Big Books of 2026

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Catelyn May (13 Lists)



Jane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldOne Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García MárquezThe Bell Jar by Sylvia PlathThe Stranger by Albert Camus
Must Read Classics
1,865 books — 4,660 voters
The Communist Manifesto by Karl MarxThe Federalist Papers by Alexander HamiltonThe Holy Bible by Anonymous
The Most Influential Books
1,461 books — 5,287 voters

The Beekeeper's Apprentice by Laurie R. KingWhat Angels Fear by C.S. HarrisThe Secret History of the Pink Carnation by Lauren WilligChild 44 by Tom Rob Smith
Best Historical Mystery
2,086 books — 4,547 voters
Soulless by Gail CarrigerClockwork Angel by Cassandra ClareThe Strange Affair of Spring Heeled Jack by Mark Hodder
Best Steampunk Books
1,250 books — 4,095 voters

Possession by A.S. ByattThe Historian by Elizabeth KostovaThe Lake of Dead Languages by Carol GoodmanA Discovery of Witches by Deborah HarknessSpecial Topics in Calamity Physics by Marisha Pessl
Favorite Novels About Professors or Academics
498 books — 606 voters
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonThe Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz ZafónAnd Then There Were None by Agatha ChristieThe Historian by Elizabeth KostovaPossession by A.S. Byatt
Best Literary Mysteries
2,557 books — 4,624 voters

The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz ZafónPossession by A.S. ByattMr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore by Robin Sloan
Stories For Book Lovers
8,363 books — 8,460 voters
The Sense of an Ending by Julian BarnesPossession by A.S. Byatt
Booker Prize Winners
61 books — 1,990 voters

The Bell Jar by Sylvia PlathA Room of One’s Own by Virginia WoolfTo the Lighthouse by Virginia WoolfI Capture the Castle by Dodie SmithPossession by A.S. Byatt
Jezebel's Books All Women Should Read
772 books — 1,400 voters
The Bell Jar by Sylvia PlathShe’s Come Undone by Wally LambWasted by Marya HornbacherThe Center Cannot Hold by Elyn R. Saks
Women and Mental Illness (fiction and nonfiction)
1,159 books — 2,283 voters

The Spiral Staircase by Karen ArmstrongThe Hiding Place by Corrie ten Boom
Memoirs by Women
3,048 books — 3,050 voters
Possession by A.S. Byatt
Literary Historical Fiction
1,140 books — 1,096 voters

Jane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëThe Bell Jar by Sylvia PlathA Room of One’s Own by Virginia WoolfMrs. Dalloway by Virginia WoolfPossession by A.S. Byatt
Best Woman-Authored Books
8,282 books — 5,246 voters