Big Books of 2026

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Julie (8 Lists)



Mary Queen of Scots by Antonia FraserThe Wives of Henry VIII by Antonia FraserQueen Isabella by Alison WeirLove and Louis XIV by Antonia FraserCatherine de Medici by Leonie Frieda
Oh, Royalty...
382 books — 134 voters
Pride and Prejudice by Jane AustenWuthering Heights by Emily BrontëJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëAlice’s Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis CarrollDracula by Bram Stoker
Best Books of the 19th Century
1,704 books — 6,877 voters

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. RowlingHarry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. RowlingThe Da Vinci Code by Dan BrownThe Graveyard Book by Neil GaimanThe Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa Gregory
Best Books of the 21st Century
9,847 books — 22,043 voters
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingGone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellHarry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. RowlingMemoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,899 books — 49,788 voters

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingEragon by Christopher PaoliniA Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'EnglePride and Prejudice by Jane AustenThe Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
Best Young Adult Books
13,130 books — 80,202 voters
The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienGone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingPride and Prejudice by Jane AustenJane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
31,759 books — 120,844 voters

The Night Circus by Erin MorgensternThrone of Glass by Sarah J. MaasMiss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom RiggsRed Queen by Victoria AveyardCrown of Midnight by Sarah J. Maas
Best Books of the Decade: 2010s
7,688 books — 14,221 voters
Rhett Butler's People by Donald McCaigBreaking Dawn by Stephenie MeyerWicked by Gregory MaguireThe Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-ExupéryThe Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway
Wall Bangers!
745 books — 463 voters