Big Books of 2026

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Susan (15 Lists)



The Feminine Mystique by Betty FriedanThe Man in the Gray Flannel Suit by Sloan WilsonThe Best of Everything by Rona JaffeThe Group by Mary McCarthyThe Long, Long Afternoon by Inga Vesper
If You Like Mad Men . . .
63 books — 90 voters
The Night Circus by Erin MorgensternCatch and Kill by Ronan FarrowHow to Write an Autobiographical Novel by Alexander CheeLoyalties by Delphine de ViganA Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles
Black and White and Red All Over
272 books — 21 voters

The Robber Bride by Margaret AtwoodRebecca by Daphne du MaurierTo the Lighthouse by Virginia WoolfThe Yellow Wall-Paper by Charlotte Perkins GilmanOrlando by Virginia Woolf
Women on the "1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die" List
287 books — 165 voters
Water Under the Bridge by Sumner Locke ElliottBoy Swallows Universe by Trent DaltonBig Little Lies by Liane MoriartyWild Chicory by Kim KellyBreath by Tim Winton
Best Books Set in Australia
1,068 books — 585 voters

1984 by George OrwellFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyA People’s History of the United States by Howard ZinnOn Tyranny by Timothy SnyderThe Rise and Fall of the Third Reich by William L. Shirer
Books to Read under the Trump Administration
1,169 books — 518 voters
Lillian Boxfish Takes a Walk by Kathleen RooneyMy Salinger Year by Joanna RakoffAll Grown Up by Jami AttenbergCareers for Women by Joanna Scott
Best Books Set in New York City
379 books — 393 voters

The Killing Season by Sarah FergusonAnswered Prayers by Truman CapoteBig Little Lies by Liane MoriartyThe Husband's Secret by Liane MoriartyThe Road to Ruin by Niki Savva
Chat 10 Looks 3 Reading List
286 books — 78 voters
The Secret by Rhonda ByrneA Clockwork Orange by Anthony BurgessThe Notebook by Nicholas SparksSkinny Bitch by Rory Freedman
The Worst Books of All Time
8,104 books — 19,874 voters

The Annotated Alice by Lewis CarrollThe Annotated Hunting of the Snark by Lewis CarrollThe Waste Land by T.S. Eliot
Annotated Classics
25 books — 15 voters
The Paleo Diet by Loren CordainFood-Free at Last by Robert JonesDr. Atkins' New Diet Revolution by Robert C. AtkinsSkinny Bitch by Rory Freedman
Worst Diet Books
28 books — 12 voters

1984 by George OrwellThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldAlice’s Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis CarrollFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyAnimal Farm by George Orwell
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
31,545 books — 120,070 voters
The Bonfire of the Vanities by Tom WolfeBright Lights, Big City by Jay McInerneyThe Museum of Modern Love by Heather RoseMy Year of Rest and Relaxation by Ottessa MoshfeghLillian Boxfish Takes a Walk by Kathleen Rooney
Best New York Novels
147 books — 129 voters

The Queen of the Tambourine by Jane GardamQueen Lucia by E.F. BensonQueen Bees by Siân Evans
Titles That Begin With Q
424 books — 68 voters
The Second Sex by Simone de BeauvoirThe Feminine Mystique by Betty FriedanThe Female Eunuch by Germaine GreerSexual Politics by Kate MillettThe Women's Room by Marilyn French
Best Feminist Books
2,517 books — 3,519 voters

The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood1984 by George OrwellFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyOryx and Crake by Margaret AtwoodThe Trial by Franz Kafka
Best Dystopian and Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
3,750 books — 25,989 voters