Big Books of 2026

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Catherine (40 Lists)



The Far Pavilions by M.M. Kaye
Best Indian Fiction Books
914 books — 2,421 voters
The Stand by Stephen KingThe Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
Best Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
1,245 books — 3,413 voters

My Family and Other Animals by Gerald Durrell
Favorite books from my childhood
4,425 books — 7,426 voters
The House of the Spirits by Isabel AllendeLove in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García Márquez
Magical Realism
439 books — 639 voters

A Suitable Boy by Vikram SethLife of Pi by Yann MartelThe Jewel in the Crown by Paul ScottThe Far Pavilions by M.M. KayeA Son of the Circus by John Irving
India: Fiction
319 books — 322 voters
The White Queen by Philippa GregoryOutlander by Diana GabaldonOne Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García MárquezLove in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García MárquezDragonfly in Amber by Diana Gabaldon
Historical Fiction With a Dash of Magic
426 books — 710 voters

The Far Pavilions by M.M. KayeA Suitable Boy by Vikram Seth
Books Set in India
504 books — 414 voters
A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy TooleA Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
Books that Changed the Way You View Life
10,491 books — 5,742 voters

The Winter Sea by Susanna Kearsley
Books Set in Scotland
1,003 books — 670 voters
The Giver by Lois Lowry
Newbery Medal Winner Books
104 books — 373 voters

The Far Pavilions by M.M. Kaye
Excellent Books about India and England
279 books — 268 voters
Brokeback Mountain by Annie ProulxClose Range by Annie ProulxO Pioneers! by Willa CatherLonesome Dove by Larry McMurtryMy Ántonia by Willa Cather
Literary Westerns
283 books — 386 voters

Freakonomics by Steven D. LevittBlink by Malcolm GladwellThe Hot Zone by Richard PrestonInto Thin Air by Jon KrakauerSybil by Flora Rheta Schreiber
Interesting and Readable Nonfiction
4,041 books — 2,036 voters
Empire of the Summer Moon by S.C. Gwynne
Microhistory: Social Histories of Just One Thing
1,825 books — 2,213 voters

Pride and Prejudice by Jane AustenOutlander by Diana GabaldonFifty Shades of Grey by E.L. James
All Time Favorite Romance Novels
5,585 books — 12,536 voters
Fifty Shades of Grey by E.L. JamesOutlander by Diana GabaldonPride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
Fictional males that make you squirm...in a good way ;)
1,553 books — 3,295 voters

A Suitable Boy by Vikram Seth
Indian Books - Fiction
1,113 books — 2,443 voters
The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. LewisThe Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley
The Best Epic Fantasy (fiction)
4,208 books — 25,720 voters

A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy TooleLonesome Dove by Larry McMurtryThe Age of Innocence by Edith WhartonThe Killer Angels by Michael Shaara
Pulitzer Winners: Fiction & Novels
99 books — 951 voters
The Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsThe Giver by Lois LowryAnimal Farm by George OrwellThe Stand by Stephen King
Dystopia!
1,219 books — 2,753 voters

Death Comes for the Archbishop by Willa Cather
Four Corners Country
330 books — 139 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeAnimal Farm by George OrwellThe Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. LewisLord of the Flies by William GoldingTolkien On Fairy-stories by J.R.R. Tolkien
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
31,479 books — 119,920 voters

The Giver by Lois LowryThe Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsAnimal Farm by George OrwellLord of the Flies by William Golding
Best Dystopian and Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
3,748 books — 25,990 voters
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
2009 Printz Contenders
59 books — 1,450 voters

The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
Teen Historical Fiction
1,388 books — 3,087 voters
One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García MárquezCannery Row by John SteinbeckKristin Lavransdatter by Sigrid Undset
The Best by Nobel Prize Authors
376 books — 282 voters

The Crystal Cave by Mary StewartThe Hollow Hills by Mary Stewart
Historical Gems from the Past
554 books — 323 voters
Eats, Shoots & Leaves by Lynne Truss
Best Book Titles
11,390 books — 7,823 voters

The Girl Who Played with Fire by Stieg Larsson
You Want to Read in 2010
1,079 books — 1,976 voters
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
Books that made you cry. =’(
339 books — 348 voters


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