Big Books of 2026

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Cat (25 Lists)



Little Women by Louisa May AlcottAre You There God? It’s Me, Margaret by Judy BlumeThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakLeurs enfants après eux by Nicolas Mathieu
Best Coming of Age Stories
1,300 books — 1,130 voters
The Water Cure by Sophie MackintoshSisters by Daisy JohnsonHer Fearful Symmetry by Audrey NiffeneggerThe Half Sister by Sandie JonesIn the Woods by Tana French
Sinister Sisters
21 books — 6 voters

Bonjour tristesse by Françoise SaganBilly Budd, Sailor by Herman MelvilleKillers of the Flower Moon by David GrannGo Tell It on the Mountain by James BaldwinAmerican Indian Stories by Zitkála-Šá
OE Original Book Club
49 books — 2 voters
Little Eyes by Samanta SchweblinThe Pull of the Stars by Emma DonoghueThe All-Night Sun by Diane ZinnaThe Vanishing Half by Brit BennettA Burning by Megha Majumdar
OE New & Noteworthy Book Club
14 books — 4 voters

The Boneless Mercies by April Genevieve TucholkeA Deadly Education by Naomi NovikFable by Adrienne YoungPiranesi by Susanna ClarkeOver the Woodward Wall by A. Deborah Baker
OE Fiction, Fantasies & Epics Book Club
22 books — 4 voters
White Ivy by Susie YangRomeo and Juliet by William ShakespeareThe Princess Bride by William GoldmanThe Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
Star-Crossed Lovers
163 books — 154 voters

One Two Three Four by Craig Brown
Best Books about The Beatles
189 books — 56 voters
The Silent Patient by Alex MichaelidesThe All-Night Sun by Diane ZinnaSisters by Daisy JohnsonBoy Parts by Eliza Clark
Psychological Thrillers and Breakdowns
219 books — 176 voters

Mostly Dead Things by Kristen ArnettPride of Eden by Taylor BrownA Land Remembered by Patrick D. SmithThe Secret River by Marjorie Kinnan RawlingsCross Creek by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings
Best Books Set in or About Florida
811 books — 335 voters
A Deadly Education by Naomi NovikNinth House by Leigh BardugoRabbits for Food by Binnie KirshenbaumMagic for Liars by Sarah Gailey
Dark Academia
363 books — 1,492 voters

Honestly, We Meant Well by Grant GinderThe Water Cure by Sophie Mackintosh
Beach Books
107 books — 108 voters
My Wife Said You May Want to Marry Me by Jason B. RosenthalThe Death of Vivek Oji by Akwaeke EmeziFresh Water for Flowers by Valérie Perrin
Books that make my heart hurt
953 books — 688 voters

Freshwater by Akwaeke EmeziThe Death of Vivek Oji by Akwaeke EmeziMy Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite
From Nigeria With Love: Books by Nigerian Authors
226 books — 151 voters
In the Dream House by Carmen Maria MachadoThe Body Keeps the Score by Bessel van der Kolk
Trauma and Abuse Reading List
174 books — 108 voters

The Night Circus by Erin MorgensternThe Book of Longings by Sue Monk Kidd
The Best Epic Love Stories
623 books — 983 voters
White Ivy by Susie YangHench by Natalie Zina WalschotsA Deadly Education by Naomi Novik
Rooting for the Bad Guy
683 books — 1,467 voters

Fable by Adrienne YoungNamesake by Adrienne Young
Ginger: Redheaded Heroine in Romance
227 books — 106 voters
Transcendent Kingdom by Yaa GyasiThe Last Story of Mina Lee by Nancy Jooyoun KimThe Exiles by Christina Baker KlineJudy Moody, M.D. by Megan McDonaldThe Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett
Many Generations, Many Women
55 books — 28 voters

The Death of Vivek Oji by Akwaeke EmeziA House Is a Body by Shruti SwamyIt Is Wood, It Is Stone by Gabriella BurnhamIf I Had Your Face by Frances ChaThe Color of Air by Gail Tsukiyama
Anticipated Literary Reads For Readers of Color 2020
198 books — 181 voters
My Dark Vanessa by Kate Elizabeth RussellA Philosophy of Ruin by Nicholas MancusiHonestly, We Meant Well by Grant GinderTampa by Alissa NuttingEverything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng
Student-Teacher Affair Novels
388 books — 1,800 voters

This Jazz Man by Karen EhrhardtBefore John Was a Jazz Giant by Carole Boston WeatherfordEllington Was Not a Street by Ntozake ShangeCharlie Parker Played Be Bop by Chris RaschkaHana Hashimoto, Sixth Violin by Chieri Uegaki
Music Inspired Picture Books
164 books — 8 voters
The Book of Longings by Sue Monk KiddNaamah by Sarah BlakeSalomé by Oscar Wilde
Biblical Babes - Retellings & Interpretations of Women and Wives of the Bible
56 books — 13 voters

Hamnet by Maggie O'FarrellSin Eater by Megan Campisi
Elizabethan England Who
18 books — 5 voters
The Siege of Troy by Theodor KallifatidesA Woman of No Importance by Sonia PurnellThe Plateau by Maggie PaxsonSudden Courage by Ronald C. RosbottomThe Girl with the Leica by Helena Janeczek
OE WWII Favourites
80 books — 13 voters

The Death of Vivek Oji by Akwaeke EmeziThe Henna Wars by Adiba JaigirdarGirl, Woman, Other by Bernardine EvaristoMostly Dead Things by Kristen ArnettFind Me by André Aciman
OE LGBTQ+ Fiction
34 books — 20 voters