Big Books of 2026

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Danielle (13 Lists)



Like Water for Chocolate by Laura EsquivelThe Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan
Best Family Sagas
618 books — 673 voters
The Martian by Andy WeirThe End of the Affair by Graham Greene
Best Audio Narration
1,517 books — 1,049 voters

Cutting for Stone by Abraham VergheseLike Water for Chocolate by Laura EsquivelThe Color Purple by Alice WalkerGirl with a Pearl Earring by Tracy ChevalierMemoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden
Best Historical Fiction
7,391 books — 25,576 voters
The Martian by Andy Weir
Best Audiobooks Ever
1,969 books — 2,836 voters

Cutting for Stone by Abraham VergheseThe Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniThe Glass Castle by Jeannette WallsThe Red Tent by Anita DiamantThe Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan
Best for Book Clubs
14,546 books — 18,402 voters
Shotgun Lovesongs by Nickolas Butler
Book Group Worthy Titles for 2014
243 books — 1,193 voters

Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
New York Times 100 Notable Books of 2013 (fiction and nonfiction)
100 books — 818 voters
The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane by Kate DiCamillo
Best Books for Reluctant Readers
2,592 books — 2,609 voters

Life After Life by Kate AtkinsonThe Light Between Oceans by M.L. StedmanThe Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil GaimanLexicon by Max Barry
Best Beach Reads 2013
2,203 books — 4,188 voters
Cutting for Stone by Abraham VergheseComplications by Atul GawandeThe Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales by Oliver SacksThe Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down by Anne FadimanBetter by Atul Gawande
Medicine and Literature
1,844 books — 2,003 voters

The Botany of Desire by Michael PollanKitchen Confidential by Anthony BourdainMy Life in France by Julia ChildEating Animals by Jonathan Safran FoerOn Food and Cooking by Harold McGee
Food-Related Non-Fiction
1,226 books — 1,635 voters
Complications by Atul GawandeFreakonomics by Steven D. LevittThe Know-It-All by A.J. JacobsWe Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed with Ou... by Philip GourevitchThe Devil in the White City by Erik Larson
Must Read Non-Fiction
5,245 books — 4,415 voters

The Devil in the White City by Erik LarsonFreakonomics by Steven D. LevittWe Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed with Ou... by Philip Gourevitch
Best Non-Fiction (no biographies)
6,227 books — 8,062 voters