Big Books of 2026

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Anca (16 Lists)



Invisible Cities by Italo CalvinoThe Name of the Rose by Umberto EcoLabyrinths by Jorge Luis BorgesThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldThe House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende
Architecture in Fiction
77 books — 70 voters
The Warmth of Other Suns by Isabel WilkersonThe House on Mango Street by Sandra CisnerosThe Great Believers by Rebecca Makkai
Books Set in Chicago
601 books — 329 voters

The House of the Spirits by Isabel AllendeBeloved by Toni MorrisonFicciones by Jorge Luis BorgesThe Satanic Verses by Salman RushdieIf on a Winter's Night a Traveler by Italo Calvino
Favorite Magical Realism Novels
1,307 books — 4,546 voters
Matrix by Lauren GroffAngeline by Anna QuinnLying Awake by Mark Salzman
Nuns in Fiction
218 books — 45 voters

Night by Elie WieselSuite Française by Irène NémirovskySophie’s Choice by William Styron
Jewish Fiction And Literature
746 books — 262 voters
Unnatural Creatures by Kris Waldherr
2022 Gothic
62 books — 78 voters

The Days of Abandonment by Elena Ferrante
oppressed housewives lit
8 books — 2 voters
The Quelling by Barbara Barrow
Unforgettable Female Protagonists
374 books — 136 voters

The Lost History of Dreams by Kris Waldherr
Goodreads Choice Awards 2019 (eligible for write-in only)
1,118 books — 1,360 voters
The Tin Drum by Günter GrassThe Borrowers by Mary Norton
Novels Featuring Miniature People
305 books — 78 voters

The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories by Angela CarterThe True Story of Hansel and Gretel by Louise MurphyBoy, Snow, Bird by Helen Oyeyemi
Modern Myths and Fairy Tales
41 books — 48 voters
The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienGravity’s Rainbow by Thomas PynchonSwann’s Way by Marcel ProustMidnight’s Children by Salman Rushdie
The Most Begun "Read but Unfinished" (Started) book ever
2,604 books — 13,148 voters

Beloved by Toni MorrisonThe Shipping News by Annie ProulxThe Age of Innocence by Edith WhartonLife on Mars by Tracy K. SmithThe Color Purple by Alice Walker
Women Pulitzer Winners in Fiction, Poetry, and Drama
83 books — 37 voters
Invisible Man by Ralph EllisonA Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty SmithThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldJust Kids by Patti SmithThe Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath
I Love New York City
607 books — 356 voters

Kiss of the Spider Woman by Manuel PuigArtificial Respiration by Ricardo PigliaKamchatka by Marcelo FiguerasDeath as a Side Effect by Ana María Shua
Books Set in Argentina
171 books — 33 voters
If on a Winter's Night a Traveler by Italo CalvinoThe Satanic Verses by Salman RushdieThe Tin Drum by Günter GrassThe House of the Spirits by Isabel AllendeLove Medicine by Louise Erdrich
Magic Realism Novels
174 books — 144 voters