Big Books of 2026

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Amy (17 Lists)



My Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan BraithwaiteFever Dream by Samanta SchweblinThe Accidental by Ali SmithStation Eleven by Emily St. John MandelThe Sisters Brothers by Patrick deWitt
Tournament of Books Tournament of Tournaments
16 books — 32 voters
Winter by Ali SmithCirce by Madeline MillerRed Clocks by Leni ZumasThere There by Tommy OrangeCensus by Jesse Ball
The 2019 Tournament of Books Longlist
76 books — 431 voters

Stephen Florida by Gabe HabashIdaho by Emily RuskovichFever Dream by Samanta SchweblinWhite Tears by Hari KunzruExit West by Mohsin Hamid
2018 Tournament of Books
19 books — 77 voters
The Mothers by Brit BennettLaRose by Louise ErdrichAmerican Housewife by Helen EllisSudden Death by Álvaro EnrigueThe Girls by Emma Cline
The 2017 Tournament of Books Longlist
134 books — 92 voters

Lumberjanes, Vol. 1 by N.D. StevensonMs. Marvel, Vol. 1 by G. Willow WilsonChicken with Plums by Marjane Satrapi
Comics & Graphic Novels by Women
1,491 books — 1,361 voters
The Portable Veblen by Elizabeth MckenzieAmerican Housewife by Helen EllisDaredevils by Shawn VestalSweetgirl by Travis MulhauserMy Name Is Lucy Barton by Elizabeth Strout
Goodreads Picks for Tournament of Books 2017
511 books — 1,999 voters

How to be Both by Ali SmithGirl Waits with Gun by Amy StewartFates and Furies by Lauren GroffSweetland by Michael CrummeyFifteen Dogs by André Alexis
Goodreads Picks For Tournament of Books 2016
283 books — 1,364 voters
True by Riikka PulkkinenBalzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress by Dai SijieThe Sisters Brothers by Patrick deWittThe Enchanted by Rene DenfeldCrimson Bound by Rosamund Hodge
Best Book Cover Art
12,382 books — 7,091 voters

Parenting With Love and Logic by Foster W. ClineSecrets of the Baby Whisperer by Tracy HoggSleeping Through the Night by Jodi A. MindellReviving Ophelia by Mary Pipher
Most Influential Parenting Books
397 books — 596 voters
The Princess Bride by William GoldmanThe Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonEverything is Illuminated by Jonathan Safran FoerGet Shorty by Elmore LeonardPersuasion by Jane Austen
Both the book and the movie are good!
635 books — 321 voters

Fight Club by Chuck PalahniukStardust by Neil GaimanThe Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. TolkienThe Last of the Mohicans by James Fenimore CooperJurassic Park by Michael Crichton
The MOVIE was BETTER than the BOOK
1,133 books — 10,102 voters
The Complete Persepolis by Marjane SatrapiBlankets by Craig ThompsonAmerican Born Chinese by Gene Luen YangChicken with Plums by Marjane SatrapiWhiteout by Greg Rucka
Graphic Novels that are Quality
1,103 books — 777 voters

A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry
Best Indian Fiction Books
914 books — 2,421 voters
Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García MárquezZen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance by Robert M. Pirsig
The Most Begun "Read but Unfinished" (Started) book ever
2,605 books — 13,134 voters

Watchmen by Alan MooreThe Complete Persepolis by Marjane SatrapiBlankets by Craig ThompsonY by Brian K. VaughanWhiteout by Greg Rucka
Best Graphic Novels
3,450 books — 6,766 voters