Big Books of 2026

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Maureen (20 Lists)



The Ambulance Drivers by James McGrath MorrisWriter, Sailor, Soldier, Spy by Nicholas E. ReynoldsPapa Hemingway by A.E. Hotchner
Obsessed with Hemingway
48 books — 15 voters
The Taxidermist's Daughter by Kate MosseEleanor by Jason Gurley
Anticipated 2016 Literary Fiction
329 books — 700 voters

Miracles and Conundrums of the Secondary Planets by Jacob M. AppelThe Secrets of Midwives by Sally HepworthCircling the Sun by Paula McLainIf I Fall, If I Die by Michael ChristieThe Love Song of Miss Queenie Hennessy by Rachel Joyce
Goodreads Picks For Tournament of Books 2016
283 books — 1,364 voters
The Peach Keeper by Sarah Addison AllenThe Thorn Birds by Colleen McCullough
Favorite Couples
1,594 books — 864 voters

The Architect's Apprentice by Elif ShafakAt the Water's Edge by Sara GruenThe Silver Witch by Paula BrackstonThe Witch of Painted Sorrows by M.J. Rose
Can't Wait Historical Fiction of 2015
109 books — 350 voters
The Glass Castle by Jeannette WallsAll Creatures Great and Small by James HerriotThe Story of My Life by Helen KellerThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankChickens, Mules and Two Old Fools by Victoria Twead
Best Memoir / Biography / Autobiography
5,817 books — 6,347 voters

The Snow Child by Eowyn IveyThe Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry by Rachel Joyce
Impac Dublin Award 2014 Long List
30 books — 28 voters
The House at Riverton by Kate MortonThe Plum Tree by Ellen Marie WisemanMr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore by Robin Sloan
Best Beach Reads 2013
2,203 books — 4,188 voters

The Angel's Game by Carlos Ruiz Zafón
Favorite Magical Realism Novels
1,304 books — 4,518 voters
This Crowded Earth by Robert Bloch
Best Dystopian and Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
3,749 books — 25,989 voters

The Best Short Stories of J. G. Ballard by J.G. Ballard
Best Short Stories
1,761 books — 1,048 voters
The Complete Short Stories of Ernest Hemingway by Ernest HemingwayThe Stories of John Cheever by John Cheever
Collections of Short Stories
2,895 books — 2,040 voters

Pope Joan by Donna Woolfolk CrossFlowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes
Books That Exceeded Your Expectations
14,772 books — 16,462 voters
The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodThe Year of the Flood by Margaret Atwood
This Is the End...
998 books — 1,594 voters

The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood
Highbrow Fantasy Books
419 books — 624 voters
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodThe Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown
I'm glad someone made me read this book
10,707 books — 10,313 voters

Foucault’s Pendulum by Umberto Eco
The Worst Books of All Time
8,104 books — 19,875 voters
Gone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellRoots by Alex HaleyThe Color Purple by Alice Walker
Best Historical Fiction
7,405 books — 25,585 voters

Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert A. HeinleinDune by Frank HerbertFlowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes
Best Science Fiction & Fantasy Books
8,351 books — 24,667 voters
The Help by Kathryn StockettThose Who Save Us by Jenna BlumThe Memory Keeper's Daughter by Kim EdwardsWater for Elephants by Sara GruenYear of Wonders by Geraldine Brooks
Best for Book Clubs
14,601 books — 18,448 voters