Big Books of 2026

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Steff (14 Lists)



The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson
100 Mysteries and Thrillers to Read in a Lifetime: Readers' Picks
2,208 books — 4,466 voters
It by Stephen King
Best of Stephen King
178 books — 3,876 voters

It by Stephen King
Big Fat Books Worth the Effort
1,874 books — 6,997 voters
The Lovely Bones by Alice SeboldSurvivor by Chuck Palahniuk
Best "REAL" Psychological Fiction
144 books — 240 voters

And I Don't Want to Live This Life by Deborah SpungenThe Glass Castle by Jeannette WallsThe Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams
Women and Mental Illness (fiction and nonfiction)
1,154 books — 2,271 voters
Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi
The Ms. Blog's Best Feminist Non-Fiction Reads: Reader's Choice
588 books — 442 voters

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling1984 by George OrwellThe Color Purple by Alice WalkerSlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.Hamlet by William Shakespeare
Best Banned, Censored, and Challenged Books
924 books — 2,380 voters
The Color Purple by Alice WalkerHamlet by William ShakespeareThe Glass Castle by Jeannette WallsFried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe by Fannie FlaggEast of Eden by John Steinbeck
A List for Those Who Want to Run Screaming at the Mention of Sparkly Vampires, Fifty Shades of Abusive Relationships, or Other Assorted Mass Marketed Crap
1,173 books — 583 voters

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
31,531 books — 120,035 voters
American Psycho by Bret Easton EllisPush by SapphireFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyJohnny Got His Gun by Dalton TrumboOut by Natsuo Kirino
The Most Disturbing Books Ever Written
3,192 books — 11,292 voters

And I Don't Want to Live This Life by Deborah SpungenLife After Death by Damien EcholsInto the Wild by Jon KrakauerParty Monster by James St. JamesShock Value by John Waters
Unsettling Memoirs & Biographies
532 books — 378 voters
The Border Trilogy by Cormac McCarthy
Best Cormac McCarthy Books
17 books — 182 voters