Big Books of 2026

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Nicole (14 Lists)



A Room of One’s Own by Virginia Woolf
Best Feminist Books
2,517 books — 3,519 voters
Quiet by Susan CainThe Guns of August by Barbara W. Tuchman
Must Read Non-Fiction
5,245 books — 4,417 voters

The Guns of August by Barbara W. Tuchman
Best Non-Fiction (no biographies)
6,227 books — 8,061 voters
Buried in the Sky by Peter Zuckerman
Climbing and Mountaineering
215 books — 170 voters

Never Let Me Go by Kazuo IshiguroJonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna ClarkeThe Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael Pollan
Best Books of the Decade: 2000s
7,189 books — 28,378 voters
Jane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Golden Compass by Philip PullmanNorth and South by Elizabeth Gaskell
Best Female Lead Characters
4,846 books — 5,880 voters

The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman
Most Interesting Magic System
2,646 books — 8,767 voters
Pride and Prejudice by Jane AustenThe Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsPersuasion by Jane AustenThe Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov
Read Them Twice...At Least
13,707 books — 11,305 voters

Anna Karenina by Leo TolstoyThe Sunlight Dialogues by John GardnerA People’s History of the United States by Howard ZinnWives and Daughters by Elizabeth Gaskell
Big Fat Books Worth the Effort
1,874 books — 6,997 voters
A Conspiracy of Paper by David LissThe Alienist by Caleb Carr
Best Historical Mystery
2,070 books — 4,531 voters

The Robber Bride by Margaret AtwoodSmilla's Sense of Snow by Peter HøegThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëThe Awakening by Kate Chopin
Best Feminist Fiction
1,504 books — 2,673 voters
Where the Sidewalk Ends by Shel SilversteinMatilda by Roald DahlWhere the Wild Things Are by Maurice SendakBaby-Sitters Club Boxed Set #1 by Ann M. MartinThe BFG by Roald Dahl
What Book Got You Hooked?
3,845 books — 10,506 voters

Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl
Books that Changed the Way You View Life
10,492 books — 5,743 voters
Ulysses by James JoyceSwann’s Way by Marcel ProustWalden or, Life in the Woods by Henry David Thoreau
The Most Begun "Read but Unfinished" (Started) book ever
2,606 books — 13,135 voters