Big Books of 2026

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Judith Rich (217 Lists)



The Hours by Michael CunninghamThe Color Purple by Alice WalkerFingersmith by Sarah WatersOranges Are Not the Only Fruit by Jeanette WintersonFried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe by Fannie Flagg
Best Gay Fiction
2,649 books — 3,866 voters
Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa LahiriThe Elephant Vanishes by Haruki MurakamiThe Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan DoyleBlind Willow, Sleeping Woman by Haruki MurakamiRashōmon and Seventeen Other Stories by Ryūnosuke Akutagawa
Collections of Short Stories
2,893 books — 2,038 voters

The Joy Luck Club by Amy TanThe Namesake by Jhumpa LahiriInterpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa LahiriMiddlesex by Jeffrey EugenidesThe Bonesetter's Daughter by Amy Tan
Immigrant Experience Literature
1,006 books — 1,445 voters
Death Going Down by María Angélica Bosco
Reading Women Challenge 2021 #10 Crime Novel or Thriller in Translation
45 books — 19 voters

Krik? Krak! by Edwidge DanticatBreath, Eyes, Memory by Edwidge DanticatClaire of the Sea Light by Edwidge Danticat
Read Caribbean
403 books — 91 voters
The Living Mountain by Nan ShepherdSightlines by Kathleen JamieFindings by Kathleen Jamie
Reading Women Challenge 2021 #11 About the Natural World
75 books — 33 voters

Quicksand by Nella LarsenPassing by Nella Larsen
Reading Women Challenge 2021 #14 Biracial Protagonist
34 books — 16 voters
Walking Home by Simon ArmitageKaleidoscope City by Piers Moore Ede
Travel Published in Decade: 2010s
57 books — 56 voters

The City of Falling Angels by John BerendtIstanbul by Orhan PamukApples Are from Kazakhstan by Christopher Robbins
Travel Published in Decade: 2000s
46 books — 20 voters
Between the Woods and the Water by Patrick Leigh FermorAmong the Russians by Colin ThubronWhat Am I Doing Here? by Bruce ChatwinBehind the Wall by Colin ThubronFrom Heaven Lake by Vikram Seth
Travel Published in Decade: 1980s
30 books — 6 voters

Full Circle by Michael PalinThe Age of Kali by William DalrympleThe Lost Heart of Asia by Colin ThubronTravels in a Thin Country by Sara WheelerRoads to Santiago by Cees Nooteboom
Travel Published in Decade: 1990s
51 books — 7 voters
Witchcraze by Anne Llewellyn Barstow
Witchcraft and Witch-hunts in History (nonfiction)
115 books — 43 voters

Behind the Wall by Colin ThubronCity of Djinns by William DalrympleFrom Heaven Lake by Vikram SethYemen by Tim Mackintosh-Smith
Thomas Cook Travel Book
20 books — 4 voters
From Heaven Lake by Vikram SethTen Thousand Miles Without a Cloud by Sun ShuyunRed Dust by Ma JianSky Burial by Xinran
Travel & Adventure Writing by POC
20 books — 2 voters

The Hundred Secret Senses by Amy TanThe Bonesetter's Daughter by Amy TanFragrant Harbor by John Lanchester
Best Novels That Take Place in China
414 books — 1,096 voters
Fragrant Harbor by John LanchesterLocust Hunter by Po Wah Lam
Books Set in Hong Kong
146 books — 118 voters

Lone Traveller by Anne MustoeOn a Shoestring to Coorg by Dervla MurphyRiding The Desert Trail by Bettina SelbyTravels in a Thin Country by Sara WheelerHearing Birds Fly by Louisa Waugh
Woman Travel Memoirs
101 books — 58 voters
50 Literature Ideas You Really Need to Know by John SutherlandHowards End Is on the Landing by Susan Hill84, Charing Cross Road by Helene Hanff
My favourite books about books
150 books — 83 voters

Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe by Fannie FlaggMidnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John BerendtI Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya AngelouInterview with the Vampire by Anne RiceThe Outsiders by S.E. Hinton
Best Southern Literature
1,342 books — 2,574 voters
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John BerendtFried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe by Fannie FlaggI Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya AngelouInterview with the Vampire by Anne RiceA Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson
Best Southern Books
826 books — 739 voters

When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit by Judith KerrThe Secret Purposes by David BaddielThe Other Way Round by Judith KerrA Small Person Far Away by Judith Kerr
Task 19 #ReadHarder 2020
35 books — 20 voters
Bilal Cooks Daal by Aisha SaeedJulián Is a Mermaid by Jessica Love
Task 18 #ReadHarder 2020
35 books — 12 voters

Emil and the Detectives by Erich Kästner
Task 20 #ReadHarder 2020
35 books — 14 voters
Gilead by Marilynne RobinsonHome by Marilynne Robinson
Task 10 #ReadHarder 2020
37 books — 16 voters

Palestine on a Plate by Joudie KallaA Taste of Africa by Dorinda Hafner
Task 13 #ReadHarder 2020
29 books — 12 voters
El Deafo by Cece Bell
Task 21 #ReadHarder 2020
31 books — 12 voters

Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit by Jeanette WintersonTipping the Velvet by Sarah Waters
Task 11 #ReadHarder 2020
27 books — 24 voters
Bewitch Berry Cottage by Dee Garretson
Task 14 #ReadHarder 2020
70 books — 12 voters


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