Big Books of 2026

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Harriet (11 Lists)



Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi
Best Memoir / Biography / Autobiography
5,858 books — 6,381 voters
A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee WilliamsA Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy TooleThe Optimist's Daughter by Eudora WeltySaving CeeCee Honeycutt by Beth HoffmanDeliverance by James Dickey
Best Southern Books
826 books — 739 voters

The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
2009 Newbery Contenders
75 books — 607 voters
Anne of Green Gables by L.M. MontgomeryA Little Princess by Frances Hodgson BurnettPictures of Hollis Woods by Patricia Reilly GiffTell Me Again About the Night I Was Born by Jamie Lee CurtisLes Misérables by Victor Hugo
Best Fiction about Adoption
328 books — 222 voters

Hate List by Jennifer BrownBy the Time You Read This, I'll Be Dead by Julie Anne PetersBefore I Fall by Lauren OliverWintergirls by Laurie Halse Anderson
Best Teen Books About Real Problems
2,983 books — 12,438 voters
Watchmen by Alan MooreAmerican Born Chinese by Gene Luen Yang
Best Graphic Novels
3,450 books — 6,769 voters

Gone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellThe Giving Tree by Shel SilversteinWuthering Heights by Emily BrontëAlice’s Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis CarrollThe Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown
Best Books Ever
76,689 books — 285,188 voters
Gone Girl by Gillian FlynnStruck by Jennifer BosworthA Dog's Journey by W. Bruce CameronDefending Jacob by William LandayCatch Me by Lisa Gardner
Best Books of 2012
3,522 books — 9,199 voters

Life of Pi by Yann MartelThe Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark HaddonThe Glass Castle by Jeannette WallsThe Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey NiffeneggerWhite Oleander by Janet Fitch
The Best Books for a Book Club
752 books — 455 voters
In Cold Blood by Truman CapoteHelter Skelter by Vincent BugliosiColumbine by Dave CullenMidnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John BerendtThe Devil in the White City by Erik Larson
True Crime
730 books — 620 voters

Dewey by Vicki MyronThe Cat in the Hat by Dr. Seuss
Great Cat Books
1,580 books — 948 voters