Big Books of 2026

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



Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O'Dell
Native American Fiction
838 books — 641 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeAll Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria RemarqueMadame Tussaud by Michelle Moran
Non-England historical fiction
564 books — 69 voters

Pompeii by Robert Harris
Fiction Set in 1st Century
28 books — 12 voters
The Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa GregoryThe White Queen by Philippa GregoryThe Boleyn Inheritance by Philippa GregoryThe Lady of the Rivers by Philippa GregoryThe Red Queen by Philippa Gregory
Best Books by Philippa Gregory
28 books — 162 voters

The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara KingsolverThe Hot Zone by Richard PrestonNo Longer at Ease by Chinua AchebeAntony and Cleopatra by William Shakespeare
Africa (fiction and nonfiction)
1,766 books — 1,647 voters
The Unknown, Hidden Gems of Historical Fiction
2,285 books — 1,259 voters

The Wild Irish by Robin MaxwellThe Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer BradleyWicked by Gregory Maguire
Amazons, Valkyries, and Warrior Women
694 books — 534 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankLittle Women by Louisa May AlcottFrankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft ShelleyThe Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
Best Woman-Authored Books
8,282 books — 5,246 voters

John Adams by David McCullough1776 by David McCulloughThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankCatherine the Great by Robert K. MassieFounding Mothers by Cokie Roberts
Best History Books
3,726 books — 3,764 voters
The Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa GregoryThe White Queen by Philippa GregoryNefertiti by Michelle MoranThe Red Queen by Philippa GregoryCleopatra's Daughter by Michelle Moran
Best Historical Fiction of the 21st Century
1,439 books — 2,357 voters

The White Queen by Philippa GregoryOne Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García MárquezA Tale of Two Cities by Charles DickensThe Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa Gregory
Recommended Historical Fiction
3,673 books — 3,604 voters
The Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa GregoryA Tale of Two Cities by Charles DickensThe Three Musketeers by Alexandre DumasOne Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García MárquezThe Scarlet Pimpernel by Emmuska Orczy
Best Historical Fiction
7,440 books — 25,628 voters

The Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa GregoryThe Three Musketeers by Alexandre DumasA Tale of Two Cities by Charles DickensThe Scarlet Pimpernel by Emmuska OrczyMadame Tussaud by Michelle Moran
Best Historical Fiction Books that Are Actually Historical Fiction
2,527 books — 2,774 voters
The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara KingsolverThe Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsEat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert
Best for Book Clubs
14,875 books — 18,739 voters

Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister by Gregory Maguire
Historical Fiction That Takes Place In The Netherlands
91 books — 56 voters
Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale HurstonThings Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe
Best Black Historical Fiction
331 books — 306 voters

The Autobiography of Henry VIII by Margaret GeorgeThe Boleyn Inheritance by Philippa Gregory
Best Books About Tudor England
612 books — 1,635 voters
Rise to Rebellion by Jeff Shaara
American Revolutionary War Fiction
154 books — 278 voters

Nefertiti by Michelle MoranThe Heretic Queen by Michelle MoranThe Memoirs of Cleopatra by Margaret George
Best Egyptian Historical Fiction
195 books — 443 voters
The Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer BradleyThe Heretic Queen by Michelle MoranNefertiti by Michelle MoranCleopatra's Daughter by Michelle MoranThe Memoirs of Cleopatra by Margaret George
Awesome Women of the Ancient World
434 books — 951 voters