Big Books of 2026

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Vanessa (18 Lists)



Shock Value by Jason ZinomanReel Terror by David KonowMonsters in the Movies by John Landis
Best Nonfiction Horror
39 books — 11 voters
Cannery Row by John SteinbeckThe Grapes of Wrath by John SteinbeckEast of Eden by John SteinbeckThe Moon Is Down by John SteinbeckOf Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
John Steinbeck
44 books — 209 voters

Coffee, Tea or Me? by Trudy BakerWifey by Judy BlumeForever... by Judy Blume
Books you read that you weren't supposed to read
148 books — 206 voters
The Westing Game by Ellen RaskinHarriet the Spy by Louise FitzhughFrom the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E.L. KonigsburgEncyclopedia Brown, Boy Detective by Donald J. Sobol
Best Mysteries for Young Readers
585 books — 471 voters

Wonderland Avenue by Danny Sugerman
Substance Abuse & Addiction
717 books — 1,315 voters
The Stories of Vladimir Nabokov by Vladimir Nabokov
From the Pages of the New Yorker
206 books — 57 voters

East of Eden by John SteinbeckThe Poisonwood Bible by Barbara KingsolverThe Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer BradleyThe Winds of War by Herman WoukThe Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien
Big Fat Books Worth the Effort
1,874 books — 6,999 voters
The Westing Game by Ellen RaskinHarriet the Spy by Louise FitzhughFrom the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E.L. KonigsburgAre You There God? It’s Me, Margaret by Judy BlumeThe Great Brain by John D. Fitzgerald
Books Mentioned in Lizzie Skurnick's "Shelf Discovery"
73 books — 48 voters

If Democrats Had Any Brains, They'd Be Republicans by Ann CoulterThe Secret by Rhonda ByrneLeft Behind by Tim LaHayeAmerican Psycho by Bret Easton EllisThe Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd
Books I Have No Intention of Reading
1,637 books — 5,994 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Chosen by Chaim PotokHamlet by William Shakespeare
Required Reading in High School
813 books — 1,288 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeAre You There God? It’s Me, Margaret by Judy BlumeAll Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria RemarqueThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling
Best of Banned and Challenged Books
214 books — 278 voters
The Silence of the Lambs by Thomas HarrisPostmortem by Patricia Daniels CornwellThe Alienist by Caleb Carr
I Like Serial Killers
1,016 books — 1,543 voters

The Secret History by Donna Tartt
Books That Should Be Made Into Movies
32,229 books — 68,183 voters
Little House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls WilderHarriet the Spy by Louise Fitzhugh
What Book Got You Hooked?
3,844 books — 10,499 voters

The Firm by Robin WaterfieldEthan Frome by Edith WhartonEven Cowgirls Get the Blues by Tom RobbinsCerulean Sins by Laurell K. HamiltonStranger in a Strange Land by Robert A. Heinlein
Disappointing Books
2,735 books — 4,605 voters
Dead Witch Walking by Kim HarrisonStorm Front by Jim Butcher
Vampires and Werewolves and Witches...Oh My!
1,946 books — 2,997 voters

’Salem’s Lot by Stephen KingGuilty Pleasures by Laurell K. Hamilton
Best Adult Vampire Books
1,771 books — 4,918 voters
Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert A. HeinleinThe Prince of Tides by Pat Conroy
The Worst Books of All Time
8,104 books — 19,874 voters