Big Books of 2026

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The Call of the Wild by Jack LondonInto Thin Air by Jon KrakauerTo Build a Fire and Other Stories by Jack LondonWhite Fang by Jack LondonInto the Wild by Jon Krakauer
Out in the Cold
298 books — 126 voters
Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine PatersonThe Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankCatching Fire by Suzanne CollinsThe Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold
The kid(s) die! (another cautionary list)
243 books — 120 voters

The Grapes of Wrath by John SteinbeckAngela’s Ashes by Frank McCourtThe Good Earth by Pearl S. BuckTobacco Road by Erskine CaldwellOf Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
The Hardscrabble Life
408 books — 118 voters
The Book Thief by Markus ZusakJohn Henry the Friendly Giant by Cynthia Romaker FullmerOliver Twist by Charles DickensThe Help by Kathryn Stockett1984 by George Orwell
Literature Concerning Social Injustice and Human Suffering (Fiction Only)
196 books — 84 voters

Expecting Sunshine by Alexis Marie ChuteThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankA Fall of Marigolds by Susan MeissnerOutlander by Diana GabaldonLittle Women by Louisa May Alcott
Books on Faith & Family
65 books — 25 voters
Gray Street by Annie WoodMessages From Heaven by Collette SinclaireInterviews With the Dead, Part 1 by Collette SinclaireThe Real Book of the Dead by Collette SinclaireEight Days by Scott Thompson
Heart Written - Breaking Free
21 books — 20 voters

Charlie and Chocolate's Furry Forgiveness by J. Suthern HicksOnce Confronted by Lynne StringerEast of Eden by John SteinbeckBurdy by Karen Spears ZachariasThe Blind Side of the Heart by Michael C. White
Forgiveness
55 books — 19 voters
I Am Margaret by Corinna TurnerThe Bush Clinic by Stella AtriumAngelhood by A.J. CattapanRoland West, Loner by Theresa Linden8 Notes to a Nobody by Cynthia T. Toney
Sabbath Rest Book Talk: Where Fiction is Good For You!
49 books — 16 voters

Psychotherapy East & West by Alan W. WattsThe Dhammapada by AnonymousWhat the Buddha Taught by Walpola RahulaOn Love and Loneliness by J. KrishnamurtiThe Vedanta Sutras Of Badarayana, Part 1-2 by George Thibaut
Indian philosophy
117 books — 15 voters
The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen ChboskyAn Interrupted Love Story by Billy Wood-SmithTorn by Billy Wood-SmithThe Art of Racing in the Rain by Dave ManakGenerals Die in Bed by Charles Yale Harrison
HeartWrenching Yet Beautiful Books
23 books — 12 voters

Waking Up at the Gates by Thomas KudlaThe Other Man in Me by Sheldon ShalleyThe Divine Within by Allison Batty-CappsA Theology for the Rest of Us by Arthur YavelbergI Thirst by Gina Marinello-Sweeney
BOOKS MY READERS WOULD LIKE
13 books — 10 voters
The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodUnbroken by Laura HillenbrandSlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl1984 by George Orwell
Human Atrocities
47 books — 7 voters

The Writer In You... by Andrea TumblinFalling For Mr. Greenfield by Ilianna BinocheRaja by Ilianna BinochePlastic by Ilianna BinocheChaebol Topaz by Ilianna Binoche
Ilianna's Binoche Books
8 books — 1 voter
Inferno by Dante AlighieriWho in Hell... by Sean KellyBlack Easter/The Day After Judgement by James BlishThe Divine Comedy by Dante AlighieriThe Infernal Parliament by Saki
Hell The Place The Evil Might Go
15 books — 1 voter

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