Big Books of 2026

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Jo Ellen Davis (112 Lists)



Angela's Ashes by Frank McCourtCutting for Stone by Abraham VergheseThe Namesake by Jhumpa LahiriThe Joy Luck Club by Amy TanThe Woman Warrior by Maxine Hong Kingston
Immigrant Voices (fiction)
370 books — 241 voters
The Vanishing Half by Brit BennettThe Four Winds by Kristin HannahHamnet by Maggie O'FarrellShuggie Bain by Douglas Stuart
Best Books of the Decade: 2020's
2,947 books — 5,408 voters

Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur GoldenInterview with the Vampire by Anne RiceA Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled HosseiniThe Thirteenth Tale by Diane SetterfieldThe Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Books You Could Not Put Down
11,256 books — 7,470 voters
The Vanishing Half by Brit BennettThe Night Watchman by Louise ErdrichHamnet by Maggie O'FarrellShuggie Bain by Douglas StuartThe Henna Artist by Alka Joshi
Anticipated 2020 Literary Fiction
587 books — 1,240 voters

Flight Behavior by Barbara KingsolverOlive Kitteridge by Elizabeth StroutTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk KiddThe Dry by Jane Harper
[ATY 2022] Set in a Small Town
329 books — 103 voters
The Night Watchman by Louise Erdrich
Book Club Summer Reads 2021
8 books — 8 voters

Eleanor & Park by Rainbow RowellEducated by Tara WestoverCaste by Isabel WilkersonWater for Elephants by Sara Gruen
2021: What the Over-35s Are Reading
2,537 books — 163 voters
A Simple Plan by Scott SmithOrphan Train by Christina Baker KlineFuture Home of the Living God by Louise ErdrichThe St. Paul Stories of F. Scott Fitzgerald by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Books Set in Minnesota
545 books — 193 voters

The Underground Railroad by Colson WhiteheadHomegoing by Yaa GyasiMy Name Is Lucy Barton by Elizabeth StroutThe Nix by Nathan HillBehold the Dreamers by Imbolo Mbue
New York Times 100 Notable Books of 2016 (fiction and nonfiction)
100 books — 155 voters
The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah
Psychological Suspense for 2018 (Part 1)
135 books — 270 voters

Behold the Dreamers by Imbolo MbueThe Invention of Wings by Sue Monk KiddLove Medicine by Louise ErdrichThe Painted Drum by Louise ErdrichFuture Home of the Living God by Louise Erdrich
[ATY 2021] - Author's Name Doesn't Contain A, T, or Y
571 books — 98 voters
How to Be an Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi
TIME’s 100 Must-Read Books of 2019
99 books — 90 voters

The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz ZafónPachinko by Min Jin LeeThe Stand by Stephen KingBorn a Crime by Trevor NoahEducated by Tara Westover
Popsugar 2020 - Four Stars Minimum
439 books — 131 voters
Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieHomegoing by Yaa GyasiThings Fall Apart by Chinua AchebeCutting for Stone by Abraham VergheseBehold the Dreamers by Imbolo Mbue
Great Books from Shithole Countries
73 books — 8 voters

Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens
2019: What Women Born In The 1970s Read In 2019
6,620 books — 865 voters
Homegoing by Yaa GyasiKindred by Octavia E. ButlerAmericanah by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieThe Color Purple by Alice WalkerThe Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
Black women by Black women
275 books — 67 voters

The Underground Railroad by Colson WhiteheadThings Fall Apart by Chinua AchebeMarch by John LewisMarch by John LewisMarch by John Lewis
Books to accompany Do or Die: Affect Ritual and Resistance, exhibit by Fahamu Pecou at Michael C. Carlos Museum of Emory University, January-April 2019
98 books — 5 voters
There There by Tommy OrangeAn American Marriage by Tayari Jones
The 2019 Tournament of Books Longlist
76 books — 431 voters

Manhattan Beach by Jennifer EganAutumn by Karl Ove Knausgård
Anticipated / Best 2017 Literary Fiction
176 books — 124 voters
The Name of the Rose by Umberto EcoLe Jardin des Finzi-Contini by Giorgio Bassani
Best Italian Novels
144 books — 74 voters

Educated by Tara WestoverAn American Marriage by Tayari JonesMuse of Nightmares by Laini TaylorThere There by Tommy Orange
Best Books of 2018
1,652 books — 2,958 voters
Asymmetry by Lisa HallidayManhattan Beach by Jennifer EganSing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn WardAn American Marriage by Tayari JonesThere There by Tommy Orange
Man Booker Prize Eligible 2018
158 books — 236 voters

Smilla's Sense of Snow by Peter Høeg
Books set in Iceland and Greenland
153 books — 135 voters
Educated by Tara WestoverHeart Berries by Terese Marie Mailhot
2018 Non-male Non-Fiction
304 books — 146 voters

The Hate U Give by Angie ThomasExit West by Mohsin HamidLittle Fires Everywhere by Celeste NgPachinko by Min Jin LeeKillers of the Flower Moon by David Grann
Best Books of 2017
1,737 books — 3,082 voters
Sleeping Giants by Sylvain NeuvelArtemis by Andy WeirThe Boat People by Sharon BalaThe Great Alone by Kristin HannahNorse Mythology by Neil Gaiman
2018 Book Club Possibilities
79 books — 82 voters

The Signature of All Things by Elizabeth GilbertA Tale for the Time Being by Ruth Ozeki
2014 Tournament of Books Finalists
17 books — 130 voters
The Story of a New Name by Elena Ferrante
San Francisco Chronicle 100 recommended books of 2013
100 books — 19 voters

The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodLittle Women by Louisa May AlcottThe Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson BurnettThe Color Purple by Alice WalkerRebecca by Daphne du Maurier
Best Woman-Authored Books
8,208 books — 5,210 voters
The Year of the Flood by Margaret AtwoodStation Eleven by Emily St. John MandelMaddAddam by Margaret AtwoodThe Circle by Dave EggersSleeping Giants by Sylvain Neuvel
Best Science Fiction of the 21st Century
1,208 books — 8,952 voters


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