Big Books of 2026

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Katie (12 Lists)



The Alienist by Caleb Carr
Ten Best Crime/Mystery/Thrillers
1,223 books — 1,021 voters
The Concrete Blonde by Michael Connelly
Best Police Procedurals - Mystery Fiction
1,076 books — 822 voters

The Woman in White by Wilkie CollinsMiddlemarch by George Eliot
Flavorwire's Books to get you Through Winter
20 books — 12 voters
I've Got Your Number by Sophie KinsellaThe Peach Keeper by Sarah Addison AllenThe Sugar Queen by Sarah Addison AllenHow to Eat a Cupcake by Meg Donohue
Great Beach Reads
365 books — 326 voters

The Beach Club by Elin HilderbrandSummer Sisters by Judy BlumeBeach Music by Pat ConroyMoon Shell Beach by Nancy ThayerMaine by J. Courtney Sullivan
Summer Beach Reads (all stories set in beach towns)
441 books — 446 voters
Outlander by Diana GabaldonAnna Karenina by Leo TolstoyThe Shining by Stephen KingDoctor Zhivago by Boris Pasternak
Best Books to Read When the Snow Is Falling
13,648 books — 9,581 voters

Life After Life by Kate Atkinson
2014: What the Over 35's Are Reading
2,476 books — 520 voters
The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer
Big Fat Books Worth the Effort
1,874 books — 6,999 voters

Eleven Seconds by Travis RoyThe Concrete Blonde by Michael ConnellyMy Sergei by Ekaterina GordeevaThe Historian by Elizabeth KostovaA Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
Seasonal Reading Challenge Recommended Books
6,363 books — 4,631 voters
Eleven Seconds by Travis RoyNumber the Stars by Lois LowryThe BFG by Roald DahlMy Sergei by Ekaterina GordeevaMatilda by Roald Dahl
Favorite Books
14,252 books — 9,938 voters

Shutter Island by Dennis LehaneIn the Woods by Tana FrenchThe Black Echo by Michael ConnellyWhere Are the Children? by Mary Higgins Clark
Best Crime & Mystery Books
7,306 books — 15,548 voters
See Jane Score by Rachel Gibson
Best Ever Contemporary Romance Books
4,759 books — 8,163 voters