Big Books of 2026

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Deana (30 Lists)



The Way of Kings by Brandon SandersonCephrael's Hand by Melissa McPhailThe Name of the Wind by Patrick RothfussDune by Frank HerbertEragon by Christopher Paolini
Most Interesting Magic System
2,646 books — 8,767 voters
Dracula by Bram StokerThe Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann ShafferDear Committee Members by Julie Schumacher
Epistolary Fiction
855 books — 846 voters

Ramona by Helen Hunt JacksonThe Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman AlexieWalk Two Moons by Sharon CreechLonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry
Native American Fiction
837 books — 639 voters
Hyperbole and a Half by Allie BroshThe Terrible and Wonderful Reasons Why I Run Long Distances (... by Matthew InmanHabibi by Craig ThompsonThe Complete Maus by Art SpiegelmanPersepolis by Marjane Satrapi
Best Graphic Novels
3,453 books — 6,767 voters

Cryptonomicon by Neal StephensonThe Rosie Project by Graeme SimsionThe Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca SklootThe Help by Kathryn StockettThe Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer
Authors With A Last Name Starting With "S"
913 books — 45 voters
Rabbit, Run by John Updike
Authors With A Last Name Starting With "U"
145 books — 36 voters

Candide by VoltaireCutting for Stone by Abraham VergheseThe Dirty Girls Social Club by Alisa Valdes-Rodriguez
Authors Starting With "V"
237 books — 25 voters
The Lost and Forgotten Languages of Shanghai by Ruiyan Xu
Authors Starting With "X"
74 books — 39 voters

My Enemy's Cradle by Sara YoungThe American Black Chamber by Herbert O. YardleySorry Please Thank You by Charles YuAmerican Born Chinese by Gene Luen YangSaints by Gene Luen Yang
Authors Starting With "Y"
254 books — 38 voters
The Great Book of Amber by Roger ZelaznyThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakSeed by Rob ZieglerWe by Yevgeny Zamyatin
Authors Starting With "Z"
272 books — 37 voters

The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey NiffeneggerReading Lolita in Tehran by Azar NafisiLolita by Vladimir NabokovOne Day by David NichollsI'll Give You the Sun by Jandy Nelson
Authors With A Last Name Starting With "N"
336 books — 29 voters
The X in Sex by David BainbridgeXanadu by John ManYear of Wonders by Geraldine BrooksYou Are Not So Smart by David McRaneyZ by Therese Anne Fowler
Titles that start with X, Y, or Z
872 books — 242 voters

Unbroken by Laura HillenbrandWicked by Gregory MaguireWhere'd You Go, Bernadette by Maria SempleWater for Elephants by Sara GruenWarriors Don't Cry by Melba Pattillo Beals
Titles that start with U, V, or W
1,724 books — 148 voters
The Imperfectionists by Tom Rachman
Journalism in Fiction
234 books — 53 voters

Armor by John SteakleyEnder’s Game by Orson Scott CardThe War of the Worlds by H.G. WellsStarship Troopers by Robert A. Heinlein
Best Military Science Fiction Books
693 books — 850 voters
The Great Book of Amber by Roger ZelaznyCryptonomicon by Neal StephensonJonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna ClarkeLes Misérables by Victor Hugo
Over a 1000 Pages
231 books — 233 voters

Billy Budd, Sailor by Herman MelvilleGreat Expectations by Charles DickensThe Pearl by John SteinbeckThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerThe Odyssey by Homer
Read These In School - Would Have Preferred A Root Canal
466 books — 1,589 voters
Cryptonomicon by Neal StephensonCatch-22 by Joseph HellerThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakThe Invisible Bridge by Julie Orringer
World War II Fiction
1,391 books — 2,020 voters

Cryptonomicon by Neal StephensonA Storm of Swords by George R.R. MartinA Game of Thrones by George R.R. MartinDune by Frank HerbertDon Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
Big Fat Books Worth the Effort
1,874 books — 6,997 voters
Divergent by Veronica Roth
What's the Book You Can't Wait to Read This Summer?
13,920 books — 14,675 voters

The Best Christmas Pageant Ever by Barbara Robinson
Best Christmas Holiday Books
700 books — 674 voters
The X in Sex by David Bainbridge
Titles That Begin With X
181 books — 126 voters

The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants by Ann BrasharesBridget Jones’s Diary by Helen FieldingThe Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann ShafferConfessions of a Shopaholic by Sophie KinsellaRebecca by Daphne du Maurier
ONE DAY Best Summer Reads
1,666 books — 5,992 voters
The Giver by Lois Lowry1984 by George OrwellWe by Yevgeny Zamyatin
Best Dystopian and Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
3,751 books — 25,988 voters

Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister by Gregory MaguireWicked by Gregory Maguire
The Best Fairytales and Retellings
2,797 books — 9,158 voters
Dracula by Bram StokerCatch-22 by Joseph Heller
books that should not be on the worst books of all time list
55 books — 78 voters

Gulliver’s Travels by Jonathan SwiftWuthering Heights by Emily BrontëThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerFrankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft ShelleyEat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert
Disappointing Books
2,735 books — 4,605 voters
The Great Book of Amber by Roger Zelazny
The Best Epic Fantasy (fiction)
4,209 books — 25,724 voters

The Holy Bible by AnonymousWar and Peace by Leo TolstoyThe Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienGulliver’s Travels by Jonathan Swift
The Most Begun "Read but Unfinished" (Started) book ever
2,606 books — 13,137 voters
Ender’s Game by Orson Scott CardCatch-22 by Joseph HellerAnne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery
Best Books Ever
76,167 books — 283,203 voters