Big Books of 2026

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Michelle (39 Lists)



Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan
Booker Prize 2022 Longlist
13 books — 54 voters
Shuggie Bain by Douglas StuartTranscendent Kingdom by Yaa GyasiLeave the World Behind by Rumaan AlamSharks in the Time of Saviors by Kawai Strong WashburnDeacon King Kong by James McBride
2021 Tournament of Books Shortlist
18 books — 27 voters

Nothing to See Here by Kevin WilsonFleishman Is in Trouble by Taffy Brodesser-AknerTrust Exercise by Susan ChoiNormal People by Sally Rooney
2020 Tournament of Books Short List
18 books — 45 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakThe Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark TwainA Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving
PBS’s The Great American Read: List of America’s Top 100 Books
100 books — 2,378 voters

The Nix by Nathan HillHomegoing by Yaa GyasiThe Throwback Special by Chris BachelderMoonglow by Michael ChabonThe Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead
2017 Tournament of Books
18 books — 53 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeMiddlesex by Jeffrey EugenidesThe Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael ChabonThe Road by Cormac McCarthyGone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
Pulitzer Prize Winners-Fiction
99 books — 270 voters

Life After Life by Kate AtkinsonThe Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet by David MitchellThe Orphan Master's Son by Adam JohnsonAll the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
Best Books of the Decade: 2010s
7,686 books — 14,168 voters
The Illuminations by Andrew O'HaganA Little Life by Hanya YanagiharaThe Fishermen by Chigozie ObiomaThe Green Road by Anne EnrightThe Moor's Account by Laila Lalami
Man Booker 2015 Long List
13 books — 174 voters

All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony DoerrAn Untamed State by Roxane GayAll the Birds, Singing by Evie WyldEverything I Never Told You by Celeste NgThe Bone Clocks by David Mitchell
2015 Tournament of Books Short List
17 books — 159 voters
An Untamed State by Roxane GayAll the Light We Cannot See by Anthony DoerrThe Narrow Road to the Deep North by Richard FlanaganThe Bone Clocks by David MitchellColorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage by Haruki Murakami
2015 Tournament of Books Long List
72 books — 158 voters

The Luminaries by Eleanor CattonLife After Life by Kate AtkinsonHow to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia by Mohsin HamidThe Goldfinch by Donna TarttThe Son by Philipp Meyer
2014 Tournament of Books Finalists
17 books — 130 voters
Life After Life by Kate AtkinsonThe Luminaries by Eleanor CattonThe Goldfinch by Donna TarttA Constellation of Vital Phenomena by Anthony MarraThe Son by Philipp Meyer
New York Times 100 Notable Books of 2013 (fiction and nonfiction)
100 books — 818 voters

The Luminaries by Eleanor CattonA Tale for the Time Being by Ruth OzekiThe Lowland by Jhumpa LahiriWe Need New Names by NoViolet BulawayoHarvest by Jim Crace
2013 Man Booker Prize Shortlist
6 books — 30 voters
The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet by David MitchellBlack Swan Green by David MitchellCloud Atlas by David Mitchell
David Mitchell
11 books — 107 voters

The Luminaries by Eleanor CattonA Tale for the Time Being by Ruth OzekiThe Lowland by Jhumpa LahiriWe Need New Names by NoViolet BulawayoHarvest by Jim Crace
2013 Man Booker Prize Longlist
13 books — 268 voters
The Art of Hearing Heartbeats by Jan-Philipp SendkerThe Enchanted Life of Adam Hope by Rhonda RileyThe Revised Fundamentals of Caregiving by Jonathan Evison
Booktopia Bellingham 2013
10 books — 21 voters

The Orphan Master's Son by Adam JohnsonBilly Lynn's Long Halftime Walk by Ben FountainBeautiful Ruins by Jess WalterThe Song of Achilles by Madeline MillerBring Up the Bodies by Hilary Mantel
2013 Tournament of Books
18 books — 137 voters
The Orphan Master's Son by Adam JohnsonBilly Lynn's Long Halftime Walk by Ben FountainThe Song of Achilles by Madeline MillerBring Up the Bodies by Hilary MantelThe Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry by Rachel Joyce
2013 Tournament of Books Watch List
64 books — 379 voters

Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk by Ben FountainA Hologram for the King by Dave EggersThe Round House by Louise Erdrich
National Book Award Finalists - 2012
21 books — 49 voters
Bring Up the Bodies by Hilary MantelThe Garden of Evening Mists by Tan Twan EngThe Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry by Rachel JoyceNarcopolis by Jeet ThayilThe Lighthouse by Alison Moore
2012 Man Booker Prize Longlist
12 books — 177 voters

The Orphan Master's Son by Adam JohnsonHeft by Liz Moore
Best Books of 2012
3,523 books — 9,203 voters
The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet by David MitchellCloud Atlas by David MitchellAtonement by Ian McEwan
Non-Winners of the Man Booker
274 books — 244 voters

The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller
Orange Prize For Fiction Longlist 2012
20 books — 153 voters
The Tiger's Wife by Téa ObrehtSalvage the Bones by Jesmyn WardThe Sense of an Ending by Julian BarnesThe Art of Fielding by Chad Harbach1Q84 by Haruki Murakami
2012 Tournament of Books
16 books — 245 voters

The Sense of an Ending by Julian BarnesMoondogs by Alexander Yates
Kirkus Best Books of 2011
88 books — 171 voters
Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtryAll the Pretty Horses by Cormac McCarthyThe Gates of the Alamo by Stephen Harrigan
Books Set in Texas
954 books — 329 voters

Gone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Help by Kathryn StockettDivine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood by Rebecca Wells
Best Southern Literature
1,342 books — 2,574 voters
The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet by David MitchellCutting for Stone by Abraham VergheseThe Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey NiffeneggerUnbroken by Laura HillenbrandMajor Pettigrew's Last Stand by Helen Simonson
2011: What the Over 35s Have Read So Far
1,801 books — 441 voters

Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech
The Most Deserving Newbery
115 books — 3,000 voters
Walk Two Moons by Sharon CreechCharlotte’s Web by E.B. White
Best Newbery Medal Award Winners
16 books — 32 voters


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