Big Books of 2026

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Jane (25 Lists)



Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry
Western
40 books — 14 voters
...And Ladies of the Club by Helen Hooven Santmyer
52 Book Club 2022: #13 Includes A Club
189 books — 81 voters

Unbroken by Laura HillenbrandAll the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
Best Books of the Decade: 2010s
7,686 books — 14,161 voters
Paddle-to-the-Sea by Holling Clancy Holling
Best Children's Books Most People Haven't Heard of...
1,687 books — 772 voters

A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson BurnettThe Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain
50 Books Every Child Should Read
1,360 books — 1,053 voters
Lukewarming by Patrick J. Michaels
Popsugar 2020 - A Book with Only Words on the Cover
372 books — 205 voters

Justice on Trial by Mollie Ziegler HemingwayTen Innings at Wrigley by Kevin CookNanaville by Anna QuindlenPlaying for Keeps by David Halberstam
Popsugar 2020 - A Book by or about a Journalist
338 books — 189 voters
Appaloosa by Robert B. ParkerLonesome Dove by Larry McMurtryNews of the World by Paulette JilesEpitaph by Mary Doria RussellDoc by Mary Doria Russell
Popsugar 2020 - A Western
202 books — 129 voters

Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale HurstonKindred by Octavia E. ButlerSugar by Bernice L. McFaddenThe Wedding by Dorothy WestWench by Dolen Perkins-Valdez
Popsugar 2020 - A Book by a Woman of Color
590 books — 293 voters
Sarum by Edward Rutherfurd
Popsugar 2020 - A book with a map
292 books — 261 voters

Ex Libris by Anne Fadiman
Best Non-Fiction Books About Books and Reading
1,036 books — 529 voters
A Canticle for Leibowitz by Walter M. Miller Jr.
Best Dystopian and Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
3,748 books — 25,989 voters

Unbroken by Laura HillenbrandThe Hiding Place by Corrie ten BoomAngela’s Ashes by Frank McCourt
Biography and Memoirs that are BETTER than Fiction
2,435 books — 2,956 voters
The Holy Bible by AnonymousThe Communist Manifesto by Karl MarxMartin Luther's Ninety-Five Theses by Martin Lutherالقرآن الكريم by Anonymous
The Most Influential Books
1,479 books — 5,283 voters

...And Ladies of the Club by Helen Hooven SantmyerThe Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre DumasThe Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienThe Stand by Stephen KingEast of Eden by John Steinbeck
Big Fat Books Worth the Effort
1,874 books — 7,000 voters
The Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael PollanTender at the Bone by Ruth ReichlGarlic and Sapphires by Ruth ReichlIn Defense of Food by Michael PollanAnimal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver
Fabulous Reads for Foodies
618 books — 179 voters

The Apprentice by Jacques PépinThe Supper of the Lamb by Robert Farrar CaponAn Everlasting Meal by Tamar AdlerThe Sharper Your Knife, the Less You Cry by Kathleen FlinnTender at the Bone by Ruth Reichl
Nouvelle Cuisine
366 books — 248 voters
The Lorax by Dr. SeussThe Velveteen Rabbit by Margery Williams Bianco1984 by George OrwellGoodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
31,479 books — 119,903 voters

The Stand by Stephen KingOne Second After by William R. ForstchenWool by Hugh HoweyA Canticle for Leibowitz by Walter M. Miller Jr.The Road by Cormac McCarthy
Post-Apocalyptic Novels
94 books — 83 voters
One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García MárquezParadise Lost by John MiltonWalden or, Life in the Woods by Henry David ThoreauThe Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov
The Most Begun "Read but Unfinished" (Started) book ever
2,605 books — 13,134 voters

The Supper of the Lamb by Robert Farrar CaponIn Defense of Food by Michael PollanTender at the Bone by Ruth ReichlThe Food of a Younger Land by Mark KurlanskyAn Everlasting Meal by Tamar Adler
Food-Related Non-Fiction
1,226 books — 1,635 voters
Katherine by Anya SetonSarum by Edward RutherfurdKristin Lavransdatter by Sigrid Undset...And Ladies of the Club by Helen Hooven SantmyerDoomsday Book by Connie Willis
Best Historical Fiction
7,392 books — 25,577 voters

The Remains of the Day by Kazuo IshiguroPride and Prejudice by Jane AustenAshenden by Elizabeth WilhideRules of Civility by Amor TowlesThe House at Riverton by Kate Morton
Read in place of watching Downton Abbey
258 books — 123 voters
The Woman in White by Wilkie CollinsRebecca by Daphne du MaurierJane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
Best Gothic Books of All Time
585 books — 3,500 voters

The Woman in White by Wilkie CollinsPride and Prejudice by Jane Austen1984 by George OrwellThe Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienThe Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
Favorites from 1001 Books You Should Read Before You Die
503 books — 1,055 voters