Big Books of 2026

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Sandy Lu (17 Lists)



Angels & Demons by Dan BrownThe Alienist by Caleb CarrThe Thirteenth Tale by Diane SetterfieldThe Talented Mr. Ripley by Patricia HighsmithShutter Island by Dennis Lehane
Best Crime & Mystery Books
7,306 books — 15,547 voters
Soulless by Gail Carriger
Strong Heroine Series
1,638 books — 2,091 voters

Running with Scissors by Augusten BurroughsPride and Prejudice and Zombies by Seth Grahame-SmithThe Keep by Jennifer EganI Was Amelia Earhart by Jane Mendelsohn
Books I Regret Reading
2,300 books — 3,225 voters
Kitchen Confidential by Anthony Bourdain
Food-Related Non-Fiction
1,226 books — 1,635 voters

Twilight by Stephenie MeyerRunning with Scissors by Augusten BurroughsThe Barbarians are Coming by David Wong Louie
The absolutely worst books you can think of
913 books — 531 voters
The Thirteenth Tale by Diane SetterfieldJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëRebecca by Daphne du Maurier
Best Gothic Books of All Time
585 books — 3,500 voters

Captain Blood by Rafael SabatiniSilver by Edward Chupack
Nautical Tales
746 books — 399 voters
Birdman by Mo HayderSteps by Jerzy KosińskiWhite Noise by Don DeLilloAbout a Boy by Nick HornbyThe Egyptologist by Arthur Phillips
Most Orange Books of All Time
1,206 books — 327 voters

The Alienist by Caleb CarrThe Dante Club by Matthew PearlThe Thirteenth Tale by Diane SetterfieldThe Lake of Dead Languages by Carol GoodmanThe Interpretation of Murder by Jed Rubenfeld
Best Literary Mysteries
2,551 books — 4,594 voters
Atonement by Ian McEwanJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëPride and Prejudice by Jane AustenThe Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie
Best Ending
8,034 books — 6,079 voters

The Winter of Our Discontent by John SteinbeckThe Sound and the Fury by William FaulknerTender Is the Night by F. Scott FitzgeraldBrave New World by Aldous HuxleySomething Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury
Books That Quote or Reference Other Works In The Title
367 books — 85 voters
The Little Friend by Donna TarttNetherland by Joseph O'Neill
The Most Begun "Read but Unfinished" (Started) book ever
2,605 books — 13,134 voters

The September Society by Charles Finch
Months of the Year
498 books — 64 voters
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John BerendtA Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius by Dave EggersThe Spy Who Came In from the Cold by John le CarréPractical Demonkeeping by Christopher MooreOne Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez
Best Book Titles
11,390 books — 7,825 voters

Pride and Prejudice and Zombies by Seth Grahame-SmithThe Evolution of Calpurnia Tate by Jacqueline Kelly
Best Book Cover 2009
333 books — 2,842 voters
American Psycho by Bret Easton EllisHaunted by Chuck Palahniuk
The Goriest Books Ever
409 books — 626 voters

Birdman by Mo Hayder
Thrillers
4,605 books — 5,595 voters