Big Books of 2026

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Christine Matha (25 Lists)



Listen Carefully by True Crime Detectives Guild
All my favourite true crime books
126 books — 28 voters
Listen Carefully by True Crime Detectives Guild
True Crime--Well Written
389 books — 389 voters

Listen Carefully by True Crime Detectives Guild
Best True Crime & Forensics
41 books — 11 voters
Listen Carefully by True Crime Detectives Guild
Forensics: If It Doesn't Walk, We Bring Out the Chalk
159 books — 224 voters

The Talking Cat and Other Stories of French Canada by Natalie Savage Carlson
Best of Natalie Savage Carlson
39 books — 2 voters
The Talking Cat and Other Stories of French Canada by Natalie Savage Carlson
Québec
329 books — 69 voters

Amy Snow by Tracy ReesRebecca by Daphne du Maurier
Best Books of Secrets
239 books — 125 voters
Jane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëLittle Women by Louisa May AlcottWuthering Heights by Emily BrontëTess of the D’Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy
Best out of copyright books
20 books — 12 voters

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingHarry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. RowlingHarry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. RowlingMemoirs of a Geisha by Arthur GoldenA Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin
Best Books of the Decade: 1990s
3,130 books — 3,678 voters
Watership Down by Richard AdamsThe Stand by Stephen KingThe Princess Bride by William GoldmanThe Shining by Stephen KingInterview with the Vampire by Anne Rice
Best Books of the Decade: 1970s
1,946 books — 1,880 voters

It by Stephen KingThe Clan of the Cave Bear by Jean M. AuelHatchet by Gary PaulsenThe Silence of the Lambs by Thomas HarrisNumber the Stars by Lois Lowry
Best Books of the Decade: 1980s
2,257 books — 2,434 voters
We Need to Talk About Kevin by Lionel ShriverA Child Called "It" by Dave PelzerThe Fault in Our Stars by John GreenPerfume by Patrick Süskind
Books that leave you disturbed
557 books — 515 voters

A Child Called "It" by Dave Pelzer
The Most Disturbing Books Ever Written
3,191 books — 11,288 voters
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom RiggsThe Seer of Shadows by Avi
Young Adult Horror: Ghosts
146 books — 191 voters

The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-ExupéryA Child Called "It" by Dave PelzerThe Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
31,466 books — 119,840 voters
The Holy Bible by Anonymousالقرآن الكريم by AnonymousThe Complete Works by William ShakespeareThe Republic by PlatoThe Communist Manifesto by Karl Marx
The Most Influential Books
1,479 books — 5,283 voters

A Great and Terrible Beauty by Libba BrayThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakI, Coriander by Sally GardnerWise Child by Monica FurlongJuniper by Monica Furlong
YA Historical Fantasy
315 books — 424 voters
We Need to Talk About Kevin by Lionel ShriverBrave New World by Aldous HuxleyAnimal Farm by George OrwellThe Shining by Stephen KingWuthering Heights by Emily Brontë
Darkest Books of All Time
1,275 books — 1,716 voters

Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs
Best Books of the Decade: 2010s
7,686 books — 14,157 voters
The Kitchen Boy by Robert AlexanderThe Last of the Mohicans by James Fenimore Cooper
Best Historical Fiction
7,388 books — 25,576 voters

The Forbidden Orchid by Sharon Biggs Waller
beautiful YA covers of 2016
190 books — 415 voters
Entwined by Heather Dixon Wallwork
Best Dressed Covers
540 books — 411 voters

Girl with a Pearl Earring by Tracy ChevalierThe Da Vinci Code by Dan BrownGirl in Hyacinth Blue by Susan VreelandTulip Fever by Deborah MoggachHarold and the Purple Crayon by Crockett Johnson
Art & Artists in Fiction
929 books — 1,104 voters
Girl with a Pearl Earring by Tracy ChevalierGirl in Hyacinth Blue by Susan VreelandThe Virgin Blue by Tracy Chevalier
Art History Fiction
48 books — 27 voters

The Giving Tree by Shel SilversteinThe Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-ExupéryThe Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric CarleAlice in Wonderland by Jane CarruthThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank
Best Books Ever
76,044 books — 282,531 voters