Big Books of 2026

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Melissa (23 Lists)



Five Quarters of the Orange by Joanne HarrisThe Joy Luck Club by Amy TanThe Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer
Food-Related Fiction
898 books — 603 voters
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
Books That Made Me Laugh Out Loud
2,067 books — 2,423 voters

A Fine Balance by Rohinton MistryKing Leary by Paul QuarringtonFall on Your Knees by Ann-Marie MacDonaldThe Stone Angel by Margaret LaurenceThe Gargoyle by Andrew Davidson
Best Canadian Literature
2,332 books — 1,145 voters
The Unwanted by Kien Nguyen
Memoirs that push boundaries and make a difference
36 books — 23 voters

The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann ShafferThe Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John Boyne
Best Historical Fiction
7,438 books — 25,627 voters
A Fine Balance by Rohinton MistryFall on Your Knees by Ann-Marie MacDonaldA Good House by Bonnie BurnardThe Antagonist by Lynn CoadyBloodletting & Miraculous Cures by Vincent Lam
Scotiabank Giller Prize Winners and Nominees
147 books — 60 voters

Les Misérables by Victor HugoThe Complete Grimm's Fairy Tales by Jacob GrimmThe Tell-Tale Heart and Other Writings by Edgar Allan Poe
Best Books of the 19th Century
1,704 books — 6,877 voters
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann ShafferThe Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniA Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled HosseiniThe Help by Kathryn Stockett
Best Books of the 21st Century
9,847 books — 22,043 voters

Chocolat by Joanne HarrisFive Quarters of the Orange by Joanne HarrisThe Joy Luck Club by Amy TanJulie and Julia by Julie PowellLike Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel
Nouvelle Cuisine
367 books — 249 voters
NurtureShock by Po BronsonFree-Range Kids by Lenore SkenazyCinderella Ate My Daughter by Peggy Orenstein
Parenting
68 books — 50 voters

The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann ShafferPeople of the Book by Geraldine BrooksThe Gargoyle by Andrew DavidsonThe Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
Best Books of 2008
1,644 books — 6,780 voters
Cutting for Stone by Abraham VergheseThe Help by Kathryn Stockett
Best Books of 2009
1,766 books — 6,932 voters

The Stone Angel by Margaret LaurenceThe Stone Diaries by Carol ShieldsThe Piano Man's Daughter by Timothy FindleyThe Antagonist by Lynn CoadyThe Deptford Trilogy by Robertson Davies
Compelling CanLit Fiction
374 books — 53 voters
A Fine Balance by Rohinton MistryCharlotte’s Web by E.B. WhiteA Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,899 books — 49,788 voters

A Fine Balance by Rohinton MistryCutting for Stone by Abraham VergheseThe Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniA Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled HosseiniFamily Matters by Rohinton Mistry
Best South Asian Fiction
736 books — 1,896 voters
The Grapes of Wrath by John SteinbeckOf Mice and Men by John SteinbeckThe Good Earth by Pearl S. BuckThe Story of Ferdinand by Munro Leaf
Best Books of the Decade: 1930s
904 books — 1,255 voters

East of Eden by John SteinbeckCharlotte’s Web by E.B. White
Best Books of the Decade: 1950s
1,182 books — 1,510 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Best Books of the Decade: 1960s
1,360 books — 1,777 voters

Interview with the Vampire by Anne RiceFifth Business by Robertson DaviesThe Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
Best Books of the Decade: 1970s
1,955 books — 1,880 voters
The Bonfire of the Vanities by Tom WolfeThe Joy Luck Club by Amy TanThe Cider House Rules by John IrvingThe Clan of the Cave Bear by Jean M. Auel
Best Books of the Decade: 1980s
2,258 books — 2,433 voters

A Fine Balance by Rohinton MistryThe Poisonwood Bible by Barbara KingsolverThe Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen ChboskyThe Hours by Michael CunninghamWe Were the Mulvaneys by Joyce Carol Oates
Best Books of the Decade: 1990s
3,129 books — 3,678 voters
The Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniAtonement by Ian McEwanCutting for Stone by Abraham VergheseThe Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael ChabonMiddlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides
Best Books of the Decade: 2000s
7,187 books — 28,370 voters

King Leary by Paul QuarringtonLullabies for Little Criminals by Heather O'NeillNikolski by Nicolas Dickner
CBC Canada Reads Winners
21 books — 44 voters