Big Books of 2026

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Deborah (13 Lists)



Harry Potter and the Cursed Child by J.K. RowlingWhen Breath Becomes Air by Paul KalanithiLilac Girls by Martha Hall KellyTruly Madly Guilty by Liane MoriartyHillbilly Elegy by J.D. Vance
Best Books of 2016
1,832 books — 2,784 voters
Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine by Gail HoneymanThe Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine ArdenLittle Fires Everywhere by Celeste NgThe Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins ReidBeneath a Scarlet Sky by Mark T. Sullivan
Best Books of 2017
1,737 books — 3,083 voters

Jane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëPride and Prejudice by Jane AustenThe Notebook by Nicholas SparksThe Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey NiffeneggerOutlander by Diana Gabaldon
Best Love Stories
5,172 books — 9,632 voters
The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankThe Glass Castle by Jeannette WallsNight by Elie WieselEat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth GilbertI Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
Best Memoir / Biography / Autobiography
5,816 books — 6,345 voters

Dewey by Vicki MyronThe Incredible Journey by Sheila BurnfordA Street Cat Named Bob by James BowenThe Cat in the Hat by Dr. SeussOld Possum's Book of Practical Cats by T.S. Eliot
Great Cat Books
1,577 books — 949 voters
Then She Was Gone by Lisa JewellThe Grave's a Fine and Private Place by Alan BradleyClock Dance by Anne TylerThe President Is Missing by Bill ClintonThe Woman in the Window by A.J. Finn
Best Books of 2018
1,652 books — 2,960 voters

Chocolat by Joanne HarrisLike Water for Chocolate by Laura EsquivelFried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe by Fannie FlaggFive Quarters of the Orange by Joanne HarrisGarden Spells by Sarah Addison Allen
Food-Related Fiction
856 books — 602 voters
Letters of Note by Shaun UsherThe Secrets of Pistoulet by Jana Fayne KolpenThe Forgetting Room by Nick BantockSheldon and Mrs. Levine, An Excruciating Correspondence by Sam BobrickJournal by Joyce Atkinson
Interesting Facsimiles and Ephemera
127 books — 36 voters

Zahhak by Hamid Rahmanian
Best Pop-Up Books
65 books — 13 voters
Black Beauty by Anna SewellMarley and Me by John GroganBorn Free by Joy AdamsonDewey by Vicki MyronThe Incredible Journey by Sheila Burnford
Best Books About Animals
1,841 books — 1,852 voters

The Cat Who Went to Paris by Peter GethersThe Cat and the Curmudgeon by Cleveland AmoryDewey by Vicki MyronA Street Cat Named Bob by James Bowen
Best Cat Books That Are Based On A True Story
56 books — 18 voters
The Orchid Thief by Susan Orlean
Books Set in South Florida
174 books — 81 voters

Chocolat by Joanne HarrisLike Water for Chocolate by Laura EsquivelThe School of Essential Ingredients by Erica BauermeisterJulie and Julia by Julie PowellFried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe by Fannie Flagg
Nouvelle Cuisine
366 books — 248 voters