Big Books of 2026

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Emily (15 Lists)



Stiff by Mary RoachCutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese
Medicine and Literature
1,844 books — 2,003 voters
The World According to Garp by John Irving
Best of John Irving
27 books — 344 voters

Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood
Best Dystopian and Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
3,748 books — 25,990 voters
Rebecca by Daphne du MaurierThe Yellow Wall-Paper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman
Best Gothic Books of All Time
585 books — 3,500 voters

The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls
Best Books Set in Appalachia
794 books — 838 voters
Thinner by Richard BachmanThe Mist by Stephen King
Worst Stephen King books
62 books — 481 voters

The Shining by Stephen King
Scariest books of all time
639 books — 732 voters
White Oleander by Janet FitchWhere the Heart Is by Billie LettsDrowning Ruth by Christina Schwarz
Oprah's Book Club Picks
124 books — 2,204 voters

One Day by David Nicholls
New York Times 100 Notable Books of 2010 (fiction and nonfiction)
100 books — 664 voters
If There Be Thorns by V.C. Andrews
Best Of V.C. Andrews
46 books — 85 voters

The Yellow Wall-Paper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman
Most Terrifying Short Stories
375 books — 493 voters
The Stand by Stephen KingThe Shining by Stephen King
Best Books of the Decade: 1970s
1,946 books — 1,880 voters

Ender’s Game by Orson Scott CardThe Help by Kathryn Stockett
Books that Blew Me Away and that I Still Think About
14,374 books — 14,632 voters
The Glass Castle by Jeannette WallsThe Host by Stephenie MeyerThe Graveyard Book by Neil GaimanThe Pact by Jodi Picoult
Best Books of the Decade: 2000s
7,189 books — 28,380 voters

The Stand by Stephen King
Best of Stephen King
178 books — 3,876 voters