Big Books of 2026

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Krenzel (47 Lists)



Heartstopper by Alice Oseman
Task 16 #ReadHarder 2023
26 books — 5 voters
The Death of Vivek Oji by Akwaeke Emezi
Task 1 #ReadHarder 2023
16 books — 7 voters

Right Here, Right Now by Lynden Harris
Book Riot 2022 #5: Read an anthology featuring diverse voices
98 books — 17 voters
Kent State by Derf Backderf
Book Riot 2022 #6: Read a nonfiction YA comic
46 books — 8 voters

The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller
Book Riot 2022 #21: Read a queer retelling of a classic of the canon, fairytale, folklore, or myth
35 books — 9 voters
Bridge to Teribithia by Katherine Paterson
Book Riot 2022 #20: Read an award-winning book from the year you were born
110 books — 6 voters

Red Widow by Alma Katsu
Book Riot 2022 #10: Read a political thriller by a marginalized author (BIPOC, or LGBTQIA+)
34 books — 7 voters
Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler
Book Riot 2022 #13: Read an adventure story by a BIPOC author
50 books — 5 voters

A-Okay by Jarad Greene
Book Riot 2022 #11: Read a book with an asexual and/or aromantic main character
42 books — 10 voters
A Study in Scarlet by Arthur Conan Doyle
Book Riot 2022 #14: Read a book whose movie or TV adaptation you’ve seen (but haven’t read the book)
193 books — 7 voters

Eight Perfect Murders by Peter Swanson
Book Riot 2022 #2: Read a book set in a bookstore
48 books — 16 voters
Imperfect by Jim Abbott
Book Riot 2022 #23: Read a book by a disabled author
45 books — 6 voters

Elizabeth Is Missing by Emma Healey
Book Riot 2022 #3: Read any book from the Women’s Prize shortlist/longlist/winner list
54 books — 7 voters
Sapiens by Yuval Noah Harari
Book Riot 2022 #22: Read a history about a period you know little about
171 books — 6 voters

Accident by Danielle Steel
Book Riot 2022 #7: Read a romance where at least one of the protagonists is over 40
77 books — 15 voters
Super Late Bloomer by Julia Kaye
Book Riot 2022 #17: Read a memoir written by someone who is trans or nonbinary
60 books — 11 voters

Kindred by Octavia E. Butler
Book Riot 2022 #8: Read a classic written by a POC
41 books — 5 voters
Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer
Task 9 #ReadHarder 2022
9 books — 2 voters

Kindred by Octavia E. Butler
Task 8 #ReadHarder 2022
66 books — 7 voters
Firekeeper’s Daughter by Angeline Boulley
Task 5 #ReadHarder 2021
43 books — 14 voters

A Sorrow in Our Heart by Allan W. Eckert
Task 22 #ReadHarder 2021
52 books — 20 voters
Invisible Planets by Ken Liu
Task 10 #ReadHarder 2021
33 books — 12 voters

Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi
Task 3 #ReadHarder 2021
63 books — 20 voters
Charming as a Verb by Ben Philippe
Task 17 #ReadHarder 2021
32 books — 13 voters

Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Task 19 #ReadHarder 2021
62 books — 22 voters
The Center Cannot Hold by Elyn R. Saks
Task 23 #ReadHarder 2021
21 books — 10 voters

Madame President by Helene Cooper
Task 18 #ReadHarder 2021
29 books — 11 voters
Romancing Mister Bridgerton by Julia Quinn
Task 7 #ReadHarder 2021
31 books — 19 voters

Birthday by Meredith Russo
Task 8 #ReadHarder 2021
33 books — 14 voters
Patron Saints of Nothing by Randy Ribay
Task 14 #ReadHarder 2021
22 books — 7 voters


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