Big Books of 2026

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Jan Stone (9 Lists)



The Tale of the Dueling Neurosurgeons by Sam Kean
Medicine and Literature
1,843 books — 2,002 voters
Our Souls at Night by Kent Haruf
2015 Amazon Books of the Month in Literature & Fiction
136 books — 86 voters

The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova
Books That Should Be Made Into Movies
32,226 books — 68,040 voters
The Stone Diaries by Carol ShieldsThe Caine Mutiny by Herman Wouk
Best Books You've Probably Never Read
618 books — 411 voters

1984 by George OrwellLonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,807 books — 49,786 voters
The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz ZafónThe Historian by Elizabeth KostovaOne Good Turn by Kate AtkinsonA Place of Execution by Val McDermidThe Silver Pigs by Lindsey Davis
Best Literary Mysteries
2,550 books — 4,594 voters

The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz ZafónLonesome Dove by Larry McMurtryAngle of Repose by Wallace StegnerBirdsong by Sebastian FaulksRoman Blood by Steven Saylor
Best Historical Fiction
7,388 books — 25,575 voters
The Girl Who Played with Fire by Stieg LarssonThe Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest by Stieg LarssonKristin Lavransdatter by Sigrid Undset
Best Scandinavian and Nordic Literature
1,210 books — 1,245 voters

Gone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellThe Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsThe Help by Kathryn StockettThe Stand by Stephen KingThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood
Best Books Ever
76,042 books — 282,482 voters