Big Books of 2026

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Amanda Eberhard (25 Lists)



A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled HosseiniTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeA Clockwork Orange by Anthony BurgessBrave New World by Aldous HuxleyThe Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon
Most Poetic Book Titles
2,064 books — 893 voters
The Glass Castle by Jeannette WallsBossypants by Tina Fey
Best Memoir / Biography / Autobiography
5,816 books — 6,345 voters

Of Mice and Men by John SteinbeckThe Giving Tree by Shel SilversteinThe Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniA Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled HosseiniBrave New World by Aldous Huxley
Most Depressing Book of All Time
1,241 books — 3,908 voters
The Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling
Best Place Description Or Setting
51 books — 18 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniA Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
Best Stand-Alone Books
819 books — 857 voters
The Complete Fairy Tales by Hans Christian Andersen
Collections of Short Stories
2,894 books — 2,039 voters

The Reader by Bernhard Schlink
Books To Write a Paper About
14 books — 4 voters
Where the Sidewalk Ends by Shel SilversteinIsland of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O'DellThe Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein
Favorite books from my childhood
4,425 books — 7,426 voters

The Bhagavad Gita by Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa
The Most Influential Books
1,479 books — 5,282 voters
The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins
Best Books of 2015
3,106 books — 5,120 voters

Bossypants by Tina Fey
Best Humorous Books
4,328 books — 7,872 voters
A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
Best Feminist Books
2,514 books — 3,516 voters

As You Like It by William Shakespeare
Best Gender-Bending Books
610 books — 457 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Best Young Adult Books
13,124 books — 80,172 voters

Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
Best Dystopian and Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
3,748 books — 25,990 voters
On the Road by Jack Kerouac1984 by George OrwellThe Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway
The Most Begun "Read but Unfinished" (Started) book ever
2,605 books — 13,134 voters

Quiet by Susan Cain
Best Books of 2012
3,523 books — 9,203 voters
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann ShafferSarah's Key by Tatiana de Rosnay
Best Historical Fiction
7,396 books — 25,578 voters

The Reader by Bernhard SchlinkSarah's Key by Tatiana de Rosnay
What To Read Next
20,206 books — 24,131 voters
The Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniA Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
Best Books of the Decade: 2000s
7,189 books — 28,379 voters

Romeo and Juliet by William ShakespeareThe Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniBrave New World and Brave New World Revisited by Aldous HuxleyA Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
31,505 books — 119,954 voters
A House in the Sky by Amanda Lindhout
100 Biographies & Memoirs to Read in a Lifetime: Readers' Picks
1,872 books — 1,773 voters

Where the Sidewalk Ends by Shel Silverstein
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,807 books — 49,789 voters
A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled HosseiniSarah's Key by Tatiana de Rosnay
Best Books of the 21st Century
9,835 books — 21,938 voters

A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
Best Books Ever
76,097 books — 282,755 voters