Big Books of 2026

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Miranda (22 Lists)



The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen ChboskyThe Mysteries of Pittsburgh by Michael ChabonAn American Childhood by Annie Dillard
Pittsburgh
98 books — 68 voters
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman AlexieMiddlesex by Jeffrey EugenidesThe Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk KiddLooking for Alaska by John GreenThe Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
New Coming-of-Age Titles for Required High School Reading
170 books — 475 voters

This Side of Paradise by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Books About College Life
747 books — 268 voters
Pride and Prejudice by Jane AustenJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëWuthering Heights by Emily BrontëTwilight by Stephenie Meyer
Books with Best Chemistry Between Characters
1,023 books — 966 voters

The Fault in Our Stars by John GreenTelegraph Avenue by Michael ChabonNW by Zadie Smith
2013 Tournament of Books Watch List
64 books — 379 voters
The Fault in Our Stars by John Green
Best Books of 2012
3,523 books — 9,203 voters

The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerEast of Eden by John SteinbeckOn the Road by Jack KerouacThe Crucible by Arthur MillerA Separate Peace by John Knowles
Best Books of the Decade: 1950s
1,181 books — 1,508 voters
One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García MárquezThe Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway
The Nobel Prize in Literature Goodreads Group Shelf
353 books — 108 voters

Songs of the Humpback Whale by Jodi PicoultMy Sister's Keeper by Jodi PicoultChange of Heart by Jodi PicoultThe Tenth Circle by Jodi PicoultSalem Falls by Jodi Picoult
Best Jodi Picoult Books
29 books — 1,653 voters
The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen ChboskyLooking for Alaska by John GreenPaper Towns by John Green
Best Teen Books About Real Problems
2,980 books — 12,436 voters

This Side of Paradise by F. Scott FitzgeraldPale Fire by Vladimir NabokovElla Minnow Pea by Mark Dunn
Books with Innovative Book Design / Structure
304 books — 549 voters
Catch-22 by Joseph HellerThe Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienWar and Peace by Leo TolstoyParadise Lost by John MiltonThe Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
The Most Begun "Read but Unfinished" (Started) book ever
2,605 books — 13,134 voters

One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García MárquezWar and Peace by Leo TolstoyInfinite Jest by David Foster WallaceThe Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor DostoevskyMrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf
Most Difficult Novels
588 books — 2,043 voters
Pale Fire by Vladimir NabokovThe Crying of Lot 49 by Thomas PynchonInfinite Jest by David Foster WallaceSlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.Catch-22 by Joseph Heller
Postmodern Genius
508 books — 584 voters

The Things They Carried by Tim O'BrienHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingHarry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. RowlingHarry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. RowlingThe Giver by Lois Lowry
Best Books of the Decade: 1990s
3,130 books — 3,678 voters
The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingThe Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen ChboskyLooking for Alaska by John GreenA Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith
Best Coming of Age Stories
1,300 books — 1,130 voters

A Separate Peace by John KnowlesThe Crucible by Arthur Miller
New England Books
787 books — 386 voters
A Separate Peace by John KnowlesPride and Prejudice by Jane AustenThe Giver by Lois LowryHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
I'm glad someone made me read this book
10,657 books — 10,270 voters

Looking for Alaska by John GreenThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerA Separate Peace by John KnowlesOn Beauty by Zadie SmithThe Prime of Miss Jean Brodie by Muriel Spark
Ivy League & Private School Preoccupations
133 books — 196 voters
The Marriage Plot by Jeffrey Eugenides
2012 Tournament of Books
16 books — 245 voters