Big Books of 2026

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Rita (12 Lists)



His Dark Materials by Philip PullmanLife As We Knew It by Susan Beth PfefferThe City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrauElsewhere by Gabrielle ZevinA Mango-Shaped Space by Wendy Mass
Top 100 Middle School Must-Reads
2,264 books — 3,651 voters
The Sea of Trolls by Nancy Farmer
Best Young Adult Books
13,096 books — 80,178 voters

The Glass Castle by Jeannette WallsMe by Katharine HepburnEndurance by Alfred Lansing
Biography and Memoirs that are BETTER than Fiction
2,435 books — 2,956 voters
Diary of a Wombat by Jackie French
Best Picture Books
3,080 books — 1,985 voters

Love You Forever by Robert MunschHorton Hears a Who! by Dr. SeussThe Story of Ferdinand by Munro LeafThe Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark TwainA Light in the Attic by Shel Silverstein
Best Children's Books
5,309 books — 6,706 voters
Briar Rose by Jane Yolen
The Best Fairytales and Retellings
2,797 books — 9,159 voters

The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsThe Restaurant at the End of the Universe by Douglas AdamsGideon the Cutpurse by Linda Buckley-Archer
Best Time Travel Fiction
1,957 books — 5,244 voters
Liesl & Po by Lauren Oliver
DCL Mock Newbery 2012
42 books — 35 voters

Liesl & Po by Lauren OliverDead End in Norvelt by Jack Gantos
Newbery 2012
145 books — 654 voters
Briar Rose by Jane Yolen
Well-Written Holocaust Books
890 books — 2,883 voters

Prairie Whispers by Frances Arrington
The United States of Teen Fiction
360 books — 196 voters
The Squire, His Knight, and His Lady by Gerald MorrisMy Bonny Light Horseman by L.A. Meyer
Best Kick-Ass Female Characters From YA and Children's Fantasy and Science Fiction
3,072 books — 8,674 voters