Big Books of 2026

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The Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankJourney to the West by Biao WangEat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert
Life in a Foreign Country
799 books — 395 voters
Things Fall Apart by Chinua AchebeCutting for Stone by Abraham VergheseThe Poisonwood Bible by Barbara KingsolverHalf of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieThe No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith
Fictitious Africa
547 books — 265 voters

A Passage to India by E.M. ForsterHamlet, Prince of Denmark by William ShakespeareMurder in Mesopotamia by Agatha ChristieJamaica Inn by Daphne du MaurierCongo by Michael Crichton
Countries
565 books — 157 voters
The Paris Apartment by Lucy FoleyA Gentleman in Moscow by Amor TowlesMalibu Rising by Taylor Jenkins ReidThe Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann ShafferNext Year in Havana by Chanel Cleeton
52 Book Club 2023: #7 A City Or Country Name In The Title
821 books — 140 voters

Love You Forever by Robert MunschLove on the Brain by Ali HazelwoodLullaby of Love by Rebecca WinningThe Spanish Love Deception by Elena ArmasThe Love Hypothesis by Ali Hazelwood
All you need is..........Love
1,341 books — 96 voters
The Midnight Library by Matt HaigThe Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. SchwabRed, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuistonHomegoing by Yaa GyasiA Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness
52 Book Club 2022: #12 Set On At Least Two Continents
222 books — 90 voters

Life of Pi by Yann MartelLife, the Universe and Everything by Douglas AdamsThe Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca SklootThe Story of My Life by Helen KellerIf Life Is a Bowl of Cherries What Am I Doing in the Pits? by Erma Bombeck
This is the.......life
1,189 books — 63 voters
The Cairo Trilogy by Naguib MahfouzThe Yacoubian Building by Alaa Al AswanyTaxi by Khaled Al KhamissiNo One Sleeps in Alexandria by Ibrahim Abdel MeguidThe Map of Love by Ahdaf Soueif
English Books on Modern Egypt
179 books — 51 voters

Us in Ruins by Rachel MooreClockwork Angel by Cassandra ClareHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingClockwork Prince by Cassandra ClareAnna and the French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins
YA Books Set in Europe
80 books — 43 voters
Shōgun by James ClavellMemoirs of a Geisha by Arthur GoldenStrange Weather in Tokyo by Hiromi KawakamiNorwegian Wood by Haruki MurakamiThe Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami
Fictitious Japan
136 books — 34 voters

A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled HosseiniThe Highlander by Zoe SaadiaShōgun by James ClavellTwo Rivers by Zoe SaadiaObsidian Puma by Zoe Saadia
A book from every country in the world
65 books — 29 voters
The Astonishing Color of After by Emily X.R. PanThe Love & Lies of Rukhsana Ali by Sabina KhanListen, Slowly by Thanhhà LạiBecoming Naomi León by Pam Muñoz RyanDarius the Great Is Not Okay by Adib Khorram
YA/MG About POC Who Go to Their Cultural Homes
70 books — 22 voters

Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine by Gail HoneymanThe Poisonwood Bible by Barbara KingsolverWarleggan by Winston GrahamAssassin's Apprentice by Robin HobbHallowe'en Party by Agatha Christie
Favourites from 2017
86 books — 21 voters
A Winter's Promise by Christelle DabosCastle in the Air by Diana Wynne JonesStrange the Dreamer by Laini TaylorLaputa by Hayao MiyazakiThe Floating Islands by Rachel Neumeier
Castles/Cities/Islands in the Sky
127 books — 16 voters

Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules VerneWorld Odyssey by Lance MorcanThe World Duology by Lance MorcanThe Ninth Orphan by James MorcanThe Orphan Uprising by James Morcan
Multi Country Setting
25 books — 14 voters
The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz ZafónThe Fountains of Silence by Ruta SepetysDracula by Bram StokerHeaven Is Paved with Oreos by Catherine Gilbert MurdockLady Tan’s Circle of Women by Lisa See
52 Book Club 2024: November Mini Challenge - Set In A Country Bordering At Least 5 Other Countries"
65 books — 13 voters

