Big Books of 2026

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Lekshmy (28 Lists)



The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonThe Da Vinci Code by Dan BrownAnd Then There Were None by Agatha ChristieMurder on the Orient Express by Agatha ChristieGone Girl by Gillian Flynn
100 Mysteries and Thrillers to Read in a Lifetime: Readers' Picks
2,208 books — 4,467 voters
Orphan Train by Christina Baker KlineThe Nightingale by Kristin HannahGone Girl by Gillian FlynnMe Before You by Jojo MoyesAll the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
2015: What Women Born In The 1970s Read In 2015
6,238 books — 1,530 voters

The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,807 books — 49,784 voters
The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankThe Rise and Fall of the Third Reich by William L. Shirer
World War II Books Everyone Should Read At Least Once
344 books — 252 voters

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
100 Biographies & Memoirs to Read in a Lifetime: Readers' Picks
1,872 books — 1,774 voters
The Maze Runner by James Dashner
YA Dystopia Novels
1,790 books — 11,249 voters

The Book Thief by Markus ZusakThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankSarah's Key by Tatiana de Rosnay
Essential Books on the Holocaust
200 books — 198 voters
The Help by Kathryn StockettGone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellThe Notebook by Nicholas SparksA Walk to Remember by Nicholas SparksThe Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold
Best Women's Fiction Novels
2,120 books — 1,663 voters

The Help by Kathryn Stockett
Causes of Ugly Crying
1,403 books — 3,929 voters
Gone Girl by Gillian FlynnThe Girl on the Train by Paula HawkinsThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakRebecca by Daphne du Maurier
Your Top 5 Reads in 2015
1,518 books — 875 voters

Rebecca by Daphne du MaurierAnd Then There Were None by Agatha ChristieGone Girl by Gillian Flynn
Best Crime & Mystery Books
7,316 books — 15,557 voters
Hush, Hush by Becca Fitzpatrick
Books That Should Be Made Into Movies
32,222 books — 68,307 voters

Like Water for Chocolate by Laura EsquivelSarah's Key by Tatiana de RosnaySnow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa SeeThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakThe Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett
Best Historical Fiction
7,406 books — 25,587 voters
The Return of the King by J.R.R. TolkienAnd Then There Were None by Agatha ChristieThe Pillars of the Earth by Ken FollettThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakThe Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
31,546 books — 120,110 voters

Water for Elephants by Sara GruenThe Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniThe Help by Kathryn StockettSarah's Key by Tatiana de RosnaySnow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See
Best for Book Clubs
14,622 books — 18,456 voters
A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled HosseiniThe Help by Kathryn Stockett
Literature of Social Change
433 books — 314 voters

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith
The Most Comforting Books (The Literary Version of Bread Pudding)
1,292 books — 928 voters
Housebroken by Yael HedayaExit Wounds by Rutu Modan
Best Israeli Reads
128 books — 99 voters

The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
For the pure pleasure of reading
145 books — 106 voters
Water for Elephants by Sara GruenEat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert
Best Books of the Decade: 2000s
7,188 books — 28,376 voters

Gone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellA Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty SmithEmma by Jane AustenThe Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka
Best Page-Turners with Redeeming Social Value
8,063 books — 5,739 voters
Atlas Shrugged by Ayn RandThe Fountainhead by Ayn Rand
Books That Exceeded Your Expectations
14,772 books — 16,467 voters

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty SmithWater for Elephants by Sara GruenCatching Fire by Suzanne CollinsMockingjay by Suzanne CollinsThe Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
What's the Book You Can't Wait to Read This Summer?
13,920 books — 14,675 voters
Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
Favorite Historical Romance Novels
3,403 books — 6,021 voters

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling
Couldn't Put The Book Down
16,832 books — 16,625 voters
Water for Elephants by Sara GruenThe Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsHarry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. RowlingTwilight by Stephenie MeyerGone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
Best Books Ever
76,166 books — 283,217 voters