Big Books of 2026

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Bethany (8 Lists)



The Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael PollanAnimal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara KingsolverIn Defense of Food by Michael PollanPlenty by Alisa Smith
Locavore Reading List
70 books — 192 voters
Five Quarters of the Orange by Joanne HarrisChocolat by Joanne HarrisLike Water for Chocolate by Laura EsquivelFried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe by Fannie FlaggBlackberry Wine by Joanne Harris
Food-Related Fiction
856 books — 602 voters

Julie and Julia by Julie PowellHeat by Bill BufordAmerican Pie by Pascale Le DraoulecService Included by Phoebe DamroschAnimal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver
Food-Related Non-Fiction
1,226 books — 1,635 voters
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann ShafferThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakThe Book of Lost Things by John ConnollyThe Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield
Stories For Book Lovers
8,336 books — 8,356 voters

The Glass Castle by Jeannette WallsCareless in Red by Elizabeth GeorgeWater for Elephants by Sara GruenIn the Woods by Tana FrenchThe Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón
Recent Fiction That I Have Enjoyed
77 books — 32 voters
Corelli’s Mandolin by Louis de BernièresBridget Jones’s Diary by Helen FieldingMemoirs of a Geisha by Arthur GoldenGirl with a Pearl Earring by Tracy ChevalierThe Notebook by Nicholas Sparks
The Book Was Better Than the Movie
1,561 books — 18,692 voters

The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey NiffeneggerCold Mountain by Charles FrazierCorelli’s Mandolin by Louis de BernièresFive Quarters of the Orange by Joanne HarrisWater for Elephants by Sara Gruen
Best Books Ever
76,022 books — 282,387 voters
Ender’s Game by Orson Scott CardThe Sparrow by Mary Doria RussellThe Giver by Lois LowryStranger in a Strange Land by Robert A. HeinleinA Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle
Best Science Fiction & Fantasy Books
8,345 books — 24,644 voters