Big Books of 2026

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Pali Carter (12 Lists)



Like Water for Chocolate by Laura EsquivelLove in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García Márquez
Latin American Fiction
863 books — 1,155 voters
The Blessing Way by Tony HillermanThe Blessing Way by Tony HillermanSkinwalkers by Tony HillermanThe Jim Chee Mysteries by Tony Hillerman
Mysteries Set on Native American Reservations
131 books — 58 voters

When We Were Orphans by Kazuo IshiguroThe Remains of the Day by Kazuo IshiguroThe Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael ChabonThe Shipping News by Annie ProulxThe English Patient by Michael Ondaatje
Major Award-Winning Fiction Since 1990
252 books — 567 voters
Horoscopes for the Dead by Billy Collins
The Best Books of 2011
64 books — 21 voters

The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry by Rachel Joyce
2012 Man Booker Prize Longlist
12 books — 177 voters
The Origin of Species by Charles DarwinA Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James JoyceMidnight’s Children by Salman RushdieJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëGreat Expectations by Charles Dickens
The Queen's Library: Best of the Commonwealth
743 books — 230 voters

The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein
Man Booker Prize Eligible 2014
164 books — 694 voters
An Irish Country Doctor by Patrick Taylor
Best Irish Literature
632 books — 718 voters

An Irish Country Doctor by Patrick Taylor
Best Irish Books
686 books — 604 voters
The Cat in the Hat by Dr. SeussMemoirs of a Geisha by Arthur GoldenThe Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson BurnettThe Help by Kathryn StockettWhere the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
31,474 books — 119,880 voters

Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth GilbertLove in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García MárquezThe Cat in the Hat by Dr. SeussLonesome Dove by Larry McMurtryThe Ultimate Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
Best Books Ever
76,069 books — 282,624 voters
Patrick O'Brian's Aubrey/Maturin Series by Patrick O'BrianThe English Patient by Michael OndaatjeEmpire Falls by Richard RussoA Thousand Acres by Jane SmileyMy Ántonia by Willa Cather
The Gotham Fiction Writing Resource List Part Three
100 books — 7 voters