Big Books of 2026

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Vicki Seldon (21 Lists)



The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova
Books That Should Be Made Into Movies
32,237 books — 68,795 voters
The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova
Best Bibliomystery Books
238 books — 108 voters

Blue Highways by William Least Heat-Moon
Favorite Travel Books
2,026 books — 3,940 voters
Emma by Jane AustenHowards End by E.M. ForsterJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëLittle Women by Louisa May AlcottPride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
Novels of Domestic Life
423 books — 139 voters

The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingThe Godfather by Mario PuzoGone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
Best Movie Adaptations
439 books — 262 voters
Wuthering Heights by Emily BrontëJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëThe Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar WildeDracula by Bram StokerDavid Copperfield by Charles Dickens
Victorian Novels
214 books — 508 voters

A Monstrous Regiment of Women by Laurie R. King
Oprah's 9 Mysteries Every Thinking Woman Should Read
9 books — 7 voters
The Help by Kathryn StockettThe Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniThe Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsThe Lovely Bones by Alice SeboldThe Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson
Best for Book Clubs
14,883 books — 18,753 voters

Harry Potter Series Box Set by J.K. RowlingThe Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienThe Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. LewisEmma by Jane AustenLittle Women by Louisa May Alcott
What Book Would You Like To Live In?
8,745 books — 8,907 voters
Jane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëHowards End by E.M. ForsterEmma by Jane AustenThe Remains of the Day by Kazuo IshiguroPride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
The Upper Classes
380 books — 143 voters

The Help by Kathryn StockettThe Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsThe Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniCatching Fire by Suzanne CollinsMockingjay by Suzanne Collins
2011: What the Over 35s Have Read So Far
1,801 books — 441 voters
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest by Stieg Larsson
Books I Read in 2011
274 books — 30 voters

Of Mice and Men by John SteinbeckRomeo and Juliet by William ShakespeareMacbeth by William ShakespeareThe Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel HawthorneThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Books I was Forced to Read in School
137 books — 69 voters
The Silence of the Lambs by Thomas HarrisRed Dragon by Thomas HarrisThe Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonRebecca by Daphne du MaurierThe Shining by Stephen King
Thrillers
4,620 books — 5,644 voters

The Beekeeper's Apprentice by Laurie R. KingGaudy Night by Dorothy L. SayersThe Tin Roof Blowdown by James Lee BurkeA Great Deliverance by Elizabeth GeorgeMallory's Oracle by Carol O'Connell
Best Detective/Mystery Series
2,214 books — 2,305 voters
Frankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
Best Gothic Books of All Time
589 books — 3,505 voters

Wayside School Is Falling Down by Louis SacharBorders of Infinity by Lois McMaster BujoldA Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving
Best Books of 1989
378 books — 229 voters
A Tale of Two Cities by Charles DickensThe Historian by Elizabeth KostovaLonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry
Best Historical Fiction
7,438 books — 25,627 voters

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingThe Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,899 books — 49,788 voters
Mystic River by Dennis LehaneThe Lovely Bones by Alice SeboldThe Complete Stories and Poems by Edgar Allan PoePresumed Innocent by Scott Turow
Best Crime & Mystery Books
7,318 books — 15,669 voters

Pride and Prejudice by Jane AustenJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëWuthering Heights by Emily BrontëThe Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar WildePersuasion by Jane Austen
Best Books of the 19th Century
1,704 books — 6,877 voters