Big Books of 2026

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Kate Benedict (8 Lists)



The Girls by Emma Cline
Anticipated 2016 Literary Fiction
329 books — 700 voters
Irma Voth by Miriam Toews
Man Booker Prize Eligible 2011
155 books — 277 voters

The Goldfinch by Donna TarttThe Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki MurakamiBig Ray by Michael KimballThe Circle by Dave EggersThe Love Affairs of Nathaniel P. by Adelle Waldman
2015: What Women Born In The 1970s Read In 2015
6,238 books — 1,530 voters
Factotum by Charles Bukowski
Talking 'Bout My Generation...
581 books — 444 voters

Ulysses by James JoyceThe Iliad by HomerAnna Karenina by Leo TolstoyWuthering Heights by Emily BrontëZen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance by Robert M. Pirsig
The Most Begun "Read but Unfinished" (Started) book ever
2,605 books — 13,135 voters
Fierce Invalids Home from Hot Climates by Tom Robbins
Best Books You've Never Heard Of
1,267 books — 791 voters