Big Books of 2026

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Danielle (21 Lists)



The Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa GregoryA Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled HosseiniThe Boleyn Inheritance by Philippa GregoryThe Historian by Elizabeth Kostova
Best Historical Fiction of the 21st Century
1,418 books — 2,342 voters
The Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniOdd Thomas by Dean Koontz
Best Books of 2003
660 books — 332 voters

Blackwood Farm by Anne RiceThe Crimson Petal and the White by Michel Faber
Best Books of 2002
686 books — 242 voters
The Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa GregoryThe Bonesetter's Daughter by Amy Tan
Best Books of 2001
553 books — 282 voters

Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister by Gregory MaguireGirl with a Pearl Earring by Tracy ChevalierThe Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon by Stephen KingDaughter of Fortune by Isabel AllendeWhite Oleander by Janet Fitch
Best Books of 1999
518 books — 262 voters
Holes by Louis SacharBag of Bones by Stephen KingI Know This Much Is True by Wally LambVoyage on the Great Titanic by Ellen Emerson White
Best Books of 1998
496 books — 227 voters

Wizard and Glass by Stephen KingViolin by Anne Rice
Best Books of 1997
537 books — 245 voters
We Were the Mulvaneys by Joyce Carol OatesThe Green Mile by Stephen KingThe Mouse on the Mile by Stephen KingNight Journey by Stephen KingThe Bad Death of Eduard Delacroix by Stephen King
Best Books of 1996
465 books — 224 voters

A Fine Balance by Rohinton MistryMemnoch the Devil by Anne RiceBlack Lightning by John SaulThe Gravedigger's Daughter by Joyce Carol Oates
Best Books of 1995
430 books — 190 voters
The Tale of the Body Thief by Anne RiceGerald's Game by Stephen KingDolores Claiborne by Stephen King
Best Books of 1992
457 books — 197 voters

Violin by Anne RiceThe Witching Hour by Anne RiceAudrey Rose by Frank De Felitta
Ghost Stories
1,485 books — 1,879 voters
Fairest by Gail Carson Levine
Best Retold Fairytales
260 books — 212 voters

Wuthering Heights by Emily BrontëMemoirs of a Geisha by Arthur GoldenThe Giving Tree by Shel SilversteinLove in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García MárquezGirl with a Pearl Earring by Tracy Chevalier
Best Love Stories
5,171 books — 9,632 voters
The Stand by Stephen King
Apocalypse: It's Over, Dude.
626 books — 774 voters

Merrick by Anne Rice
Best Books of 2000
605 books — 319 voters
The Lovely Bones by Alice SeboldThe Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa GregoryThe Historian by Elizabeth KostovaDaughter of Fortune by Isabel AllendeCane River by Lalita Tademy
Best Books of the Decade: 2000s
7,189 books — 28,380 voters

The Stand by Stephen KingThe Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniMemoirs of a Geisha by Arthur GoldenThe Color Purple by Alice WalkerIt by Stephen King
Seasonal Reading Challenge Recommended Books
6,360 books — 4,616 voters
Mayfair Witches Collection by Anne RiceThe Shining by Stephen KingIt by Stephen KingThe Stand by Stephen King’Salem’s Lot by Stephen King
Best horror books
491 books — 361 voters

Men of the West by Diana Palmer
The Worst Books of All Time
8,104 books — 19,875 voters
The Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa GregoryThe Shining by Stephen KingThe Joy Luck Club by Amy TanThe Clan of the Cave Bear by Jean M. AuelIsland of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O'Dell
Best Books Ever
76,079 books — 282,657 voters

The Silence of the Lambs by Thomas HarrisRosemary’s Baby by Ira LevinThe Exorcist by William Peter BlattyHeart-Shaped Box by Joe HillRed Dragon by Thomas Harris
Best Horror Books by People Other Than Stephen King
1,550 books — 1,501 voters