Big Books of 2026

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



Ancillary Justice by Ann LeckieThe Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet by Becky Chambers
Best Space Opera of the 21st Century
289 books — 552 voters
Heaven is for Real by Todd BurpoThe Bro Code by Matt KuhnGoing Rogue by Sarah PalinDecision Points by George W. BushsTORI Telling by Tori Spelling
Ghost-Written Books
91 books — 18 voters

Snow Crash by Neal StephensonNeuromancer by William GibsonGhost in the Wires by Kevin D. MitnickTransmission by Hari KunzruThe Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson
Hackers
151 books — 428 voters
Animal Farm by George OrwellThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldGrendel by John GardnerTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeMacbeth by William Shakespeare
Required Reading in High School
813 books — 1,288 voters

Life and Death in Shanghai by Nien Cheng
Banned CHINA Books
29 books — 54 voters
Kitchen Chinese by Ann MahThe Cat Who Covered the World by Christopher S. WrenWhite Ghost Girls by Alice GreenwayThe World of Suzie Wong by Richard Mason
China Expat Books
99 books — 109 voters

Life and Death in Shanghai by Nien ChengThe Good Earth by Pearl S. BuckThe Good Women of China by XinranThe Joy Luck Club by Amy TanBalzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress by Dai Sijie
Best Books About China
744 books — 585 voters
The Good Earth by Pearl S. BuckThe Joy Luck Club by Amy TanBalzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress by Dai SijieThe Last Empress by Anchee Min
Best Novels That Take Place in China
414 books — 1,096 voters

For Matrimonial Purposes by Kavita DaswaniPastries by Bharti Kirchner
Desi Chick Lit (fiction)
256 books — 347 voters
The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel HawthorneDon Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes SaavedraGrace Notes by Brian DoyleA Complicated War by William FinneganThe Holy Bible by Anonymous
The Most Begun "Read but Unfinished" (Started) book ever
2,605 books — 13,134 voters

Beatrice and Virgil by Yann MartelBurned by P.C. Cast
Can't Wait Books of 2010
1,233 books — 10,132 voters
In a Sunburned Country by Bill BrysonDave Barry Does Japan by Dave BarryHoly Cow by Sarah MacdonaldThe Great Railway Bazaar by Paul Theroux
Have Passport Will Travel
704 books — 587 voters

Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa LahiriArranged Marriage by Chitra Banerjee DivakaruniSharmila's Book by Bharti KirchnerDarjeeling by Bharti Kirchner
India
1,012 books — 862 voters
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald DahlLike Water for Chocolate by Laura EsquivelChocolat by Joanne HarrisPastries by Bharti KirchnerSavor the Moment by Nora Roberts
Sweet Reads
87 books — 47 voters

Brave New World by Aldous Huxley1984 by George Orwell
Dystopia!
1,219 books — 2,753 voters
The Magician’s Nephew by C.S. LewisCarbonel by Barbara SleighBlack Hearts in Battersea by Joan AikenMatilda by Roald DahlBunnicula by Deborah Howe
Favorite books from my childhood
4,425 books — 7,426 voters

The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. LewisThe Ultimate Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsHarry Potter Series Box Set by J.K. RowlingJ.R.R. Tolkien 4-Book Boxed Set by J.R.R. TolkienEnder's Saga by Orson Scott Card
The Best Omnibuses and Box Sets
671 books — 1,501 voters
Snow Crash by Neal StephensonMicroserfs by Douglas CouplandTransmission by Hari KunzruNeuromancer by William GibsonThe Difference Engine by William Gibson
Computers in Literature
241 books — 242 voters

Bridget Jones’s Diary by Helen Fielding
Best Pride and Prejudice Sequels/Variations/Adaptations
465 books — 981 voters
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsCatch-22 by Joseph HellerIn a Sunburned Country by Bill BrysonGood Omens by Terry Pratchett
Books that Make you Laugh
3,505 books — 5,009 voters