Big Books of 2026

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Val (41 Lists)



Reconstruction by Alaya Dawn Johnson
Short Story Collections by African-Americans Published in Decade: 2020s
14 books — 3 voters
The Magic Fish by Trung Le NguyenSéance Tea Party by Reimena YeeBeetle & the Hollowbones by Aliza Layne
Great Graphic Novels (released in) 2020
318 books — 164 voters

When They Call You a Terrorist by Patrisse Khan-CullorsEloquent Rage by Brittney CooperThe New Jim Crow by Michelle AlexanderWhen Aidan Became A Brother by Kyle Lukoff
Celebrating Race and Resistance
99 books — 4 voters
Loveless by Alice OsemanCommon Bonds by Claudie Arseneault
Books with Aromantic Characters
141 books — 69 voters

Be Prepared by Vera BrosgolTo Night Owl from Dogfish by Holly Goldberg Sloan
Summer Camp Fiction for Young Readers
320 books — 43 voters
Don't Call Us Dead by Danez Smith
Poetry collections by trans / nonbinary / genderqueer etc. non-cis authors
184 books — 65 voters

The Velveteen Rabbit by Margery Williams BiancoThe Monster at the End of this Book by Jon Stone
Best Children's Books
5,308 books — 6,703 voters
The Deep by Rivers SolomonPet by Akwaeke Emezi
2019 Fantasy and Science Fiction Books by Black Authors
53 books — 67 voters

Reading Picture Books With Children by Megan Dowd Lambert
Storytime Prep
39 books — 4 voters
The Gifts of the Body by Rebecca Brown
Best Books about HIV/AIDS (Fiction and Non-Fiction)
334 books — 228 voters

The Witch Boy by Molly Knox OstertagAfar by Leila del DucaMis(h)adra by Iasmin Omar AtaMy Brother's Husband, Volume 1 by Gengoroh Tagame
YALSA 2018 Great Graphic Novels for Teens
90 books — 13 voters
Kindred by Octavia E. ButlerSaga, Volume 1 by Brian K. Vaughan
Non-Caucasian Protagonists in Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror, and Paranormal Romance
2,512 books — 2,756 voters

The Bird King by G. Willow Wilson
Anticipated Literary Reads For Readers of Color 2019
314 books — 246 voters
Record of a Spaceborn Few by Becky ChambersBeneath the Sugar Sky by Seanan McGuire
2018 Queer SFF Releases
127 books — 145 voters

The Testosterone Files by Max Wolf ValerioMan Alive by Thomas Page McBee
FTM / Trans Men
255 books — 207 voters
With the Fire on High by Elizabeth AcevedoInternment by Samira AhmedThese Witches Don't Burn by Isabel Sterling
YA Novels 2019 - Teen Content, Teen characters (Check the comments)
939 books — 1,166 voters

Julián Is a Mermaid by Jessica LoveHello Lighthouse by Sophie BlackallThey Say Blue by Jillian TamakiThe Day You Begin by Jacqueline Woodson
2019 Mock Caldecott
83 books — 149 voters
The Dark-Thirty by Patricia C. McKissack
Children's Ghost Story Collections
263 books — 44 voters

Poor Little Guy by Elanna AllenI'd Really Like to Eat a Child by Sylviane Donnio
Funny Subversive Picture Books
52 books — 10 voters
Prince & Knight by Daniel HaackStephen Biesty's Cross-Sections Castle by Stephen BiestyThe Princess and the Pony by Kate Beaton
Picture Books About Royalty
370 books — 46 voters

Tough Boris by Mem FoxThe Treasure of Pirate Frank by Mal Peet
Picture Books About Pirates
229 books — 71 voters
Bee by Britta TeckentrupWinter Bees & Other Poems of the Cold by Joyce SidmanBumblebee, Bumblebee, Do You Know Me? by Anne RockwellHorsefly and Honeybee by Randy CecilThe Story of Ferdinand by Munro Leaf
Bee Picture Books
35 books — 9 voters

Another Way to Climb a Tree by Liz Garton ScanlonWhat Will Grow? by Jennifer WardTap the Magic Tree by Christie MathesonThe Tree Lady by H. Joseph HopkinsHarvesting Hope by Kathleen Krull
Best Picture Books About Gardens
386 books — 159 voters
Maddi's Fridge by Lois BrandtA Shelter in Our Car by Monica GunningThose Shoes by Maribeth BoeltsA Bike Like Sergio's by Maribeth Boelts
I See Me - Kids from Low-Income Families
21 books — 5 voters

Man Alive by Thomas Page McBeeFierce Femmes and Notorious Liars by Kai Cheng ThomThe Testosterone Files by Max Wolf ValerioTruth About Me, The by A. RevathiS/He by Minnie Bruce Pratt
Transgender Memoirs and Biographies
120 books — 84 voters
The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats
Best Children's Imagination Books
34 books — 22 voters

The Girl Who Drank the Moon by Kelly BarnhillWhoosh! by Chris Barton
2017-2018 Texas Bluebonnet Award Nominees
22 books — 7 voters
Apple Trouble! by Ragnhild ScamellEmma by Paola OpalPrickly Hedgehogs! by Jane McGuinness
Picture Books with Hedgehogs
99 books — 13 voters


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