Big Books of 2026

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Mandi (11 Lists)



Night by Elie WieselOf Mice and Men by John SteinbeckAngela’s Ashes by Frank McCourtSophie’s Choice by William StyronThe Book Thief by Markus Zusak
Most Depressing Book of All Time
1,240 books — 3,908 voters
The Invention of Wings by Sue Monk KiddThe Girl You Left Behind by Jojo MoyesThe Light in the Ruins by Chris BohjalianThe Signature of All Things by Elizabeth GilbertOrphan Train by Christina Baker Kline
2014: What Women Born In The 1970s Read in 2014
4,495 books — 1,046 voters

The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodThe Color Purple by Alice WalkerThe Bell Jar by Sylvia PlathFried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe by Fannie Flagg
Best Feminist Fiction
1,504 books — 2,673 voters
Winter Garden by Kristin HannahThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakSnow Falling on Cedars / East of the Mountains by David GutersonLittle Women by Louisa May AlcottThe Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield
Best Books to Read When the Snow Is Falling
13,636 books — 9,563 voters

The Fault in Our Stars by John GreenGone Girl by Gillian FlynnThe Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry by Rachel JoyceMe Before You by Jojo MoyesWonder by R.J. Palacio
Best Books of 2012 (Excluding Paranormal Fantasy and Paranormal Romance)
102 books — 204 voters
The Fault in Our Stars by John GreenGone Girl by Gillian FlynnThe Chaperone by Laura MoriartyThe Light Between Oceans by M.L. Stedman
Best Books of Summer 2012
40 books — 234 voters

Gone Girl by Gillian FlynnThe Round House by Louise Erdrich
Should I bother reading this?
41 books — 89 voters
The Notebook by Nicholas SparksThe Bridges of Madison County by Robert James Waller
The MOVIE was BETTER than the BOOK
1,133 books — 10,102 voters

The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk KiddTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeDivine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood by Rebecca WellsWhite Oleander by Janet FitchFried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe by Fannie Flagg
Great Mom/Chick-lit reads & authors!
273 books — 198 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerNight by Elie WieselThe Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
31,479 books — 119,907 voters

The Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsThe Help by Kathryn StockettTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeRoom by Emma Donoghue
ONE DAY Best Summer Reads
1,666 books — 5,992 voters