Eating with Emperors by Jake SmithThe President's Table by Barry H. LandauIn the Kennedy Style by Letitia BaldrigeThe London Ritz Book of Afternoon Tea by Helen SimpsonIt's the Cookie, Mr. President by Pamela Joy Mawyer
Let them eat cake!
31 books — 11 voters
Hawaii by James A. MichenerSarum by Edward RutherfurdLondon by Edward RutherfurdChesapeake by James A. MichenerThe City of Falling Angels by John Berendt
Place Biographies
35 books — 9 voters

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty SmithA Year in Provence by Peter MayleThe Merchant of Venice by William ShakespeareThe Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann ShafferSeven Years in Tibet by Heinrich Harrer
Books with a Location in the Title: Villages, Towns, Cities, Countries
298 books — 9 voters
I the Supreme by Augusto Roa BastosI Am Nujood, Age 10 and Divorced by Nujood AliThe Boy Who Harnessed the Wind by William KamkwambaChess Story by Stefan ZweigIlustrado by Miguel Syjuco
Most Rated Book by Country
150 books — 6 voters

Tulip Fever by Deborah MoggachLove In Small Letters by Francesc MirallesCircling the Sun by Paula McLainBlack Mamba Boy by Nadifa MohamedExit West by Mohsin Hamid
Around The World In 52 Weeks
86 books — 5 voters
Chicken Little by Steven KelloggThe Little Red Hen by Barry DownardThe Three Wishes by Margot ZemachThere Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly by Simms TabackStrega Nona by Tomie dePaola
Miss Kinders Favorite Folktales
24 books — 4 voters

Cinderella Goes to Market by Barbara EinhornWomen without Men by Jennifer UtrataWomen and Socialism - Socialism and Women by Helmut GruberEconomies of Violence by Jennifer SuchlandWomen and Gender in Central and Eastern Europe, Russia, and E... by Mary Zirin
Women in (post)socialist Europe
18 books — 2 voters
Siberian Education by Nicolai LilinHunger by Knut HamsunVoices by Arnaldur IndriðasonGösta Berling's Saga by Selma LagerlöfThe Unknown Soldier by Väinö Linna
World Literature List - Europe
36 books — 2 voters

Vigil by Angela SlatterCity of the Beasts by Isabel AllendeThe New Moon's Arms by Nalo HopkinsonThe Three-Body Problem by Liu CixinDaughter of Smoke & Bone by Laini Taylor
Around the World in 18 Science Fiction and Fantasy Novels
18 books — 1 voter
A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled HosseiniThe Metamorphosis by Franz KafkaThe Dangers of Smoking in Bed by Mariana Enriquez
Literature Around The World
3 books — 1 voter

Looking for Alaska by John GreenIndiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark by Campbell BlackEscape to Australia by James Patterson
Titles with the name of a State or County in it
3 books — 1 voter
How Not to Drown in a Glass of Water by Angie CruzBlack Cake by Charmaine WilkersonOlga Dies Dreaming by Xóchitl GonzálezCrying in H Mart by Michelle ZaunerTell Me How to Be by Neel Patel
Books that will expand your world view
6 books — 1 voter

Russia by Jilly HuntAlgeria by Lori McManusSouth Africa by Claire ThropVietnam by Charlotte GuillainNew Zealand by Mary Colson
Countries Around the World series
18 books — 1 voter
Kim Ji-young, nacida en 1982 by Cho Nam-JooEl maestro de go by Yasunari KawabataUn mago de Terramar by Ursula K. Le GuinEl pájaro demoníaco y otros relatos fantásticos by Haruo SatōEl Libro de la Almohada by Sei Shōnagon
World Books English And Español
36 books — 1 voter

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