Big Books of 2026

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Sam (20 Lists)



Swan Song by Robert McCammon
Best Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
1,242 books — 3,412 voters
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
2009 Printz Contenders
59 books — 1,450 voters

The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne
Read These In School - Would Have Preferred A Root Canal
462 books — 1,588 voters
Watchmen by Alan MooreThe Complete Maus by Art SpiegelmanV for Vendetta by Alan Moore
Required Reading Graphic Novels
1,173 books — 2,013 voters

Lolita by Vladimir NabokovMrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf
The Most Begun "Read but Unfinished" (Started) book ever
2,607 books — 13,151 voters
Great Expectations by Charles Dickens
Books With Unforgettable Characters
9,446 books — 8,493 voters

Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer
Disappointing Books
2,732 books — 4,602 voters
The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood
Best Science Fiction & Fantasy Books
8,482 books — 24,754 voters

The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
Best Books of the Decade: 2000s
7,187 books — 28,369 voters
The Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa Gregory
Best Historical Fiction
7,439 books — 25,627 voters

The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood
Best Book Cover Art
12,378 books — 7,094 voters
Fast Food Nation by Eric SchlosserA Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson
Best Non-Fiction (no biographies)
6,239 books — 8,069 voters

The Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniWhere the Heart Is by Billie LettsEragon by Christopher PaoliniRunning with Scissors by Augusten BurroughsGreat Expectations by Charles Dickens
The Book Was Better Than the Movie
1,561 books — 18,687 voters
The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakCatch-22 by Joseph Heller
Favorite Books
14,562 books — 10,108 voters

The Book Thief by Markus ZusakA Great and Terrible Beauty by Libba Bray
Best Young Adult Fiction
3,595 books — 6,911 voters
Swan Song by Robert McCammonThe Handmaid's Tale by Margaret AtwoodBlindness by José Saramago
Best Dystopian and Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
3,769 books — 26,024 voters

Fight Club by Chuck PalahniukI Am Legend and Other Stories by Richard Matheson
The MOVIE was BETTER than the BOOK
1,133 books — 10,101 voters
The Crimson Petal and the White by Michel FaberSwan Song by Robert McCammon
Thickest Books Ever
889 books — 2,490 voters

The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
Most emotional books
894 books — 948 voters
1984 by George OrwellHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,899 books — 49,793 voters