Big Books of 2026

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Kylie (19 Lists)



The Secret History by Donna Tartt
Dark Academia
363 books — 1,492 voters
The Sixth Extinction by Elizabeth KolbertA Walk in the Woods by Bill BrysonInto Thin Air by Jon Krakauer
Best Nature Books
1,155 books — 778 voters

The Dirt by Tommy LeeThe Beatles Anthology by The BeatlesPaul McCartney by Barry Miles
Best Books on Rock and Roll
891 books — 1,278 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankPride and Prejudice by Jane AustenAnimal Farm by George Orwell
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
31,546 books — 120,085 voters

If on a Winter’s Night a Traveler by Italo CalvinoHouse of Leaves by Mark Z. DanielewskiCloud Atlas by David MitchellInvisible Cities by Italo Calvino84, Charing Cross Road by Helene Hanff
Oulipo,etc.
254 books — 250 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeePride and Prejudice by Jane AustenCloudstreet by Tim WintonMiddlesex by Jeffrey EugenidesGreat Expectations by Charles Dickens
Australia's ABC1's First Tuesday Book Club
206 books — 50 voters

The Book Thief by Markus ZusakA Tale of Two Cities by Charles DickensHarry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. RowlingThe Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John BoyneOne Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey
Most emotional books
894 books — 948 voters
Tomorrow, When the War Began by John MarsdenHarry Potter Series Box Set by J.K. RowlingTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
books that can be read a billion times yet never get old
961 books — 450 voters

The Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsThe Road by Cormac McCarthyFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyI Am Legend and Other Stories by Richard MathesonThe Giver by Lois Lowry
Best Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
1,245 books — 3,415 voters
The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton JusterIf on a Winter’s Night a Traveler by Italo Calvino84, Charing Cross Road by Helene HanffThe Yellow-Lighted Bookshop by Lewis BuzbeeThe Library at Night by Alberto Manguel
Books about Books
1,384 books — 1,519 voters

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingThe Color of Magic by Terry PratchettTime Quartet by Madeleine L'EngleDreams of Stone by Jonathan Wylie
Best Fantasy Series, Trilogies, and Duologies
2,076 books — 11,671 voters
The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz ZafónThe Library at Night by Alberto Manguel
Books About Librarians
453 books — 574 voters

The Girl Who Played with Fire by Stieg LarssonDead and Gone by Charlaine HarrisThe Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest by Stieg LarssonThe Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey EugenidesBridget Jones’s Diary by Helen Fielding
Books I Have Every Intention Of Reading This Year
7,785 books — 2,664 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeePride and Prejudice by Jane AustenThe Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre DumasThe Grapes of Wrath by John SteinbeckCatch-22 by Joseph Heller
1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die
1,321 books — 5,842 voters

Twilight by Stephenie MeyerThe Lovely Bones by Alice SeboldThe Five People You Meet in Heaven by Mitch AlbomA Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled HosseiniThe Secret by Rhonda Byrne
Everyone's Read It But Me
800 books — 4,323 voters
The Beatles Anthology by The Beatles
Best Non Fiction About Music
1,440 books — 1,343 voters

Messenger by Lois LowryUglies by Scott WesterfeldAnthem by Ayn Rand
Dystopia!
1,219 books — 2,753 voters
Dreams of Stone by Jonathan WylieDream-Weaver by Jonathan Wylie
Best "Strong Female" Fantasy Novels
4,457 books — 18,210 voters

The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
Best Young Adult Books
13,096 books — 80,178 voters