Big Books of 2026

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Kat (7 Lists)



Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur GoldenThe Pillars of the Earth by Ken FollettSnow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See
Best Historical Fiction
7,393 books — 25,577 voters
Unaccustomed Earth by Jhumpa Lahiri
Best Books of 2008
1,631 books — 6,783 voters

The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodUnaccustomed Earth by Jhumpa LahiriThe Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan KunderaThe Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri
Top 100 New Classics
262 books — 417 voters
Guns, Germs, and Steel by Jared DiamondKing Leopold's Ghost by Adam Hochschild
Best Non-Fiction (no biographies)
6,227 books — 8,061 voters

Atlas Shrugged by Ayn RandThe Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan KunderaThe Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein
Best Books Ever
76,086 books — 282,726 voters