Big Books of 2026

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



The Beekeeper's Apprentice by Laurie R. King
Best Sherlock Holmes Pastiches
481 books — 500 voters
Forever, Christian by Tina Traverse
Best New Author Books
1,427 books — 1,701 voters

Relics by Maer WilsonThirteen for Dinner by Denise DaisyHaven of Dante by Leonardo Ramirez
Upcoming Releases & New Releases
754 books — 1,005 voters
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonThe Trial by Franz KafkaMadame Bovary by Gustave FlaubertThe Three Musketeers by Alexandre DumasWar and Peace by Leo Tolstoy
Favorite World Fiction & Literature
733 books — 435 voters

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya AngelouCharlotte’s Web by E.B. WhiteHarriet the Spy by Louise FitzhughOliver Twist by Charles Dickens
Great Coming-Of-Age Books
860 books — 632 voters
Mississippi Harmony by Winson HudsonBlack Radical by Nelson Peery
African American Lives
457 books — 206 voters

When It Happens by Susane Colasanti
Best Books of 2006
985 books — 746 voters
A Killer Workout by Kathryn LilleyBig Boned by Meg CabotSize 14 Is Not Fat Either by Meg CabotDying to Be Thin by Kathryn LilleyCatering to Nobody by Diane Mott Davidson
Plus Size mystery protagonists
61 books — 15 voters

About That Night by Julie JamesJacked Up by Erin McCarthyI've Got Your Number by Sophie KinsellaKarma by Carly PhillipsHot Under Pressure by Louisa Edwards
2012 Contemporary Romance Novels
223 books — 999 voters
Riders by Jilly Cooper
The Best British Chick Lit
272 books — 609 voters

Sparkling Cyanide by Agatha ChristieThe Cask of Amontillado by Edgar Allan PoeThey do it with Mirrors by Agatha ChristieFive Little Pigs by Agatha ChristieThe Merlot Murders by Ellen Crosby
Cheers!
285 books — 78 voters
Murdermind by Bart McGullion
British Chick Lit
308 books — 360 voters

Children of the Flames by Lucette Matalon LagnadoThe Strange Case of the Broad Street Pump by Sandra HempelCourage Under Siege by Charles G. RolandAn American Plague by Jim MurphyThe Madness of George III by Alan Bennett
Medicine and Literature
1,844 books — 2,003 voters
Hush, Hush by Becca FitzpatrickFallen by Lauren Kate
Books Set in High School
701 books — 546 voters

Death on the Nile by Agatha ChristieAnd Then There Were None by Agatha ChristieMurder on the Orient Express by Agatha ChristieThe Murder Room by P.D. JamesThe Body in the Library by Agatha Christie
Best Detective/Mystery Series
2,206 books — 2,294 voters
Espresso Shot by Cleo CoyleMurder Takes the Cake by Gayle TrentFrench Pressed by Cleo CoyleKiller Mousse by Melinda WellsDecaffeinated Corpse by Cleo Coyle
Mysteries in Good Taste!
552 books — 331 voters

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
The Birds
719 books — 105 voters
The Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsPerfect Chemistry by Simone ElkelesTwo-Way Street by Lauren BarnholdtFlipped by Wendelin Van Draanen
Young Adult Romance
4,020 books — 9,662 voters

Body of Evidence by Patricia CornwellTherapy by Jonathan KellermanDay of Atonement by Faye KellermanThe Murder Book by Jonathan KellermanRage by Jonathan Kellerman
Best Gripping Books
579 books — 365 voters
Homicide in Hardcover by Kate CarlisleA Is for Alibi by Sue GraftonMurder Takes the Cake by Gayle TrentThe Long Quiche Goodbye by Avery AamesA Crafty Killing by Lorraine Bartlett
First books of some good cozy series
671 books — 751 voters