Big Books of 2026

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Niki (37 Lists)



The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonMidnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John Berendt
Best Crime & Mystery Books
7,316 books — 15,556 voters
Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe
Read These In School - Would Have Preferred A Root Canal
466 books — 1,589 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeAnimal Farm by George OrwellThe Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar WildeAnna Karenina by Leo TolstoyThe Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas
Books You Need to Read to be Considered Well-Read
721 books — 405 voters
Robinson Crusoe by Daniel DefoeOn the Road by Jack Kerouac
The Worst Books of All Time
8,104 books — 19,873 voters

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis StevensonDracula by Bram Stoker
Best Kindle Unlimited Audiobooks
74 books — 20 voters
Crazy Rich Asians by Kevin Kwan
Books about the rich, jet-set, leisure class
103 books — 96 voters

Florida Roadkill by Tim DorseyOrange Crush by Tim Dorsey
Best Dark Humor
729 books — 1,631 voters
Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore by Robin Sloan
Books About Bookstores
641 books — 807 voters

The Essential Calvin and Hobbes by Bill WattersonAre You There, Vodka? It's Me, Chelsea by Chelsea HandlerThe 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared by Jonas JonassonSkin Tight by Carl HiaasenThe Far Side Gallery by Gary Larson
Best Humorous Books
4,328 books — 7,892 voters
Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore by Robin SloanThe Dinner by Herman KochThe Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel BarberyOn the Road by Jack Kerouac
2016: What Women Born In The 1970s Read in 2016
6,060 books — 685 voters

Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird by Harold BloomA Game of Thrones by George R.R. MartinThe Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre DumasTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Books You Wish You Could Force All Your Friends to Read
1,784 books — 832 voters
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson
Best Books of Your Lifetime
531 books — 170 voters

Selfish, Shallow, and Self-Absorbed by Meghan Daum
The "Can't Wait" Books of 2015 that are not part of a series
103 books — 147 voters
L.A. Requiem by Robert CraisThe Girl Who Played with Fire by Stieg Larsson
Best Detective/Mystery Series
2,206 books — 2,294 voters

Pym by Mat Johnson
2011's Best African American Literature
23 books — 73 voters
Dead Until Dark by Charlaine Harris
Best adult vampire romance novels
205 books — 114 voters

The Shadows by J.R. Ward
The "Can't Wait" Books of 2015
2,182 books — 11,526 voters
Nerds are Freaks Too by Koko Brown
Best multicultural / interrracial romances
513 books — 318 voters

Nerds are Freaks Too by Koko BrownFifty Shades of Jungle Fever by L.V. LewisThe Owner of His Heart by Theodora TaylorHer Viking Wolf by Theodora TaylorDelaney's Desert Sheikh by Brenda Jackson
Love Story (BW/WM)
613 books — 482 voters
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. RowlingHarry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. RowlingA Storm of Swords by George R.R. MartinHarry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. RowlingHarry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling
Best Fantasy Books of the 21st Century
3,057 books — 9,896 voters

Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtryThe Silence of the Lambs by Thomas HarrisThe Essential Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson
Best Books of the Decade: 1980s
2,257 books — 2,433 voters
Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie FordOdd Thomas by Dean Koontz
Best Books of the Decade: 2000s
7,189 books — 28,376 voters

Devil in a Blue Dress by Walter Mosley
Best Murder Mysteries Of All-Time
993 books — 720 voters
The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre DumasA Game of Thrones by George R.R. MartinIt by Stephen KingRoots by Alex HaleyAnna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
Big Fat Books Worth the Effort
1,874 books — 6,997 voters

The Help by Kathryn Stockett
Books that you wish had a sequel(s)
156 books — 98 voters
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies by Seth Grahame-SmithBridget Jones’s Diary by Helen Fielding
Best Pride and Prejudice Sequels/Variations/Adaptations
465 books — 981 voters

The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre DumasSense and Sensibility by Jane AustenIt by Stephen KingThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldAnna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
Best Books Without Sequels
729 books — 370 voters
Jaws by Peter Benchley
I Only Watched the Movie!
1,222 books — 6,121 voters

Casino Royale by Ian FlemingSex and the City by Candace BushnellThe Devil Wears Prada by Lauren WeisbergerThe Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsTwilight by Stephenie Meyer
The MOVIE was BETTER than the BOOK
1,134 books — 10,099 voters
The Godfather by Mario PuzoKilling Floor by Lee ChildThe Hunt for Red October by Tom ClancyDie Trying by Lee ChildOne Shot by Lee Child
Best Manfiction
2,214 books — 553 voters


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