Big Books of 2026

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Beth Luebbe (41 Lists)



Shane by Jack SchaeferAngle of Repose by Wallace StegnerO Pioneers! by Willa CatherThe Son by Philipp MeyerLittle House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder
Best Westerns
1,374 books — 1,499 voters
Rebel Yell by S.C. Gwynne
Best American History Books
2,119 books — 2,489 voters

Shark Nate-O by Tara Luebbe
The best picture books about sharks
38 books — 24 voters
His Bloody Project by Graeme Macrae BurnetBeast In View by Margaret MillarThe Meaning of Night by Michael CoxThe White Tiger by Aravind AdigaLolita by Vladimir Nabokov
Books with Unreliable Narrators
501 books — 489 voters

Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH by Robert C. O'BrienA Year Down Yonder by Richard PeckIsland of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O'DellFrom the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E.L. KonigsburgThe Tale of Despereaux by Kate DiCamillo
List for #nerdbery
94 books — 26 voters
My Side of the Mountain by Jean Craighead George
YA Survival Stories
39 books — 52 voters

Wolf Hall by Hilary MantelThe Color Purple by Alice WalkerFingersmith by Sarah Waters
Best Historical Fiction
7,386 books — 25,574 voters
Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha ChristieAnd Then There Were None by Agatha ChristieThe Moonstone by Wilkie CollinsCover Her Face by P.D. JamesLast Bus to Woodstock by Colin Dexter
UK 100 Crime Books and Thrillers to Read in a Lifetime: The Readers Vote
825 books — 214 voters

The Ruins of Gorlan by John Flanagan
best middle grade books of the 21st century
690 books — 712 voters
A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'EngleThe Westing Game by Ellen RaskinThe Tale of Despereaux by Kate DiCamilloMrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH by Robert C. O'BrienThe High King by Lloyd Alexander
The Most Deserving Newbery
113 books — 2,997 voters

Life After Life by Kate AtkinsonThe Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil GaimanThe Son by Philipp MeyerThe Husband's Secret by Liane MoriartyTenth of December by George Saunders
Amazon's 2013 Best Books of the Year: The Top 100 in Print
102 books — 68 voters
We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves by Karen Joy FowlerThe Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman
2014 Sci-Fi Award Nominees
50 books — 47 voters

Rebecca by Daphne du MaurierMurder on the Orient Express by Agatha ChristieThe Spy Who Came In from the Cold by John le CarréKilling Floor by Lee Child
100 Mysteries and Thrillers to Read in a Lifetime: Readers' Picks
2,203 books — 4,458 voters
The Husband's Secret by Liane MoriartyThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakThe Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil GaimanGrave Peril by Jim ButcherSummer Knight by Jim Butcher
2014: What Women Born In The 1970s Read in 2014
4,495 books — 1,046 voters

The Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott LynchThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienThe Maltese Falcon by Dashiell HammettThe Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsThe Book Thief by Markus Zusak
Thieves
659 books — 1,257 voters
Last Bus to Woodstock by Colin DexterBrat Farrar by Josephine TeyMurder on the Orient Express by Agatha ChristieAnd Then There Were None by Agatha ChristieThe Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie
The Best British Crime/Mystery Fiction
1,209 books — 1,256 voters

Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy by John le CarréThe Spy Who Came In from the Cold by John le CarréThe Little Drummer Girl by John le CarréNight Soldiers by Alan Furst
Literary Spy Stories
200 books — 223 voters
The Maltese Falcon by Dashiell HammettThe Postman Always Rings Twice by James M. CainDouble Indemnity by James M. CainThe Killer Inside Me by Jim ThompsonThe Thin Man by Dashiell Hammett
Best Hardboiled & Noir fiction
700 books — 878 voters

The Stranger by Albert CamusThe Sun Also Rises by Ernest HemingwayThe Metamorphosis by Franz KafkaBeloved by Toni MorrisonTo the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,807 books — 49,785 voters
Graceling by Kristin CashoreMoon Called by Patricia BriggsSabriel by Garth NixMagic Bites by Ilona Andrews
Best "Strong Female" Fantasy Novels
4,454 books — 18,208 voters

The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsThe Princess Bride by William GoldmanMe Talk Pretty One Day by David SedarisBridget Jones’s Diary by Helen FieldingThree Men in a Boat by Jerome K. Jerome
Best Humorous Books
4,313 books — 7,860 voters
The Collector by John FowlesEndless Night by Agatha ChristieThe Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde
Best Crime & Mystery Books
7,306 books — 15,546 voters

In Cold Blood by Truman CapoteThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëCatch-22 by Joseph HellerWuthering Heights by Emily Brontë
100 Books to Read in a Lifetime: Readers' Picks
15,160 books — 17,398 voters
Life After Life by Kate AtkinsonThe Son by Philipp MeyerTenth of December by George SaundersWe Are All Completely Beside Ourselves by Karen Joy Fowler
New York Times 100 Notable Books of 2013 (fiction and nonfiction)
100 books — 818 voters

The Name of the Rose by Umberto EcoThe Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz ZafónThe Daughter of Time by Josephine TeyThe Beekeeper's Apprentice by Laurie R. KingCrocodile on the Sandbank by Elizabeth Peters
Best Historical Mystery
2,069 books — 4,529 voters
Neverwhere by Neil GaimanJonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna ClarkeGraceling by Kristin CashoreThe Book of Lost Things by John Connolly
Sword and Laser Fantasy List
1,004 books — 1,742 voters

Ever After by Kim HarrisonThe Republic of Thieves by Scott LynchFrost Burned by Patricia BriggsMagic Rises by Ilona Andrews
Can't Wait Science Fiction/Fantasy of 2013
624 books — 2,902 voters
The Name of the Rose by Umberto EcoA Distant Mirror by Barbara W. Tuchman
Best Middle Ages Books
1,217 books — 1,697 voters


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