Big Books of 2026

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



Bossypants by Tina Fey
Best Books of 2011
2,669 books — 6,705 voters
The Help by Kathryn Stockett
ONE DAY Best Summer Reads
1,666 books — 5,992 voters

Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García Márquez
I Don't Understand All That Fuss
1,025 books — 2,567 voters
Kitchen Confidential by Anthony Bourdain
Best Non-Fiction (no biographies)
6,227 books — 8,061 voters

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith
Books That Changed My World
3,277 books — 3,185 voters
A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled HosseiniLife of Pi by Yann MartelAtonement by Ian McEwanThe Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón
Best Books of the Decade: 2000s
7,189 books — 28,379 voters

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty SmithThe Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
Books With Unforgettable Characters
9,438 books — 8,414 voters
Rebecca by Daphne du MaurierLife of Pi by Yann MartelThe Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniFlowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes
Books that Blew Me Away and that I Still Think About
14,461 books — 14,669 voters

A Christmas Carol by Charles DickensA Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty SmithAtonement by Ian McEwan
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
31,537 books — 120,046 voters
The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
Unforgettables
11,687 books — 7,425 voters

Lord of the Flies by William GoldingThe Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne
Forced to read in school, but hated
321 books — 558 voters
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith
What To Read Next
20,287 books — 24,163 voters

House of Sand and Fog by Andre Dubus III
The Title is Better Than the Book
182 books — 68 voters
The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre DumasRebecca by Daphne du Maurier
Classics Library
634 books — 522 voters

The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar WildeThe Screwtape Letters by C.S. LewisThe Giver by Lois Lowry
Best Philosophical Literature
1,167 books — 2,725 voters
Godless by Ann CoulterHow to Talk to a Liberal (If You Must) by Ann CoulterIf Democrats Had Any Brains, They'd Be Republicans by Ann CoulterSlander by Ann Coulter
Books I Have No Intention of Reading
1,637 books — 5,993 voters

Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur GoldenThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakThe Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón
Best Historical Fiction
7,405 books — 25,585 voters
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith
My Favorite Books
2,178 books — 580 voters

Can You Keep a Secret? by Sophie Kinsella
Books that Make you Laugh
3,505 books — 5,030 voters
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith
Must Read Classics
1,861 books — 4,648 voters