Big Books of 2026

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Dorothy (16 Lists)



Egyptian Art by Cyril AldredThe Power of Art by Simon SchamaThe Story of Painting by Wendy BeckettFrida by Hayden Herrera
Best Art and Art History Books
773 books — 312 voters
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonAnd Then There Were None by Agatha ChristieRebecca by Daphne du MaurierThe Godfather by Mario PuzoThe Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco
Best Crime & Mystery Books
7,318 books — 15,669 voters

Pride and Prejudice by Jane AustenThe Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniJane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
Couldn't Put The Book Down
17,030 books — 16,907 voters
A Bend in the River by V.S. NaipaulSophie's Choice by William StyronSmiley's People by John le CarréOne Corpse Too Many by Ellis PetersThe Cater Street Hangman by Anne Perry
Best Books 1979
179 books — 70 voters

Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtryLove in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García MárquezThe Cider House Rules by John IrvingThe Accidental Tourist by Anne Tyler
Best Books of 1985
336 books — 216 voters
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot DíazThe Plot Against America by Philip RothThe Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniLife of Pi by Yann MartelEats, Shoots & Leaves by Lynne Truss
The Times Online 100 Best Books of the Decade (2000-2009)
100 books — 265 voters

Trojan Gold by Elizabeth PetersAnd Then There Were None by Agatha ChristieThe Joe Leaphorn Mysteries by Tony HillermanThree Jim Chee Mysteries by Tony HillermanThe Complete Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle
Favorite Comfort Reads
1,550 books — 766 voters
The Lovely Bones by Alice SeboldIn Cold Blood by Truman CapoteHamlet by William Shakespeare1984 by George OrwellRomeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare
What a Downer...
331 books — 117 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark TwainTheir Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale HurstonThe Sound and the Fury by William FaulknerAs I Lay Dying by William Faulkner
Best Southern Books
826 books — 739 voters
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann ShafferPeople of the Book by Geraldine BrooksThe Miracle at Speedy Motors by Alexander McCall SmithThe Private Patient by P.D. James
Best Books of 2008
1,644 books — 6,780 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Grapes of Wrath by John SteinbeckOne Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García MárquezFahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,899 books — 49,788 voters
Dissolution by C.J. SansomThe Name of the Rose by Umberto EcoThe Murder Room by P.D. JamesThe Cater Street Hangman by Anne PerryBlind Justice by Bruce Alexander
Best Detective/Mystery Series
2,214 books — 2,305 voters

Godless by Ann CoulterHow to Talk to a Liberal (If You Must) by Ann CoulterIf Democrats Had Any Brains, They'd Be Republicans by Ann CoulterSlander by Ann Coulter
Books I Have No Intention of Reading
1,638 books — 5,989 voters
Dissolution by C.J. SansomDark Fire by C.J. Sansom
Best Books About Tudor England
612 books — 1,635 voters

Dissolution by C.J. SansomDark Fire by C.J. SansomThe Beekeeper's Apprentice by Laurie R. KingThe Silver Pigs by Lindsey Davis
Best Historical Mystery
2,086 books — 4,547 voters
Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Best Books Ever
76,692 books — 285,199 voters