Big Books of 2026

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Laura (7 Lists)



A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'EngleLittle House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls WilderThe Bad Beginning by Lemony SnicketThe Dark Is Rising by Susan Cooper
The Must-Have Series for Children Ages 6 to 12
875 books — 1,305 voters
Little House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls WilderThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienThe Boxcar Children by Gertrude Chandler WarnerThe BFG by Roald DahlFrom the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E.L. Konigsburg
What Book Got You Hooked?
3,844 books — 10,502 voters

The Killer Angels by Michael ShaaraI, Claudius by Robert GravesThe Complete Aubrey/Maturin Novels by Patrick O'Brian
Best Historical Fiction
7,397 books — 25,582 voters
The Lost World by Arthur Conan Doyle
Best Books of the Decade: 1910s
530 books — 775 voters

1984 by George OrwellTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeOne Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García MárquezFahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,807 books — 49,789 voters
Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card1984 by George OrwellNeuromancer by William GibsonDune by Frank Herbert
Best Science Fiction & Fantasy Books
8,351 books — 24,663 voters

The Siege of Krishnapur by J.G. FarrellKim by Rudyard KiplingHussein by Patrick O'BrianA Passage to India by E.M. ForsterBurmese Days by George Orwell
Excellent Books about India and England
279 books — 268 voters