Big Books of 2026

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Todd Johnson (28 Lists)



The Wild Robot by Peter BrownHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienThe Phantom Tollbooth by Norton JusterA Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle
Best Read-Aloud Chapter Books
1,176 books — 1,474 voters
The Wild Robot by Peter Brown
Middle Grade Novels of 2016
607 books — 948 voters

Poverty Creek Journal by Thomas GardnerThe Terrible and Wonderful Reasons Why I Run Long Distances (... by Matthew InmanMy Best Race by Chris CooperTread Lightly by Peter LarsonBorn to Run by Christopher McDougall
Best Running (non-instructional) Books
227 books — 555 voters
In the Heart of the Sea by Nathaniel PhilbrickThe Ghost Map by Steven JohnsonA Perfect Red by Amy Butler Greenfield
Microhistory: Social Histories of Just One Thing
1,825 books — 2,213 voters

Nickel and Dimed by Barbara EhrenreichIn the Heart of the Sea by Nathaniel PhilbrickUnder the Banner of Heaven by Jon KrakauerThe Ghost Map by Steven JohnsonThe Swerve by Stephen Greenblatt
Best Non-Fiction (no biographies)
6,227 books — 8,061 voters
The Stupidest Angel by Christopher MooreHolidays on Ice by David Sedaris
Favorite Christmas Books
1,515 books — 1,565 voters

The Stupidest Angel by Christopher MooreHolidays on Ice by David Sedaris
Best Christmas-Themed Books/Stories
842 books — 725 voters
The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
Best Books of 2008
1,631 books — 6,783 voters

The Blind Watchmaker by Richard Dawkins
Life Changing Books
83 books — 78 voters
One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García MárquezThe Satanic Verses by Salman RushdieLittle, Big by John Crowley
Favorite Magical Realism Novels
1,304 books — 4,516 voters

Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna ClarkeThe Knight by Gene WolfeNeverwhere by Neil GaimanStardust by Neil Gaiman
Fantasy Books Set in Two Worlds
667 books — 631 voters
Light in August by William FaulknerOne Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García MárquezLove in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García MárquezThe Sound and the Fury by William FaulknerAs I Lay Dying by William Faulkner
Oprah's Book Club Picks
124 books — 2,204 voters

The Sandman, Vol. 1 by Neil GaimanWatchmen by Alan Moore
Best Graphic Novels
3,450 books — 6,766 voters
American Gods by Neil GaimanJonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna ClarkeEnder’s Game by Orson Scott CardRingworld by Larry Niven
Favorite Novels Which Won the Hugo Award
84 books — 1,613 voters

Salt by Mark Kurlansky
Food-Related Non-Fiction
1,226 books — 1,635 voters
Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card
Best Books for Teen Boys
1,430 books — 1,551 voters

The Road by Cormac McCarthyAmerican Gods by Neil GaimanJonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna ClarkeThe Corrections by Jonathan Franzen
Best Books of the 21st Century
9,835 books — 21,937 voters
Native Son by Richard WrightThe White Boy Shuffle by Paul BeattyTheir Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston
Best African American Books
1,043 books — 1,138 voters

Midnight’s Children by Salman RushdieThe God of Small Things by Arundhati RoyThe Satanic Verses by Salman Rushdie
Best South Asian Fiction
734 books — 1,894 voters
One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García MárquezLight in August by William FaulknerCrime and Punishment by Fyodor DostoevskyMoby-Dick or, The Whale by Herman Melville
Best Books Ever
76,086 books — 282,727 voters

The Sound and the Fury by William FaulknerLight in August by William FaulknerA Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy TooleGo Down, Moses by William FaulknerTheir Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston
Best Southern Literature
1,342 books — 2,574 voters
American Gods by Neil GaimanJonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna ClarkeThe Knight by Gene WolfeAnansi Boys by Neil Gaiman
Best Fantasy Books of the 21st Century
3,053 books — 9,893 voters

Baking in America by Greg PatentIn the Sweet Kitchen by Regan DaleyThe Professional Chef by The Culinary Institute of A...The New Indian Cooking Course by Manisha Kanani
Best Cookbooks
1,439 books — 1,106 voters
The Knight by Gene WolfeMagician by Raymond E. Feist
The Best Epic Fantasy (fiction)
4,208 books — 25,720 voters

Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman
The Best Urban Fantasy
4,404 books — 12,551 voters
The Road by Cormac McCarthyAmerican Gods by Neil GaimanJonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna ClarkeThe Corrections by Jonathan FranzenPerdido Street Station by China Miéville
Best Books of the Decade: 2000s
7,189 books — 28,380 voters

Light in August by William FaulknerOne Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García MárquezNative Son by Richard WrightInvisible Cities by Italo CalvinoLolita by Vladimir Nabokov
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,807 books — 49,788 voters
Galápagos by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.Neuromancer by William GibsonSlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
Best Science Fiction & Fantasy Books
8,351 books — 24,663 voters