
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
31,479 books — 119,914 voters
Dissolution by C.J. SansomDark Fire by C.J. SansomThe Last Secret of the Temple by Paul Sussman
Modern/Historical Thrillers
149 books — 230 voters

Shadow of the Moon by M.M. KayeBhowani Junction by John Masters
Great Game and India
22 books — 22 voters
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See
Best Novels That Take Place in China
414 books — 1,096 voters

Dune by Frank HerbertBrave New World by Aldous Huxley1984 by George OrwellAnimal Farm by George Orwell
Best Science Fiction & Fantasy Books
8,351 books — 24,664 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniSiddhartha by Hermann HesseThe Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. LewisThe Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Books That Changed My World
3,277 books — 3,185 voters

Life of Pi by Yann MartelChocolat by Joanne Harris
Modern-Day Fairy Tales
258 books — 308 voters
Sacajawea by Anna Lee WaldoBirdsong by Sebastian FaulksThe Hollow Hills by Mary Stewart
Best Historical Fiction
7,392 books — 25,577 voters

The Far Pavilions by M.M. KayeShantaram by Gregory David RobertsA Suitable Boy by Vikram SethThe Raj Quartet by Paul ScottThe Day of the Scorpion by Paul Scott
Excellent Books about India and England
279 books — 268 voters
War and Peace by Leo TolstoyLes Misérables by Victor HugoJonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna ClarkeDon Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes SaavedraThe Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien
Size Doesn't Matter - The Long and Large Classics of Literature
304 books — 399 voters

Thickest Books Ever
889 books — 2,489 voters
Sacred Games by Vikram ChandraA Suitable Boy by Vikram SethWhite Mughals by William DalrympleThe Death of Vishnu by Manil Suri
Best Indian Fiction Books
914 books — 2,421 voters

The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerLord of the Flies by William GoldingCrime and Punishment by Fyodor DostoevskyThe Day of the Triffids by John WyndhamA Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
Books I Read for School and Ended Up Loving
231 books — 307 voters
Best Books Ever
76,081 books — 282,697 voters

Re by Doris Lessing
Aliens Among Us
284 books — 240 voters
The Lords of Discipline by Pat ConroyThe Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett
Best Audiobooks
1,563 books — 1,106 voters

The Physician by Noah GordonThe Decameron by Giovanni BoccaccioA Distant Mirror by Barbara W. Tuchman
Best Middle Ages Books
1,219 books — 1,700 voters
The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. TolkienThe Return of the King by J.R.R. TolkienThe Two Towers by J.R.R. TolkienThe Odyssey by Homer
Read Them Twice...At Least
13,641 books — 11,269 voters