Big Books of 2026

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Sarahnm (61 Lists)



The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. SchwabThe Four Winds by Kristin HannahLessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus
2023: What Women Born In The 1970s Read In 2023
6,961 books — 515 voters
Holes by Louis SacharThe Outsiders by S.E. Hinton
Best Books for Reluctant Readers
2,592 books — 2,608 voters

The Glass Castle by Jeannette WallsThe Vacationers by Emma Straub
Beach Reads 2014
87 books — 105 voters
The Postman Always Rings Twice by James M. Cain
Best Hardboiled & Noir fiction
701 books — 879 voters

Mildred Pierce by James M. Cain
That Was A Book?!?! The Best of the Underrated and Obscure
407 books — 91 voters
The Secret Life of Violet Grant by Beatriz Williams
Historical Fiction 2014
380 books — 1,974 voters

Valley of the Dolls by Jacqueline Susann
Guilty Pleasures - Crap You're Embarrassed to Love
401 books — 420 voters
The Help by Kathryn StockettWater for Elephants by Sara GruenOrphan Train by Christina Baker KlineShe’s Come Undone by Wally LambFried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe by Fannie Flagg
Best Beach Reads 2013
2,203 books — 4,188 voters

The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
2013: What Women Born In The 1970s Read In 2013
2,957 books — 684 voters
Water for Elephants by Sara GruenOrphan Train by Christina Baker KlineThe Help by Kathryn StockettHalf Broke Horses by Jeannette WallsThe All-Girl Filling Station's Last Reunion by Fannie Flagg
2014: What Women Born In The 1970s Read in 2014
4,495 books — 1,046 voters

Slammerkin by Emma Donoghue
Best Books Involving Sexwork (Fiction and Nonfiction)
401 books — 193 voters
Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen
100 Books to Read in a Lifetime: Readers' Picks
15,226 books — 17,460 voters

Out of the Easy by Ruta Sepetys
Historical Fiction 2013
388 books — 2,107 voters
A Million Little Pieces by James FreyTweak by Nic Sheff
Druggie Memoirs
45 books — 80 voters

The Help by Kathryn StockettWater for Elephants by Sara GruenThe Book Thief by Markus Zusak
What's the Book You Can't Wait to Read This Summer?
13,911 books — 14,663 voters
Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur GoldenThe Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa GregoryForever Amber by Kathleen Winsor
Best Books About Mistresses
448 books — 728 voters

The Book Thief by Markus ZusakThe Red Tent by Anita Diamant
4 and 5 Star Books
258 books — 140 voters
Forever Amber by Kathleen Winsor
Big Fat Books Worth the Effort
1,874 books — 6,998 voters

Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur GoldenWater for Elephants by Sara GruenThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakThe Help by Kathryn StockettA Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith
Best Books Ever
76,103 books — 282,908 voters
The Book Thief by Markus ZusakThe Help by Kathryn StockettThe Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa Gregory
Recommended Historical Fiction
3,647 books — 3,589 voters

The Lost Art of Keeping Secrets by Eva Rice
Best Coming of Age Stories
1,300 books — 1,130 voters
Please Ignore Vera Dietz by A.S. KingThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakLooking for Alaska by John Green
Printz Award Winners and Honor Books
124 books — 967 voters

The Fault in Our Stars by John Green
Smart Summer Reads
12,688 books — 10,617 voters
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie
Best Young Adult Realistic Novels
2,663 books — 12,166 voters

The Giver by Lois LowryThe Outsiders by S.E. HintonThe Book Thief by Markus Zusak
Best Young Adult Books
13,096 books — 80,180 voters
Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli
Clean Reads
544 books — 212 voters

The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman AlexieThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakThe Giver by Lois LowryTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Outsiders by S.E. Hinton
Popular fiction for Young Adults
310 books — 301 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeOf Mice and Men by John SteinbeckA Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty SmithMemoirs of a Geisha by Arthur GoldenThe Color Purple by Alice Walker
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,807 books — 49,789 voters

I Am Not Myself These Days by Josh Kilmer-PurcellMe Talk Pretty One Day by David SedarisDry by Augusten BurroughsA Million Little Pieces by James FreyAngela’s Ashes by Frank McCourt
Best Strange and Twisted Memoirs
702 books — 1,053 voters
Night by Elie WieselThe Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls
Best Memoir / Biography / Autobiography
5,818 books — 6,347 voters


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