Big Books of 2026

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



The Book Thief by Markus ZusakGone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellThe Thorn Birds by Colleen McCulloughSnow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa SeeThe Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer
Best Historical Fiction
7,392 books — 25,577 voters
The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah
Can't Wait Historical Fiction of 2015
109 books — 350 voters

Willow by Julia Hoban
Books About Cutting Yourself
79 books — 255 voters
A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled HosseiniThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakThe Help by Kathryn StockettEat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth GilbertThe Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer
Best Books of the Decade: 2000s
7,189 books — 28,380 voters

Winter Garden by Kristin HannahBetween Shades of Gray by Ruta SepetysSkeletons at the Feast by Chris Bohjalian
Books That Should Be Made Into Movies
32,228 books — 68,137 voters
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer
Best Books to Make into a PBS Series
461 books — 384 voters

Girl, Interrupted by Susanna Kaysen
Women and Mental Illness (fiction and nonfiction)
1,154 books — 2,271 voters
Night by Elie Wiesel
Well-Written Holocaust Books
890 books — 2,882 voters