Big Books of 2026

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Janice (28 Lists)



Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier
Best Gothic Books of All Time
585 books — 3,502 voters
Wolf Hall by Hilary MantelLincoln in the Bardo by George SaundersBel Canto by Ann PatchettOlive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout
NYT The 100 Best Books of the 21st Century
100 books — 234 voters

The Singularities by John Banville
Booker Prize Eligible 2023
166 books — 207 voters
Free Love by Tessa HadleySeven Steeples by Sara Baume
Booker Prize Eligible 2022
160 books — 217 voters

Reading Lolita in Tehran by Azar Nafisi
Best Non-Fiction Books About Books and Reading
1,036 books — 529 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Featured on Velshi Banned Book Club
13 books — 10 voters

The Promise by Damon Galgut
Booker Prize 2021 Longlist
13 books — 11 voters
Double Blind by Edward St. AubynHot Stew by Fiona MozleySummerwater by Sarah MossWhereabouts by Jhumpa LahiriSecond Place by Rachel Cusk
Anticipated 2021 Literary Fiction
446 books — 588 voters

Double Blind by Edward St. AubynHot Stew by Fiona MozleySecond Place by Rachel Cusk
Booker Prize Eligible 2021
153 books — 177 voters
Ghost Train to the Eastern Star by Paul TherouxConfederates in the Attic by Tony Horwitz
Favorite Travel Books
2,022 books — 3,944 voters

Dubliners by James Joyce
Best Books by Irish Authors
282 books — 38 voters
Sisters by Daisy Johnson
The Millions' Most Anticipated: The Great Second-Half 2020 Book Preview (September - December)
67 books — 167 voters

This Is Happiness by Niall WilliamsWhen All Is Said by Anne GriffinOlive, Again by Elizabeth Strout
TodayFM Best Fiction 2019
15 books — 2 voters
This Is Happiness by Niall WilliamsOlive, Again by Elizabeth StroutThe Dutch House by Ann Patchett
The Washington Post 50 Notable Works of Fiction in 2019
50 books — 25 voters

When All Is Said by Anne Griffin
Goodreads Picks for Tournament of Books 2020
60 books — 82 voters
When All Is Said by Anne GriffinMilkman by Anna BurnsOrchid & the Wasp by Caoilinn Hughes
Women's Prize for Fiction 2019 Eligible Books
94 books — 138 voters

When All is Said by Anne Griffin
Man Booker Prize Eligible 2019
175 books — 186 voters
Spying on the South by Tony HorwitzDeep South by Paul TherouxDeer Hunting with Jesus by Joe Bageant
Books about Middle America - Nonfiction
153 books — 11 voters

Spying on the South by Tony HorwitzSay Nothing by Patrick Radden Keefe
History Published in Year: 2019
393 books — 115 voters
Milkman by Anna BurnsThe Silence of the Girls by Pat BarkerWarlight by Michael OndaatjeA Ladder to the Sky by John BoyneTranscription by Kate Atkinson
2019 BookTube Prize Longlist
48 books — 20 voters

Milkman by Anna BurnsNormal People by Sally RooneyThe Silence of the Girls by Pat BarkerCirce by Madeline Miller
Women's Prize for Fiction 2019 Longlist
16 books — 42 voters
Milkman by Anna BurnsWarlight by Michael Ondaatje
2019 Tournament of Books Shortlist
18 books — 130 voters

Dubliners by James JoyceA Star Called Henry by Roddy DoyleTroubles by J.G. Farrell
Best Fiction Set in Ireland
815 books — 547 voters
The Guards by Ken BruenChristine Falls by Benjamin Black
Irish Crime Fiction
150 books — 98 voters

Warlight by Michael OndaatjeThe Only Story by Julian BarnesCountry Dark by Chris Offutt
Man Booker Prize Eligible 2018
158 books — 237 voters
Everybody's Fool by Richard RussoThe Noise of Time by Julian Barnes
The Millions' Most Anticipated: The Great 2016 Book Preview I - Spring and Summer
93 books — 201 voters

Nutshell by Ian McEwanCommonwealth by Ann Patchett
The Millions' Most Anticipated: The Great Second-Half 2016 Book Preview
91 books — 166 voters
The Noise of Time by Julian BarnesEverybody's Fool by Richard RussoThe Little Red Chairs by Edna O'BrienBritt-Marie Was Here by Fredrik BackmanThe Past by Tessa Hadley
Goodreads Picks for Tournament of Books 2017
511 books — 1,999 voters