Big Books of 2026

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Bethany Young (10 Lists)



Ten oosten van Eden by John SteinbeckBeloved by Toni MorrisonSing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn WardAll the Pretty Horses by Cormac McCarthySophie's Choice by William Styron
National Book Award Winners
241 books — 204 voters
All the King's Men by Robert Penn WarrenThe Age of Innocence by Edith WhartonBeloved by Toni MorrisonThe Hours by Michael CunninghamTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Pulitzer Prize Winners-Fiction
99 books — 270 voters

The English Patient by Michael OndaatjeThe Remains of the Day by Kazuo IshiguroThe Testaments by Margaret Atwood
Booker Prize Winners
61 books — 1,990 voters
East of Eden by John SteinbeckBeloved by Toni MorrisonPalace Walk by Naguib MahfouzPaleis van verlangen by Naguib MahfouzJazz by Toni Morrison
Nobel Laureates
660 books — 566 voters

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. RowlingMemoirs of a Geisha by Arthur GoldenThe Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa Gregory
Couldn't Put The Book Down
16,997 books — 16,890 voters
All the King's Men by Robert Penn WarrenAnna Karenina by Leo TolstoyBeloved by Toni MorrisonEast of Eden by John SteinbeckTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
31,757 books — 120,815 voters

The Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer BradleyEnemy of God by Bernard Cornwell
Best Arthurian Fiction
477 books — 1,444 voters
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldEast of Eden by John SteinbeckLonesome Dove by Larry McMurtryAll the King's Men by Robert Penn WarrenThe Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton
The Great American Novel
671 books — 1,092 voters

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling
Books that Made You Cry!
3,357 books — 7,957 voters
East of Eden by John SteinbeckPride and Prejudice by Jane AustenHarry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. RowlingThe Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre DumasTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
100 Books to Read in a Lifetime: Readers' Picks
15,438 books — 17,764 voters