Big Books of 2026

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The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienHarry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. RowlingThe Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre DumasGone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellAnna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
The 800+ page Gorillaz
459 books — 518 voters
Bridget Jones’s Diary by Helen FieldingGood in Bed by Jennifer WeinerHating Jesse Harmon by Robin MimnaBet Me by Jennifer CrusieSize 12 Is Not Fat by Meg Cabot
Best Books with Plus Sized Characters or Themes
176 books — 114 voters

A Distant Mirror by Barbara W. TuchmanJohn Adams by David McCulloughNicholas And Alexandra by Robert K. MassieThe Histories by HerodotusBattle Cry of Freedom by James M. McPherson
The Big Non-fiction
192 books — 87 voters
Beast by Pepper PaceThe Ugly Girlfriend by Latrivia S. NelsonJuicy by Pepper PaceSergei by Roxie RiveraCrash by Pepper Pace
Interracial Plus Size Romance (BW/WM)
88 books — 80 voters

Cheaper by the Dozen by Frank B. Gilbreth Jr.Pride and Prejudice by Jane AustenAll-of-a-Kind Family by Sydney TaylorCaddie Woodlawn by Carol Ryrie BrinkThe Best Christmas Pageant Ever by Barbara Robinson
Books That Feature Large Families
387 books — 77 voters
The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre DumasWar and Peace by Leo TolstoyShōgun by James ClavellDon Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes SaavedraThe Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Best Very Long Novels
65 books — 69 voters

The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-ExupéryLittle Women by Louisa May AlcottThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldThe Little Mermaid by Hans Christian AndersenGreat Expectations by Charles Dickens
Size Matters!
898 books — 44 voters
Shōgun by James ClavellThe Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre DumasRoots by Alex HaleyWolf Hall by Hilary MantelWhen Christ and His Saints Slept by Sharon Kay Penman
Truly Massive Biography, Real or Imagined
264 books — 40 voters

Elly in Bloom by Colleen OakesElly In Love by Colleen OakesKey Lime Sky by Al HessDumplin' by Julie MurphyFat Chance, Charlie Vega by Crystal Maldonado
Fat-Friendly Books
33 books — 32 voters
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. RowlingGone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellA Storm of Swords by George R.R. MartinEast of Eden by John SteinbeckAnna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
Best Thick Books
126 books — 24 voters

The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre DumasLes Misérables by Victor HugoGone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellDon Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes SaavedraAnna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
eighthundread pages or more
51 books — 23 voters
The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-ExupéryLittle House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls WilderLittle Women by Louisa May AlcottLittle House in the Big Woods by Laura Ingalls WilderThe Little Engine That Could by Watty Piper
Little and Large, Big and Small
510 books — 23 voters

Life of Pi by Yann MartelThe Jungle Book by Rudyard KiplingTiger Moon by Antonia MichaelisThe Tiger by John VaillantIn the Forests of the Night by Amelia Atwater-Rhodes
Books about Tigers
58 books — 21 voters
The Snow Leopard by Peter MatthiessenThe African Leopard by Theodore N. BaileyWild Animal School by Jenny LynneWarrior of the Wind by Suyi Davies OkungbowaMan-eating Leopard of Rudraprayag by Jim Corbett
Books for Leopard Lovers
37 books — 15 voters

The Orchards Meet the Apricots by Brittney MortimerNeurology by April Chloe TerrazasMax the Mouse Goes to the Moon by Bretton K. HadfieldChemistry by April Chloe TerrazasCellular Biology by April Chloe Terrazas
Friggin' Awesome Children's Books
18 books — 11 voters
Gulliver’s Travels by Jonathan SwiftHarry Potter Series Box Set by J.K. RowlingThe Silver Chair by C.S. LewisThe Chronicles of Thomas Covenant, the Unbeliever by Stephen R. DonaldsonOdd and the Frost Giants by Neil Gaiman
There Be Giants
74 books — 11 voters

The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel HawthorneQuiet by Susan CainRebecca by Daphne du MaurierCrying in H Mart by Michelle ZaunerWorld War Z by Max Brooks
One Big Letter of the Alphabet on the Cover
121 books — 11 voters
Anna Karenina by Leo TolstoyIt by Stephen KingAtlas Shrugged by Ayn RandThe Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre DumasThe Stand by Stephen King
Biggest Audio Books (Hour count)
72 books — 10 voters

The Stand by Stephen KingLonesome Dove by Larry McMurtryA Game of Thrones by George R.R. MartinA Clash of Kings by George R.R. MartinA Feast for Crows by George R.R. Martin
Extra Long Reads
14 books — 8 voters
Memoirs of a Big Bunny by Edwin MumfordTen Big Ones by Janet EvanovichThe Big Sleep by Raymond ChandlerJames and the Giant Peach by Roald DahlThe Huge Book of Hell by Matt Groening
Big'Uns
162 books — 6 voters

Heads You Win, Tails I Lose by Isabelle HollandDinky Hocker Shoots Smack! by M.E. KerrNothing's Fair in Fifth Grade by Barthe DeClementsOutta Sight by Mary BlakesleeThe Year of Janie's Diary by Donna Balcombe
Dated Fiction with Fat-Shaming of the Young
71 books — 5 voters
Ulysses by James JoyceCloud Atlas by David MitchellMiddlemarch by George EliotInfinite Jest by David Foster Wallace
Most challenging reads
4 books — 4 voters

The Four Hoods and Great Dog by Susan Fromberg SchaefferClifford the Big Red Dog by Norman BridwellLittle PeeWee or, Now Open the Box by Dorothy KunhardtBlack Dog by Levi PinfoldGiant Otto by William Pène du Bois
Enormous Dogs in Fiction
34 books — 3 voters
Eclipse by Stephenie MeyerThe Hate U Give by Angie ThomasHarry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. RowlingTomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin
Books That Were Too Long Winded
4 books — 2 voters

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