Big Books of 2026

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Larry (234 Lists)



In the Woods by Tana FrenchCase Histories by Kate AtkinsonBroken Harbour by Tana FrenchWhen Will There Be Good News? by Kate AtkinsonCold Granite by Stuart MacBride
CRIME WRITERS WHO DESERVE MORE ATTENTION
648 books — 390 voters
The Chicago Way by Michael HarveyTotal Recall by Sara ParetskyThe Fifth Floor by Michael HarveyHardball by Sara ParetskyWindy City Blues by Sara Paretsky
Chicago Crime Fiction
178 books — 84 voters

The Beekeeper's Apprentice by Laurie R. KingA Morbid Taste for Bones by Ellis PetersOne Corpse Too Many by Ellis PetersA Duty to the Dead by Charles ToddWhose Body? by Dorothy L. Sayers
Favorite Historical Mystery Series
945 books — 1,197 voters
Ordinary Grace by William Kent KruegerThe Various Haunts of Men by Susan Hill
Crime Books That Should Be Movies
1,184 books — 1,047 voters

And Then There Were None by Agatha ChristieMurder on the Orient Express by Agatha ChristieThe Complete Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan DoyleStill Life by Louise PennyThe Silence of the Lambs by Thomas Harris
100 Mysteries and Thrillers to Read in a Lifetime: Readers' Picks
2,206 books — 4,464 voters
In the Woods by Tana FrenchMurder on the Orient Express by Agatha ChristieFaithful Place by Tana FrenchThe Beekeeper's Apprentice by Laurie R. KingOne Corpse Too Many by Ellis Peters
Best Female Crime/Mystery/Thriller Writers
1,296 books — 730 voters

The Silence of the Lambs by Thomas HarrisCase Histories by Kate AtkinsonThe Neon Rain by James Lee BurkeRiver of Darkness by Rennie Airth
Favourite Crime & Thrillers
2,193 books — 1,653 voters
Lies My Teacher Told Me by James W. Loewen
Books on Education
89 books — 55 voters

The Martian by Andy WeirStation Eleven by Emily St. John MandelThe Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark HaddonStill Alice by Lisa Genova
What we've read so far in...2015
9,715 books — 2,063 voters
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonIn the Woods by Tana FrenchThe Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark HaddonSmilla's Sense of Snow by Peter HøegThe Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle
Best Literary Mysteries
2,551 books — 4,594 voters

The Murder of Mary Russell by Laurie R. King
Most Anticipated Mysteries 2016
102 books — 360 voters
Orientalism by Edward W. Said1948 by Benny Morris
Books on the Israel Palestine Conflict (fiction and nonfiction)
461 books — 708 voters

The Gates of the Alamo by Stephen HarriganCold Mountain by Charles FrazierClash of Eagles by Alan SmaleWinding Stair by Douglas C. Jones
Best American Historical Fiction
445 books — 336 voters
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy by John le CarréThe Spy Who Came In from the Cold by John le CarréThe Day of the Jackal by Frederick ForsythSmiley's People by John le CarréThe Honourable Schoolboy by John le Carré
Best Spy Novels
1,292 books — 2,252 voters

1984 by George OrwellBrave New World by Aldous HuxleyThe Road by Cormac McCarthyDo Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. DickThe Book of Strange New Things by Michel Faber
Literary Science Fiction
306 books — 231 voters
A Game of Thrones by George R.R. MartinThe Three Musketeers by Alexandre DumasTreasure Island by Robert Louis StevensonKilling Floor by Lee ChildThe Day of the Jackal by Frederick Forsyth
Best Action-Adventure Novels
2,521 books — 2,707 voters

The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson1984 by George OrwellTinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy by John le CarréThe 39 Steps by John BuchanA Wanted Man by Lee Child
Conspiracy Fiction
1,279 books — 1,330 voters
Broken Harbour by Tana FrenchWhen Will There Be Good News? by Kate AtkinsonThe Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson
Best "World" Mysteries, Thrillers, Detectives, and Suspense...
1,124 books — 880 voters

The Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan DoyleMurder on the Orient Express by Agatha ChristieKilling Floor by Lee ChildPersuader by Lee ChildFarewell, My Lovely by Raymond Chandler
Ten Best Crime/Mystery/Thrillers
1,223 books — 1,021 voters
Watcher in the Shadows by Geoffrey HouseholdKill Claudio by P.M. HubbardVanishing Act by Thomas PerryDance for the Dead by Thomas PerryShadow Woman by Thomas Perry
Chase Novels
26 books — 9 voters

Naked Prey by John SandfordDarkly Dreaming Dexter by Jeff LindsayStorm Prey by John SandfordBroken Harbour by Tana FrenchThe Ice Princess by Camilla Läckberg
Best Thrillers
1,772 books — 1,609 voters
Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha ChristieThe Complete Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan DoyleThe Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan DoyleGaudy Night by Dorothy L. SayersCase Histories by Kate Atkinson
The Best British Crime/Mystery Fiction
1,209 books — 1,256 voters

Gildenford by Valerie AnandGreat Maria by Cecelia HollandThe Long Ships by Frans G. BengtssonIsland of Ghosts by Gillian Bradshaw
The Unknown, Hidden Gems of Historical Fiction
2,276 books — 1,255 voters
Sharpe's Tiger by Bernard CornwellMaster & Commander by Patrick O'BrianPrince of Foxes by Samuel ShellabargerCaptain from Castile by Samuel ShellabargerThe Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas
Swashbucklers
559 books — 497 voters

Life of Pi by Yann MartelA Passage to India by E.M. ForsterKim by Rudyard KiplingThe Moonstone by Wilkie Collins
India
1,012 books — 862 voters
Wolf Hall by Hilary MantelRegeneration by Pat BarkerThe Last Kingdom by Bernard CornwellGates of Fire by Steven PressfieldMorality Play by Barry Unsworth
Most Brilliant Historical Novels in the past 45 yrs
1,110 books — 1,144 voters

Gone Tomorrow by Lee ChildTripwire by Lee ChildNothing Lasts Forever by Roderick ThorpA Wanted Man by Lee ChildGood As Dead by Mark Billingham
Recommended Thriller/Suspense
2,429 books — 2,161 voters
The One from the Other by Philip KerrSavages by Don WinslowField Gray by Philip KerrThe Cleaner by Brett Battles
Best Noir of the 21st Century
239 books — 376 voters


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