Big Books of 2026

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Starry (23 Lists)



The Stranger Beside Me by Ann RuleThe Run of His Life by Jeffrey Toobin
Best True Crime
1,341 books — 1,883 voters
The Shining by Stephen KingRosemary’s Baby by Ira LevinThe Amityville Horror by Jay Anson
Best Horror Novels
1,983 books — 5,446 voters

Anne of Green Gables by L.M. MontgomeryThe Complete Little House on the Prairie Collection by Laura Ingalls WilderSiyah İnci by Anna Sewell
50 Books Every Child Should Read
1,326 books — 1,053 voters
The Adventures of Pippi Longstocking by Astrid LindgrenThe Secret Garden / A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett
Best Children's Books Most People Haven't Heard of...
1,686 books — 772 voters

Gone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellThe Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett
Recommended Historical Fiction
3,641 books — 3,583 voters
The Silence of the Lambs by Thomas HarrisDarkly Dreaming Dexter by Jeff LindsayAmerican Psycho by Bret Easton EllisThe Talented Mr. Ripley by Patricia Highsmith
I Like Serial Killers
1,016 books — 1,543 voters

Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur GoldenThe White Queen by Philippa GregoryEmpress Orchid by Anchee MinThe Power of One by Bryce CourtenayHild by Nicola Griffith
Best Historical Fiction
7,387 books — 25,574 voters
The Ice Twins by S.K. Tremayne
Thrillers You Must Read!
4,713 books — 6,528 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeAnimal Farm by George OrwellPride and Prejudice by Jane AustenGreat Expectations by Charles DickensFlowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes
Required Reading in High School
813 books — 1,287 voters
Black Beauty by Anna SewellThe Yearling by Marjorie Kinnan RawlingsThe Fox and the Hound by Daniel P. MannixWhere the Red Fern Grows by Wilson RawlsWatership Down by Richard Adams
Best Books About Animals
1,837 books — 1,852 voters

A Dog's Purpose by W. Bruce CameronA Dog's Journey by W. Bruce CameronWhere the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls
Great "Dog" Books
1,248 books — 1,931 voters
The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan
Immigrant Experience Literature
1,006 books — 1,445 voters

American Psycho by Bret Easton EllisThe Beautiful and Damned by F. Scott FitzgeraldThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerThe Godfather by Mario Puzo
I Love New York City
609 books — 355 voters
Psycho by Robert BlochThe Shining by Stephen KingAmerican Psycho by Bret Easton EllisThe Amityville Horror by Jay Anson
The Definitive Horror Book List
1,368 books — 1,977 voters

The Good Earth by Pearl S. BuckOf Mice and Men by John SteinbeckAll the Names by José SaramagoDoctor Zhivago by Boris PasternakOne Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
Nobel Laureates
660 books — 566 voters
Let's Pretend This Never Happened by Jenny LawsonGirl, Interrupted by Susanna KaysenRunning with Scissors by Augusten BurroughsProzac Nation by Elizabeth Wurtzel
Best Strange and Twisted Memoirs
700 books — 1,052 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerThe Beautiful and Damned by F. Scott FitzgeraldLittle Women by Louisa May AlcottMoby-Dick or, The Whale by Herman Melville
The Great American Novel
670 books — 1,091 voters
Pride and Prejudice by Jane AustenThe Good Earth by Pearl S. BuckGreat Expectations by Charles DickensTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
31,461 books — 119,797 voters

The Stand by Stephen KingThe Passage by Justin Cronin
This Is the End...
998 books — 1,593 voters
Running with Scissors by Augusten BurroughsLet's Pretend This Never Happened by Jenny Lawson
Best Humorous Non-Fiction
582 books — 239 voters

Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur GoldenWild Swans by Jung ChangThe Glass Palace by Amitav Ghosh
Best Books on Asia
994 books — 817 voters
Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson RawlsMy Sister's Keeper by Jodi PicoultThe Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey NiffeneggerThe Yearling by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings
Most emotional books
894 books — 948 voters

The Da Vinci Code by Dan BrownInterview with the Vampire by Anne RiceThe Godfather by Mario PuzoJonathan Livingston Seagull by Richard BachHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling
Everyone's Read It But Me
800 books — 4,324 voters