Big Books of 2026

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Catherine (28 Lists)



This Sweet Sickness by Patricia Highsmith
The Best Disturbing Thrillers You Must Read
270 books — 268 voters
The Master Key by Masako Togawa
Best Japanese Books
771 books — 3,248 voters

The Daughter of Time by Josephine TeyDissolution by C.J. SansomRevelation by C.J. SansomThe Silver Pigs by Lindsey Davis
Best Historical Mystery
2,070 books — 4,531 voters
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna ClarkeInfinite Jest by David Foster Wallace
The Worst Books of All Time
8,104 books — 19,875 voters

The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. TolkienThe Two Towers by J.R.R. TolkienThe Return of the King by J.R.R. Tolkien
The Best Books about Elves or Faeries
814 books — 1,055 voters
The Bell Jar by Sylvia PlathThe Magus by John FowlesNever Let Me Go by Kazuo IshiguroAtlas Shrugged by Ayn RandA Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving
Let's Shake It Up A Bit
961 books — 570 voters

I Capture the Castle by Dodie SmithThe Amber Spyglass by Philip PullmanThe Subtle Knife by Philip PullmanThe Accidental Tourist by Anne TylerCold Comfort Farm by Stella Gibbons
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,807 books — 49,788 voters
Arch of Triumph by Erich Maria Remarque
Best Books Set in Paris
302 books — 205 voters

Traitor's Purse by Margery AllinghamThe Case of William Smith by Patricia Wentworth
Amnesia and Memory Loss Fiction
429 books — 351 voters
The Daughter of Time by Josephine Tey
Favorite Medieval Mystery Writers
79 books — 143 voters

The Pursuit of Love by Nancy MitfordThe Willow Cabin by Pamela FrankauShe Came Back by Patricia Wentworth
World War II England
384 books — 197 voters
Another Country by James BaldwinThe Razor’s Edge by W. Somerset Maugham
BURGESS' 99 BEST ENGLISH-LANGUAGE NOVELS
99 books — 39 voters

His Dark Materials by Philip PullmanA Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin
The Best Epic Fantasy (fiction)
4,208 books — 25,722 voters
Death on the Nile by Agatha ChristieEvil Under the Sun by Agatha ChristieThe Monkey's Raincoat by Robert CraisThe Danger by Dick Francis
Best Crime & Mystery Books
7,306 books — 15,549 voters

The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie by Muriel SparkTreasure Island by Robert Louis StevensonThe Sunday Philosophy Club by Alexander McCall SmithPara Handy and Other Tales by Neil Munro
Best Scottish Fiction
418 books — 285 voters
Death on the Nile by Agatha ChristieThe Daughter of Time by Josephine TeyDeath of a Ghost by Margery AllinghamThe Moonstone by Wilkie CollinsMurder at the Vicarage by Agatha Christie
Classic Mysteries (fiction)
229 books — 163 voters

All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque
Books that Blew Me Away and that I Still Think About
14,407 books — 14,647 voters
The Devil Wears Prada by Lauren WeisbergerThe Bourne Identity by Robert LudlumCasino Royale by Ian FlemingThe Hours by Michael CunninghamMidnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John Berendt
The MOVIE was BETTER than the BOOK
1,134 books — 10,102 voters

His Dark Materials by Philip PullmanPandaemonium by Christopher BrookmyreTransition by Iain M. Banks
Parallel Universes
302 books — 182 voters
Dracula by Bram StokerA Discovery of Witches by Deborah HarknessThe Historian by Elizabeth Kostova
Best Adult Vampire Books
1,771 books — 4,918 voters

Transition by Iain M. Banks
Displaced To A Different Time Or World
847 books — 334 voters
Making History by Stephen Fry
Time Travel Tales
129 books — 64 voters

I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith
Best Young Adult Books
13,096 books — 80,174 voters
The Magus by John FowlesThe Happy Prince and Other Tales by Oscar WildeNever Let Me Go by Kazuo IshiguroThe History of Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia by Samuel JohnsonThe Emperor's New Clothes by Hans Christian Andersen
Best Philosophical Literature
1,167 books — 2,725 voters

Persuasion by Jane AustenThe Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
31,509 books — 119,974 voters
Jane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëLittle Women by Louisa May AlcottRebecca by Daphne du MaurierI Capture the Castle by Dodie SmithThe Daughter of Time by Josephine Tey
The Guardian's 50 most influential books by women in English literature
53 books — 108 voters

Water for Elephants by Sara GruenThe Alchemist by Paulo CoelhoThe Lost Symbol by Dan Brown
Huh? I Thought That Book Would Be Better Than It Was
882 books — 750 voters
Ulysses by James JoyceRemembrance of Things Past, 2 Vols by Marcel ProustOrlando by Virginia WoolfA Farewell to Arms by Ernest HemingwayThe Fountainhead by Ayn Rand
Could Not Get Past Chapter One
23 books — 3 voters