Big Books of 2026

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



A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle
What Book Got You Hooked?
3,843 books — 10,493 voters
Caucasia by Danzy SennaThe House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende
Best Historical Fiction
7,391 books — 25,576 voters

Walking on Water by Derrick Jensen
Books for Teachers/Educators
784 books — 643 voters
So Far from God by Ana CastilloThe God of Small Things by Arundhati RoyThe Space Between Us by Thrity UmrigarHullabaloo in the Guava Orchard by Kiran DesaiThe House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende
Favorite World Fiction & Literature
733 books — 435 voters

The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan
Asian-American Books
544 books — 328 voters
A Language Older Than Words by Derrick JensenWalking on Water by Derrick JensenIshmael by Daniel QuinnThe Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le GuinWe Are Everywhere by Notes from Nowhere
Anarchist books
470 books — 372 voters

A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
Best Books of the Decade: 2000s
7,189 books — 28,380 voters
The Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le GuinTime Quartet by Madeleine L'EngleIshmael by Daniel QuinnThe Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
Best Books Ever
76,076 books — 282,646 voters

The God of Small Things by Arundhati RoyThe Space Between Us by Thrity UmrigarHullabaloo in the Guava Orchard by Kiran DesaiMadras on Rainy Days by Samina AliIn Times of Siege by Githa Hariharan
Best South Asian Fiction
734 books — 1,894 voters
Best Dystopian and Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
3,747 books — 25,988 voters

So Far from God by Ana CastilloA Door Into Ocean by Joan SlonczewskiWoman on the Edge of Time by Marge PiercyThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood
Best Feminist Fiction
1,504 books — 2,672 voters