Big Books of 2026

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



Piranesi by Susanna ClarkeThe Vanishing Half by Brit BennettNo One Is Talking About This by Patricia LockwoodLuster by Raven LeilaniTranscendent Kingdom by Yaa Gyasi
Women's Prize 2021 Longlist
16 books — 16 voters
The Shining by Stephen KingIt by Stephen KingMisery by Stephen KingMr. Mercedes by Stephen KingDuma Key by Stephen King
Best of Stephen King
178 books — 3,876 voters

The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey NiffeneggerOutlander by Diana GabaldonThe Time Machine by H.G. Wells11/22/63 by Stephen KingKindred by Octavia E. Butler
Best Time Travel Fiction
1,957 books — 5,244 voters
Gone Girl by Gillian FlynnWe Were Liars by E. LockhartOutlander by Diana GabaldonBridget Jones’s Diary by Helen FieldingLife of Pi by Yann Martel
Best Beach Reads 2015
1,738 books — 2,268 voters

The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar WildeThree Men in a Boat by Jerome K. JeromeBridget Jones’s Diary by Helen FieldingMort by Terry PratchettThe Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde
Best Humorous Books
4,328 books — 7,889 voters
A Game of Thrones by George R.R. MartinIt by Stephen KingA Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving
Big Fat Books Worth the Effort
1,874 books — 6,997 voters

Der Struwwelpeter by Heinrich Hoffmann
Nightmare Fuel for Children
141 books — 44 voters
Smoke and Mirrors by Neil GaimanThe Bloody Chamber and Other Stories by Angela CarterStranger Things Happen by Kelly LinkMagic for Beginners by Kelly LinkPretty Monsters by Kelly Link
Best Fantasy Short Story Collections
526 books — 296 voters

Dracula by Bram StokerI Am Legend and Other Stories by Richard MathesonThe Historian by Elizabeth Kostova
Best Adult Vampire Books
1,771 books — 4,918 voters
The Eyre Affair by Jasper FfordeV for Vendetta by Alan MooreWatchmen by Alan Moore
Best Alternate History
358 books — 676 voters

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. RowlingHarry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. RowlingHarry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. RowlingHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingHarry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. Rowling
The Book Was Better Than the Movie
1,561 books — 18,689 voters
The Book Thief by Markus ZusakMatilda by Roald DahlThe Thirteenth Tale by Diane SetterfieldThe Eyre Affair by Jasper FfordeThe Book of Lost Things by John Connolly
Books about Books
1,384 books — 1,519 voters

Good Omens by Terry PratchettThe Bloody Chamber and Other Stories by Angela CarterThe Book of Lost Things by John ConnollySexing the Cherry by Jeanette WintersonAmerican Gods by Neil Gaiman
Myth and Folktale Retellings
628 books — 580 voters
The Book of Lost Things by John ConnollyThe Bloody Chamber and Other Stories by Angela CarterThe Child Thief by BromThe Ladies of Grace Adieu and Other Stories by Susanna ClarkeStardust by Neil Gaiman
The Best Fairytales and Retellings
2,797 books — 9,159 voters

The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodThe Bell Jar by Sylvia PlathJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëThe Yellow Wall-Paper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman
Best Feminist Fiction
1,504 books — 2,673 voters
The Thirteenth Tale by Diane SetterfieldThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakThe Eyre Affair by Jasper FfordeMatilda by Roald DahlNorthanger Abbey by Jane Austen
Stories For Book Lovers
8,343 books — 8,382 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeePride and Prejudice by Jane AustenAnimal Farm by George OrwellThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldJane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
31,531 books — 120,027 voters
1984 by George OrwellThe Handmaid's Tale by Margaret AtwoodThe Road by Cormac McCarthyNever Let Me Go by Kazuo IshiguroI Am Legend and Other Stories by Richard Matheson
Best Dystopian and Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
3,749 books — 25,989 voters

Holes by Louis SacharTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Golden Compass by Philip PullmanThe Book Thief by Markus Zusak
Best Young Adult Books
13,096 books — 80,178 voters
Atonement by Ian McEwanThe Prestige by Christopher PriestCoraline by Neil Gaiman
The MOVIE was BETTER than the BOOK
1,134 books — 10,101 voters