Big Books of 2026

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Casey (25 Lists)



Pride and Prejudice by Jane AustenA Walk in the Woods by Bill BrysonThe Name of the Rose by Umberto EcoThe Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz ZafónThe Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer
Read Them Twice...At Least
13,641 books — 11,269 voters
The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz ZafónAtonement by Ian McEwanThe Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann ShafferThe Historian by Elizabeth KostovaSuite Française by Irène Némirovsky
Best Books of the Decade: 2000s
7,189 books — 28,380 voters

The Mother Tongue by Bill BrysonNotes from a Small Island by Bill BrysonIn a Sunburned Country by Bill BrysonThe Zookeeper's Wife by Diane Ackerman
Must Read Non-Fiction
5,245 books — 4,415 voters
Sense and Sensibility by Jane AustenThe Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz ZafónThe Angel's Game by Carlos Ruiz ZafónThe White Tiger by Aravind Adiga
What To Read Next
20,195 books — 24,120 voters

The Way Things Ought to Be by Rush LimbaughCulture Warrior by Bill O'ReillyLet Freedom Ring by Sean HannitySee, I Told You So by Rush LimbaughThe O'Reilly Factor by Bill O'Reilly
Books not to read
337 books — 182 voters
In the Heart of the Sea by Nathaniel Philbrick
Best History Books
3,700 books — 3,732 voters

Northanger Abbey by Jane AustenMadame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert
Best Books of the 19th Century
1,703 books — 6,872 voters
The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz ZafónIn the Woods by Tana FrenchThe Historian by Elizabeth KostovaThe Secret History by Donna Tartt
Best Crime & Mystery Books
7,306 books — 15,547 voters

Pride and Prejudice by Jane AustenMoby-Dick or, The Whale by Herman MelvilleThe Name of the Rose by Umberto EcoThe Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón
Best Books Ever
76,081 books — 282,698 voters
The Mother Tongue by Bill BrysonThe Book of Tea by Kakuzō OkakuraIn the Heart of the Sea by Nathaniel PhilbrickThe Lost Painting by Jonathan HarrShakespeare by Bill Bryson
Non-fiction - Something for Everyone
4,091 books — 1,496 voters

Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth GilbertThe Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz ZafónThe Angel's Game by Carlos Ruiz ZafónThe Lost Continent by Bill BrysonThe Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer
Best Location-Based and History-Based Books to Read While Traveling
1,065 books — 503 voters
The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
Favorites from 1001 Books You Should Read Before You Die
503 books — 1,055 voters

Parisians by Graham Robb
Best Books of 2010
1,574 books — 2,472 voters
Walden or, Life in the Woods by Henry David ThoreauIn the Heart of the Sea by Nathaniel PhilbrickThe Secret History by Donna TarttRun by Ann Patchett
New England Books
787 books — 386 voters

At Home by Bill BrysonNickel and Dimed by Barbara EhrenreichMidnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John BerendtThe Monster of Florence by Douglas PrestonSalt by Mark Kurlansky
Interesting and Readable Nonfiction
4,041 books — 2,036 voters
A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill BrysonMidnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John BerendtNickel and Dimed by Barbara EhrenreichIn the Heart of the Sea by Nathaniel Philbrick
Best Non-Fiction (no biographies)
6,227 books — 8,062 voters

At Home by Bill Bryson
Microhistory: Social Histories of Just One Thing
1,825 books — 2,213 voters
The Mother Tongue by Bill BrysonAt Home by Bill Bryson
Histories of the Everyday
368 books — 335 voters

The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz ZafónThe Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot DíazThe Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann ShafferThe Historian by Elizabeth KostovaThe White Tiger by Aravind Adiga
Best Books of the 21st Century
9,835 books — 21,938 voters
The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz ZafónThe Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann ShafferThe Historian by Elizabeth KostovaPeople of the Book by Geraldine BrooksThe Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco
Stories For Book Lovers
8,337 books — 8,378 voters

The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón
Best Literary Fiction
1,548 books — 1,328 voters
The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,807 books — 49,790 voters

The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett
The Worst Books of All Time
8,104 books — 19,875 voters
The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-ExupéryGoodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
31,479 books — 119,915 voters

The Historian by Elizabeth KostovaThe Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón
Best Historical Fiction
7,392 books — 25,577 voters