Big Books of 2026

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Lea Hansen (8 Lists)



Reading Lolita in Tehran by Azar NafisiI Am Nujood, Age 10 and Divorced by Nujood AliSold by Patricia McCormickI Am Malala by Malala Yousafzai
Powerful International Non-Fiction
295 books — 318 voters
The Brethren by Bob WoodwardThurgood Marshall by Juan WilliamsCHIEF JUSTICE by Ed CrayBrown v. Board of Education by James T. PattersonMake No Law by Anthony Lewis
Supreme Court (History & Fiction)
118 books — 113 voters

Backlash by Susan FaludiThe Feminine Mystique by Betty FriedanThe Beauty Myth by Naomi WolfAgainst Our Will by Susan BrownmillerReviving Ophelia by Mary Pipher
Women & Gender Studies
1,461 books — 546 voters
A People’s History of the United States by Howard ZinnThe Jungle by Upton SinclairA Child Called "It" by Dave PelzerUnderstanding Power by Noam Chomsky1984 by George Orwell
Books that Changed the Way You View Life
10,488 books — 5,734 voters

The Jungle by Upton SinclairA People’s History of the United States by Howard ZinnThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
31,462 books — 119,800 voters
The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath
Women and Mental Illness (fiction and nonfiction)
1,154 books — 2,270 voters

The Bell Jar by Sylvia PlathRunning with Scissors by Augusten BurroughsProzac Nation by Elizabeth WurtzelThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerGirl, Interrupted by Susanna Kaysen
Psychological Themes
207 books — 93 voters
Running with Scissors by Augusten BurroughsMe Talk Pretty One Day by David SedarisNaked by David Sedaris
Favorite Memoirs/Autobiographies
2,094 books — 1,945 voters