Big Books of 2026

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Pixie (12 Lists)



The Giving Tree by Shel SilversteinWhere the Wild Things Are by Maurice SendakHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingThe Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Best children's books EVER
2,093 books — 2,088 voters
Anna Karenina by Leo TolstoyThe Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Books that most influenced you
2,655 books — 1,234 voters

The Bell Jar by Sylvia PlathThe Yellow Wallpaper and Other Stories by Charlotte Perkins GilmanMrs. Dalloway by Virginia WoolfThe Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey EugenidesSave Me the Waltz by Zelda Fitzgerald
Women and Mental Illness (fiction and nonfiction)
1,154 books — 2,270 voters
The Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael Pollan
Food-Related Non-Fiction
1,226 books — 1,635 voters

The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath by Sylvia Plath
Memoirs by Women
2,990 books — 3,019 voters
Coming of Age in Mississippi by Anne MoodyThe Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath by Sylvia Plath
Favorite Memoirs/Autobiographies
2,094 books — 1,945 voters

Zelda by Nancy MilfordComing of Age in Mississippi by Anne Moody
Best Memoir / Biography / Autobiography
5,803 books — 6,341 voters
Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia WoolfThe Crucible by Arthur MillerTender Is the Night by F. Scott FitzgeraldThe Prophet by Kahlil Gibran
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,807 books — 49,785 voters

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. RowlingHarry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. RowlingHarry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. RowlingHarry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. Rowling
Best Books of the Decade: 2000s
7,189 books — 28,380 voters
The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood
Best Books of the Decade: 1980s
2,257 books — 2,434 voters

Eleanor Roosevelt, Volume 1 by Blanche Wiesen CookFast Food Nation by Eric Schlosser
Best ALA Adult Notables
142 books — 53 voters
Living Wicca by Scott CunninghamThe Pagan Book of Days by Nigel Pennick
Occult Library
848 books — 331 voters