Big Books of 2026

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Kate (8 Lists)



The Historian by Elizabeth KostovaThe Ruby in the Smoke by Philip Pullman
Best Historical Mystery
2,070 books — 4,531 voters
The Thirteenth Tale by Diane SetterfieldPeople of the Book by Geraldine Brooks
Books About Bookstores
641 books — 807 voters

The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova
Best Books Featuring Dracula
232 books — 147 voters
Fashioning the Body by Denis BrunaPatterns of Fashion 2 by Janet ArnoldPatterns of Fashion 1 by Janet ArnoldPatterns of Fashion 3 by Janet ArnoldCorsets and Crinolines by Norah Waugh
Historical Fashion Books
199 books — 39 voters

The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova
Modern Gothic
712 books — 1,358 voters
The Thirteenth Tale by Diane SetterfieldThe Distant Hours by Kate MortonThe Historian by Elizabeth KostovaThe Winter Sea by Susanna KearsleyOutlander by Diana Gabaldon
Best Past-Present Books
378 books — 547 voters

The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova
Best neo-victorian novels
117 books — 206 voters
The Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienMemoirs of a Geisha by Arthur GoldenThe Bell Jar by Sylvia PlathLove in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García MárquezThe Complete Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,807 books — 49,791 voters