Big Books of 2026

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Marty (13 Lists)



Gone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellA Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled HosseiniTess of the D’Urbervilles by Thomas HardyThe Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson
Best Female Lead Characters
4,846 books — 5,880 voters
The Road by Cormac McCarthyThe Stand by Stephen King
Apocalypse: It's Over, Dude.
626 books — 774 voters

The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankNight by Elie WieselShattered Dreams by Irene SpencerAnne Frank Remembered by Miep Gies
Best Memoir / Biography / Autobiography
5,817 books — 6,346 voters
Censoring an Iranian Love Story by Shahriar MandanipourSoulless by Gail CarrigerProphecy of the Sisters by Michelle Zink
Best Book Cover 2009
333 books — 2,842 voters

The Story of Edgar Sawtelle by David Wroblewski
Best Books of 2008
1,631 books — 6,783 voters
Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
Best Male Character
3,165 books — 2,936 voters

Never Let Me Go by Kazuo IshiguroRevolutionary Road by Richard YatesMy Story by Dave PelzerHouse of Sand and Fog by Andre Dubus IIIMiddlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides
Most Depressing Book of All Time
1,241 books — 3,908 voters
Breaking Dawn by Stephenie MeyerRunning with Scissors by Augusten BurroughsEat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth GilbertMiddlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides
Books I Regret Reading
2,300 books — 3,224 voters

Running with Scissors by Augusten BurroughsMiddlesex by Jeffrey EugenidesEat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth GilbertStranger in a Strange Land by Robert A. HeinleinDaughter of Fortune by Isabel Allende
Disappointing Books
2,735 books — 4,605 voters
Shanghai Girls by Lisa See
Best Books of 2009
1,769 books — 6,935 voters

Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert
Books not to read
337 books — 182 voters
Dune by Frank Herbert
The Most Begun "Read but Unfinished" (Started) book ever
2,606 books — 13,135 voters

The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
Best Dystopian and Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
3,750 books — 25,990 voters