Big Books of 2026

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Jillian (12 Lists)



The Book Thief by Markus ZusakThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodThe Help by Kathryn StockettThe Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot DíazGone Girl by Gillian Flynn
PBS’s The Great American Read: List of America’s Top 100 Books
100 books — 2,378 voters
Sarah's Key by Tatiana de RosnayThe Alchemist by Paulo CoelhoThe Book Thief by Markus Zusak
Best Historical Fiction
7,405 books — 25,585 voters

Gone Girl by Gillian FlynnThe Fault in Our Stars by John GreenMe Before You by Jojo MoyesHotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie FordWhere'd You Go, Bernadette by Maria Semple
2013: What the Over 35s Have Read So Far
2,622 books — 326 voters
The Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakMiddlesex by Jeffrey EugenidesThe Glass Castle by Jeannette WallsExtremely Loud & Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer
Best Books of the Decade: 2000s
7,189 books — 28,379 voters

The Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakMiddlesex by Jeffrey EugenidesThe Glass Castle by Jeannette WallsExtremely Loud & Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer
Books That Exceeded Your Expectations
14,767 books — 16,455 voters
Life of Pi by Yann MartelNight by Elie WieselA Prayer for Owen Meany by John IrvingAutobiography of a Face by Lucy GrealyAbraham Lincoln by Seth Grahame-Smith
What To Read Next
20,280 books — 24,155 voters

Fifty Shades of Grey by E.L. JamesFifty Shades Darker by E.L. James
Fictional males that make you squirm...in a good way ;)
1,553 books — 3,295 voters
The Memory Keeper's Daughter by Kim Edwards
Best Books of 2005
875 books — 639 voters

A Million Little Pieces by James FreyThe Memory Keeper's Daughter by Kim EdwardsThe Road by Cormac McCarthy
Best Books of the 21st Century
9,832 books — 21,949 voters
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty SmithA Prayer for Owen Meany by John IrvingNight by Elie Wiesel
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,807 books — 49,791 voters

The Hours by Michael CunninghamThe Awakening by Kate ChopinTuesdays with Morrie by Mitch AlbomNumber the Stars by Lois LowrySchindler’s List by Thomas Keneally
Most Depressing Book of All Time
1,241 books — 3,908 voters
Romeo and Juliet by William ShakespeareThe Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein
Best Books Ever
76,126 books — 283,000 voters