Big Books of 2026

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Liz Delf (23 Lists)



Still Life by Louise Penny
Cozy Mystery Series - First Book of a Series
1,152 books — 2,466 voters
The Glass Hotel by Emily St. John MandelA Long Petal of the Sea by Isabel AllendeSuch a Fun Age by Kiley ReidAfterland by Lauren BeukesMy Dark Vanessa by Kate Elizabeth Russell
Anticipated 2020 Literary Fiction
587 books — 1,241 voters

Stay Sexy & Don't Get Murdered by Karen KilgariffA Man Called Ove by Fredrik BackmanShadow and Bone by Leigh BardugoDaisy Jones & The Six by Taylor Jenkins ReidBad Blood by John Carreyrou
2019: What People Born in the 1980's Have Read in 2019
1,405 books — 159 voters
Whiskey When We're Dry by John LarisonDoc by Mary Doria RussellThe Sisters Brothers by Patrick deWitt
Literary Westerns
283 books — 386 voters

Good and Mad by Rebecca TraisterThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood
Best Feminist Books
2,507 books — 3,513 voters
Evicted by Matthew Desmond
Pulitzer Winners: General Non-fiction
85 books — 343 voters

Landwhale by Jes BakerSo You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma OluoText Me When You Get Home by Kayleen SchaeferAnd Now We Have Everything by Meaghan O'ConnellI'll Be Gone in the Dark by Michelle McNamara
2018 Non-male Non-Fiction
304 books — 146 voters
My Father's Dragon by Ruth Stiles Gannett
Chapter Books to Read Aloud to Preschoolers
191 books — 144 voters

Where'd You Go, Bernadette by Maria Semple
Best Mysteries from the 2010s
606 books — 555 voters
The Secret History by Donna TarttThe Likeness by Tana French
Best Literary Mysteries
2,549 books — 4,593 voters

Song of Solomon by Toni MorrisonJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëBeloved by Toni MorrisonThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodThe Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Books That Changed My World
3,277 books — 3,185 voters
NeuroTribes by Steve SilbermanBetween the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates
Best Books of 2015 - The Critics' Picks
100 books — 22 voters

Song of Solomon by Toni MorrisonOrlando by Virginia WoolfThe Prime of Miss Jean Brodie by Muriel SparkBeloved by Toni MorrisonJane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
Best Woman-Authored Books
8,206 books — 5,209 voters
Beloved by Toni MorrisonSong of Solomon by Toni MorrisonThe Remains of the Day by Kazuo IshiguroThe Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman AlexieTheir Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston
Best Fiction and Memoirs by Authors of Color
428 books — 188 voters

Beloved by Toni Morrison
Speculative Fiction by Authors of Color
731 books — 478 voters
Beloved by Toni MorrisonJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëSong of Solomon by Toni MorrisonSula by Toni MorrisonSaga #1 by Brian K. Vaughan
Strong Female Leads in Literature & Fiction (all genres)
1,504 books — 711 voters

God Help the Child by Toni MorrisonLoving Day by Mat JohnsonDelicious Foods by James HannahamBetween the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi CoatesThe Fishermen by Chigozie Obioma
Anticipated Literary Reads For Readers of Color 2015
136 books — 169 voters
The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin by Benjamin Franklin
Required Reading in High School
813 books — 1,286 voters

Anna Karenina by Leo TolstoyZen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance by Robert M. PirsigA Tale of Two Cities by Charles DickensA Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy TooleThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. Tolkien
The Most Begun "Read but Unfinished" (Started) book ever
2,602 books — 13,131 voters
Geek Love by Katherine DunnI Am the Cheese by Robert Cormier
I Picked It Up Because of the Title
7,923 books — 2,066 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee1984 by George OrwellAnimal Farm by George OrwellBrave New World by Aldous HuxleyThe Giver by Lois Lowry
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,807 books — 49,785 voters