Big Books of 2026

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Tom Elliott (56 Lists)



The Whipping Man by Matthew LópezVenus in Fur by David IvesThe Tempest by William Shakespeare
SCR: 2014-15 Season
5 books — 2 voters
Good Omens by Terry PratchettLord of the Flies by William GoldingHarry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. RowlingThe Golden Compass by Philip PullmanThe Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
You've Gotta Read This Book
865 books — 375 voters

Julie and Julia by Julie PowellA Tale of Two Cities by Charles DickensThe Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold
Huh? I Thought That Book Would Be Better Than It Was
878 books — 749 voters
A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine HansberryThe Lost Black Scholar by David A. Varel
Soulaan (Black/African American) History/Culture
102 books — 3 voters

Measure for Measure by William ShakespeareThe Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor DostoevskyDeath Comes for the Archbishop by Willa CatherThe Three Musketeers by Alexandre DumasCutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese
Vicars, Priests, Abbots, Fathers, Abbesses, Pastors, Nuns
782 books — 287 voters
Dawn by Octavia E. Butler
Best Queer/Trans/Feminist/POC SFF
388 books — 75 voters

A Christmas Carol by Charles DickensOf Mice and Men by John SteinbeckTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeFranny and Zooey by J.D. SalingerUlysses by James Joyce
1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die
1,336 books — 5,849 voters
Twilight by Anna Deavere Smith
100 Plays Project
100 books — 2 voters

The Odyssey by HomerA Christmas Carol by Charles DickensFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyThe Martian Chronicles by Ray BradburyThe Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien
If I Were Stranded On A Deserted Island, I Would Like To Bring These Books
166 books — 27 voters
A Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin
Which is the best book in the ASOIAF?
6 books — 157 voters

A Clash of Kings by George R.R. Martin
Anti-Heroines
374 books — 206 voters
The Quest for Socialist Utopia by Bahru ZewdeIn Ethiopia with a Mule by Dervla Murphy
Books On African History
207 books — 51 voters

The Underground Railroad by Colson WhiteheadBetween the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi CoatesHomegoing by Yaa GyasiThe Nickel Boys by Colson WhiteheadOne Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez
2020: What the Over-35s are Reading
2,870 books — 188 voters
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant, the Unbeliever by Stephen R. DonaldsonStand on Zanzibar by John Brunner
S&L Top-100 Science Fiction, Fantasy Titles
1,708 books — 2,207 voters

Homegoing by Yaa GyasiCaste by Isabel WilkersonThe New Jim Crow by Michelle AlexanderThe Mothers by Brit Bennett
Popsugar 2020 - A Book by a Woman of Color
590 books — 293 voters
A Knot in the Grain and Other Stories by Robin McKinleyImaginary Lands by Robin McKinley
YA Short Stories & Collections
518 books — 262 voters

Black Spartacus by Sudhir Hazareesingh
The Economist - Books of the Year, 2020
41 books — 21 voters
Dune by Frank HerbertStranger in a Strange Land by Robert A. HeinleinThe Stand by Stephen KingFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyA Princess of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs
Best Science Fiction Ever Written.
1,800 books — 3,989 voters

The Beautiful Things That Heaven Bears by Dinaw Mengestu
Eclectic Experiences
44 books — 7 voters
The Feast of the Goat by Mario Vargas LlosaLord of the Flies by William GoldingAnna Karenina by Leo TolstoyThe Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor DostoevskyBury My Heart at Wounded Knee by Dee Brown
Books Every Human Being Should Read
2,994 books — 2,013 voters

Andrew Jackson by H.W. Brands
American Presidents: Andrew Jackson (nonfiction)
72 books — 7 voters
Cyrano de Bergerac by Edmond RostandSweetness in the Belly by Camilla Gibb
Nose as main focus
51 books — 34 voters

The Child Catchers by Kathryn JoyceYes, Chef by Marcus SamuelssonParenting Your Internationally Adopted Child by Patty Cogen
Non-Fiction Books about Adoption/Foster Care
490 books — 286 voters
And the Band Played On by Randy ShiltsThe New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander1491 by Charles C. Mann
Thought Provoking
2,876 books — 1,491 voters

Stamped from the Beginning by Ibram X. KendiThe New Jim Crow by Michelle AlexanderWitnessing Whiteness by Shelly Tochluk
Charis Books' Understanding and Dismantling Racism Booklist
42 books — 8 voters
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant, the Unbeliever by Stephen R. Donaldson
Best Fantasy Series, Trilogies, and Duologies
2,086 books — 11,753 voters

Life of Pi by Yann MartelWatership Down by Richard AdamsWhere the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak
Best Books About Animals
1,848 books — 1,854 voters
Shakespeare in Love by Lee Hall
Shakespearean Historical Fiction
62 books — 36 voters

Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus! by Mo Willems
Books with birds in the title
2,015 books — 277 voters
The Day of the Jackal by Frederick ForsythDune by Frank HerbertThe Book Thief by Markus Zusak
Books I Became So Obsessed With I Stopped Everything Else in My Life to Finish.
12,378 books — 10,103 voters


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