Big Books of 2026

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Jasper (13 Lists)



The Radium Girls by Kate MooreThe Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
Public Health Must Reads
39 books — 20 voters
Something Happened by Joseph HellerPetit Mal by D.B.C. PierreInvisible Man by Ralph EllisonThe Stranger by Albert CamusSplit Tooth by Tanya Tagaq
Books You Don't Usually Get to Recommend
100 books — 1 voter

The Death and Life of Great American Cities by Jane JacobsWrestling with Moses by Anthony FlintThe Economy of Cities by Jane JacobsCities and the Wealth of Nations by Jane JacobsHappy City by Charles Montgomery
Urban Planning/Social Ecology
113 books — 11 voters
Sharp Objects by Gillian FlynnDark Places by Gillian FlynnRoom by Emma DonoghueThe Secret History by Donna Tartt
Psychological Chillers by Women
459 books — 609 voters

Perfume by Patrick SüskindPenny Dreadfuls by Stefan R. DziemianowiczMajor Tales and Poems by Edgar Allan PoeDracula by Bram Stoker
Spooky Reads | October 2017
29 books — 7 voters
Reunion by Jenny CarrollDarkest Hour by Jenny CarrollHaunted by Meg CabotTwilight by Meg CabotNinth Key by Meg Cabot
Psychic/Paranormal
203 books — 146 voters

A Dirty Job by Christopher Moore
Best Dark Humor
729 books — 1,631 voters
Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn
The Most Disturbing Books Ever Written
3,194 books — 11,294 voters

The Golem's Eye by Jonathan StroudPtolemy's Gate by Jonathan StroudThe Amulet of Samarkand by Jonathan Stroud
Footnotes!
102 books — 75 voters
The Amulet of Samarkand by Jonathan StroudThe Golem's Eye by Jonathan StroudPtolemy's Gate by Jonathan StroudJonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke
Novels with Fictional Footnotes
47 books — 24 voters

The Diviners by Libba Bray
Historical Children's and YA with LGBT characters
142 books — 82 voters
Parrotfish by Ellen WittlingerBeautiful Music for Ugly Children by Kirstin Cronn-Mills
YA LGBT Books - Not "Coming Out"
343 books — 424 voters

The Diviners by Libba Bray
YA fantasy/sf novels with major LGBTQ Characters
563 books — 616 voters