Big Books of 2026

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Bridgette Redman (18 Lists)



Eragon by Christopher PaoliniWizard's First Rule by Terry GoodkindThe Cat Who Could Read Backwards by Lilian Jackson BraunJane and the Unpleasantness at Scargrave Manor by Stephanie BarronA Is for Alibi by Sue Grafton
Series I've Given Up On...
1,023 books — 3,347 voters
Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe by Fannie FlaggWith Child by Laurie R. KingA Grave Talent by Laurie R. KingUnnatural Death by Dorothy L. SayersFall on Your Knees by Ann-Marie MacDonald
Best Lesbian Fiction
2,026 books — 2,649 voters

Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson LevineThe Princess Bride by William GoldmanRomeo and Juliet by William ShakespeareTam Lin by Pamela Dean
CLEAN Romance Books
2,843 books — 2,033 voters
The Queen's Man by Sharon Kay PenmanThe Name of the Rose by Umberto EcoThe Beekeeper's Apprentice by Laurie R. KingCrocodile on the Sandbank by Elizabeth PetersOne Corpse Too Many by Ellis Peters
Best Historical Mystery
2,067 books — 4,529 voters

The Twilight Saga by Stephenie MeyerEat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth GilbertThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerThe Da Vinci Code by Dan BrownWuthering Heights by Emily Brontë
I Don't Understand All That Fuss
1,020 books — 2,561 voters
Mere Christianity by C.S. LewisThe Souls of Black Folk by W.E.B. Du BoisThe Screwtape Letters by C.S. LewisThe Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. LewisMy Utmost for His Highest by Oswald Chambers
"Christianity Today" Books of the 20th Century
100 books — 56 voters

The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar WildeA Christmas Carol by Charles DickensA Prayer for Owen Meany by John IrvingAnna Karenina by Leo TolstoyLittle Women by Louisa May Alcott
Books to be Savored
277 books — 94 voters
The Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingThe Lightning Thief by Rick RiordanGraceling by Kristin CashoreThe Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster
Best Fantasy/Fiction For Teens
211 books — 86 voters

Catch-22 by Joseph HellerSlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria RemarqueThe Book of Laughter and Forgetting by Milan KunderaEnder’s Game by Orson Scott Card
Best War Novels
1,671 books — 1,388 voters
The Ultimate Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsLamb by Christopher MooreCatch-22 by Joseph HellerIf I'd Killed Him When I Met Him... by Sharyn McCrumbBimbos of the Death Sun by Sharyn McCrumb
Best Humor Writing
827 books — 813 voters

Crime and Punishment by Fyodor DostoevskyThe Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor DostoevskyAnna Karenina by Leo TolstoyThe Idiot by Fyodor DostoevskyFathers and Sons by Ivan Turgenev
Best Russian Literature
512 books — 2,278 voters
The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm by Nancy FarmerA Darker Place by Laurie R. King
Books You Wish More People Knew About
17,381 books — 10,355 voters

The Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsUglies by Scott WesterfeldThe Giver by Lois LowryAmong the Hidden by Margaret Peterson Haddix
YA Dystopia Novels
1,788 books — 11,242 voters
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. LewisWhere the Sidewalk Ends by Shel SilversteinLittle House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls WilderJames and the Giant Peach by Roald DahlAre You There God? It’s Me, Margaret by Judy Blume
Favorite books from my childhood
4,424 books — 7,425 voters

Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice SendakGreen Eggs and Ham by Dr. SeussWhere the Sidewalk Ends by Shel SilversteinThe Phantom Tollbooth by Norton JusterTikki Tikki Tembo by Arlene Mosel
Best Children's Books
5,308 books — 6,703 voters
The Princess Bride by William GoldmanWicked by Gregory MaguireConfessions of an Ugly Stepsister by Gregory MaguireThe Looking Glass Wars by Frank BeddorBriar Rose by Jane Yolen
The Best Fairytales and Retellings
2,796 books — 9,158 voters

A Game of Thrones by George R.R. MartinThe Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. LewisJ.R.R. Tolkien 4-Book Boxed Set by J.R.R. TolkienThe Chronicles of Prydain by Lloyd Alexander
The Best Epic Fantasy (fiction)
4,203 books — 25,709 voters
The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodThe Color Purple by Alice WalkerThe Red Tent by Anita DiamantA Monstrous Regiment of Women by Laurie R. King
Best Feminist Fiction
1,504 books — 2,674 voters