Big Books of 2026

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Megan (30 Lists)



Clean Getaway by Nic StoneKing and the Dragonflies by Kacen CallenderSnapdragon by Kat LeyhGhost Squad by Claribel A. Ortega
Middle Grade Novels of 2020
556 books — 455 voters
Natsumi! by Susan LendrothPetra by Marianna CoppoWhat If... by Samantha BergerKing Alice by Matthew CordellAdrian Simcox Does NOT Have a Horse by Marcy Campbell
Picture Books of 2018
372 books — 101 voters

Front Desk by Kelly YangThe Night Diary by Veera HiranandaniBob by Wendy MassBetty Before X by Ilyasah Shabazz
Middle Grade Novels of 2018
571 books — 683 voters
The Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine Arden
Best Books of 2017
1,733 books — 3,084 voters

The End of the Day by Claire North
Anticipated / Best 2017 Literary Fiction
176 books — 123 voters
Not Quite Narwhal by Jessie SimaBunny's Book Club by Annie SilvestroWhat Will Grow? by Jennifer Ward
Picture Books of 2017
408 books — 125 voters

Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders
The Millions' Most Anticipated: The Great 2017 Book Preview
83 books — 165 voters
The Wild Robot by Peter Brown
Middle Grade Novels of 2016
608 books — 949 voters

American Housewife by Helen EllisBritt-Marie Was Here by Fredrik BackmanJane Steele by Lyndsay FayeThe Past by Tessa HadleyAll the Birds in the Sky by Charlie Jane Anders
Goodreads Picks for Tournament of Books 2017
512 books — 1,998 voters
Thunder Boy Jr. by Sherman AlexieThere Is a Tribe of Kids by Lane Smith
2017 Mock Caldecott
99 books — 220 voters

All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony DoerrAll Our Names by Dinaw Mengestu
New York Times 100 Notable Books of 2014 - Fiction
46 books — 42 voters
Flora and the Flamingo by Molly IdleMr. Tiger Goes Wild by Peter BrownThe Day the Crayons Quit by Drew DaywaltJourney by Aaron BeckerIf You Want to See a Whale by Julie Fogliano
2014 Mock Caldecott
81 books — 237 voters

Landline by Rainbow Rowell
Book Group Worthy Titles for 2014
243 books — 1,193 voters
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingThe Lightning Thief by Rick RiordanTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakAnne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery
Best Young Adult Books
13,127 books — 80,201 voters

The Master and Margarita by Mikhail BulgakovLove in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García MárquezKafka on the Shore by Haruki MurakamiWinter's Tale by Mark HelprinChronicle of a Death Foretold by Gabriel García Márquez
Favorite Magical Realism Novels
1,307 books — 4,545 voters
Where'd You Go, Bernadette by Maria SempleCode Name Verity by Elizabeth WeinThe Diviners by Libba BrayThe Secret Keeper by Kate Morton
Best Books of 2012
3,522 books — 9,199 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsWhere'd You Go, Bernadette by Maria SempleThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakMe Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris
2013 Mai's Summer Reading List
23 books — 2 voters
The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz ZafónFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyNorthanger Abbey by Jane AustenLittle Women by Louisa May AlcottThe Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon
Books about Books
1,384 books — 1,519 voters

Code Name Verity by Elizabeth WeinOut of the Easy by Ruta SepetysThe Fault in Our Stars by John Green
Mock Printz 2013
87 books — 492 voters
Out of the Easy by Ruta Sepetys
YA Novels of 2013
1,520 books — 10,490 voters

The Promise of Stardust by Priscille SibleyLife After Life by Kate AtkinsonCall Me Zelda by Erika RobuckCascade by Maryanne O'HaraThe House Girl by Tara Conklin
Best Beach Reads 2013
2,203 books — 4,188 voters
Z by Therese Anne FowlerRules of Civility by Amor TowlesMr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore by Robin SloanThe Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark HaddonIs Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? by Mindy Kaling
Smart Summer Reads
12,919 books — 10,810 voters

The Lake of Dead Languages by Carol Goodman
Oceans, Water, Ice
715 books — 171 voters
Pride and Prejudice by Jane AustenMaisie Dobbs by Jacqueline Winspear
Read in place of watching Downton Abbey
258 books — 123 voters

The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz ZafónThe Thirteenth Tale by Diane SetterfieldThe Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre DumasThe Angel's Game by Carlos Ruiz ZafónFahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
Stories For Book Lovers
8,363 books — 8,459 voters
The House at Riverton by Kate MortonThe House at Tyneford by Natasha SolomonsMaisie Dobbs by Jacqueline Winspear
Downton Abbey-esque Books
603 books — 1,001 voters

My Life in France by Julia ChildA Moveable Feast by Ernest Hemingway
The Paris List
30 books — 16 voters
The Things They Carried by Tim O'BrienI, Claudius by Robert GravesAnd Then There Were None by Agatha ChristieAll the King's Men by Robert Penn Warren
Best Books Ever
76,715 books — 285,139 voters