Big Books of 2026

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Ann (36 Lists)



The Cat in the Hat by Dr. SeussWhere the Wild Things Are by Maurice SendakThe Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-ExupéryThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienJane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
Books You Would Recommend to Strangers
12,278 books — 7,890 voters
Beezus and Ramona by Beverly ClearyJust as I Am by Cicely TysonIn Spite of Myself by Christopher PlummerLonesome Dove by Larry McMurtryA Bright Shining Lie by Neil Sheehan
Dead in 2021: The Authors We Lost
609 books — 49 voters

Meg and Jo by Virginia KantraMarch by Geraldine BrooksLittler Women by Laura SchaeferThe Courtship of Jo March by Trix WilkinsThe Glory Cloak by Patricia O'Brien
Louisa May Alcott in Fiction
80 books — 47 voters
The Adventures of Pippi Longstocking by Astrid LindgrenBartholomew and the Oobleck by Dr. SeussEscape to Witch Mountain by Alexander KeyKnock, Knock! Who's There? by Tad Hills
Best Children's Books Most People Haven't Heard of...
1,687 books — 772 voters

Potatoes Not Prozac by Kathleen DesMaisons
Anti-Sugar
64 books — 9 voters
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum
Best Fiction Including Ballooning - Up, Up and Away!
8 books — 6 voters

Love, Lucy by Lucille BallPryor Convictions by Richard PryorThe Grass Is Always Greener over the Septic Tank by Erma BombeckMilton Berle by Milton Berle
Life Stories of the Funny and Famous
38 books — 8 voters
The Princess Diaries by Meg CabotPride and Prejudice by Jane AustenThe Help by Kathryn Stockett
I Picked It Up Because of the Hype
344 books — 577 voters

Little Women by Louisa May AlcottA Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty SmithAnimal Farm by George OrwellPride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
Books I Wish More People Would Read
516 books — 185 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Lorax by Dr. Seuss
Books you could read over & over!
202 books — 99 voters

Twilight by Stephenie MeyerMatched by Ally CondieFallen by Lauren KateThe Scorpio Races by Maggie StiefvaterTrash Mountain by Jane Yolen
Books i wanna flush down the toilet
251 books — 13 voters
The Story of the Trapp Family Singers by Maria Augusta TrappCheaper by the Dozen by Frank B. Gilbreth Jr.Anne of Ingleside by L.M. MontgomeryFive Children and It by E. NesbitPat of Silver Bush by L.M. Montgomery
Books That Feature Large Families
387 books — 77 voters

Beauty by Robin McKinley
The Best Parallel Novels or Reimagined Classics
123 books — 69 voters
Jo's Boys by Louisa May AlcottGood Wives by Louisa May AlcottRose in Bloom by Louisa May AlcottJack and Jill by Louisa May AlcottLittle Women / Little Men / Jo's Boys by Louisa May Alcott
Best of Louisa May Alcott
67 books — 9 voters

The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank
Best Memoir / Biography / Autobiography
5,814 books — 6,344 voters
The Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienPride and Prejudice by Jane AustenBridge to Terabithia by Katherine PatersonCharlotte’s Web by E.B. WhiteLittle Women by Louisa May Alcott
Best Young Adult Books
13,123 books — 80,171 voters

Message From Nam by Danielle Steel
The Best of Danielle Steel
63 books — 346 voters
How to Talk to a Liberal (If You Must) by Ann CoulterLolita by Vladimir Nabokov50 Shades of Gray by Paul McMullanThe Shining by Stephen KingNight by Elie Wiesel
I would NOT read it if you paid me!
114 books — 18 voters

The Little Rascals by Leonard MaltinSay Good Night, Gracie! The Story of Burns & Allen by Cheryl BlytheLaurel & Hardy by John McCabeLike a Lampshade In a Whorehouse by Phyllis DillerGeorge Burns by George Burns
Comedy Tonight!
128 books — 14 voters
Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats by T.S. EliotThe Incredible Journey by Sheila BurnfordThe Complete Calvin and Hobbes by Bill WattersonPuss in Boots by Charles PerraultAll Creatures Great and Small by James Herriot
Great Cat Books
1,577 books — 949 voters

Fudge-a-Mania by Judy Blume
Candy Store
617 books — 69 voters
Einstein by Walter IsaacsonThe Snowball by Alice SchroederHelen Keller by Dorothy HerrmannVirginia Woolf by Quentin Bell
Best Biographies
1,660 books — 2,941 voters

Bossypants by Tina FeyConfessions of a Prairie Bitch by Alison ArngrimWishful Drinking by Carrie FisherBorn Standing Up by Steve MartinHome by Julie Andrews Edwards
Best Show Business Memoirs or Biographies
437 books — 387 voters
We Bought a Zoo by Benjamin MeeLawrence of Arabia by Jeremy WilsonThree Years in Tibet by Ekai Kawaguchi30,000 Leagues Undersea by Tom Vetter
Vicarious Thrills
388 books — 419 voters

Pippi Longstocking by Astrid LindgrenThe Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. LewisThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienA Little Princess by Frances Hodgson BurnettThe Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum
Little Library for a Daughter
522 books — 175 voters
The Magician’s Nephew by C.S. LewisJames and the Giant Peach by Roald DahlPippi Longstocking by Astrid LindgrenHarriet the Spy by Louise FitzhughWind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame
Before Harry
182 books — 52 voters

The Night Before Christmas by Clement Clarke MooreStopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening by Robert FrostCharlotte’s Web by E.B. WhiteWhere the Sidewalk Ends by Shel Silverstein
Winter Children's Books
466 books — 141 voters
The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston LerouxLes Misérables Vocal/Piano Selections | Broadway Musical Shee... by Alain BoublilRodgers and Hammerstein - The Sound of Music | Vocal Selectio... by Richard RodgersFiddler on the Roof by Joseph SteinSweeney Todd by Stephen Sondheim
best musicals
119 books — 120 voters

The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankThe Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-ExupéryJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëThe Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. LewisLittle Women by Louisa May Alcott
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
31,479 books — 119,911 voters
The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankThe 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen R. CoveyChicken Soup for the Soul by Jack CanfieldWho Moved My Cheese? by Spencer JohnsonMidnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John Berendt
Recommended Nonfiction Books
3,959 books — 1,874 voters


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