Big Books of 2026

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Sean McGuire (17 Lists)



The Song of Achilles by Madeline MillerThe Charioteer by Mary RenaultMaurice by E.M. ForsterBrideshead Revisited by Evelyn WaughDuty to the Crown by Rebecca Cohen
Best Gay Historical Fiction
365 books — 571 voters
The Actor and the Earl by Rebecca Cohen
Gay Romance Featuring Royalty/Nobility
507 books — 252 voters

The Actor and the Earl by Rebecca CohenThe Charioteer by Mary RenaultThe Song of Achilles by Madeline MillerMaurice by E.M. ForsterCaptive Prince by C.S. Pacat
Best Gay Historical Romance
915 books — 1,530 voters
Madame Tussaud by Michelle Moran
Best Historical Fiction Covers
163 books — 142 voters

The Beginning of Everything by Robyn SchneiderVIII by H.M. CastorBlack Spring by Alison CroggonAsylum by Madeleine RouxBetween the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea by April Genevieve Tucholke
YA Books - Publishing August 2013
68 books — 179 voters
The Dark Is Rising Sequence by Susan CooperThe Lost Years of Merlin by T.A. BarronSword of the Rightful King by Jane YolenThe Once and Future King by T.H. WhiteThe Seeing Stone by Kevin Crossley-Holland
The Arthurian Legend Retold
455 books — 747 voters

War and Peace by Leo TolstoyDon Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes SaavedraWuthering Heights by Emily BrontëAnna Karenina by Leo TolstoyThe Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas
I Should Probably Read This Sometime...
11,297 books — 10,077 voters
The Watch That Ends the Night by Allan WolfHow to Survive the Titanic by Frances WilsonThe Time-Traveling Fashionista on Board the Titanic by Bianca Turetsky101 Things You Thought You Knew About the Titanic . . . but D... by Tim MaltinWreck and Sinking of the Titanic by Marshall Everett
Titanic's 100th Anniversary
82 books — 136 voters

Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson LevineBeauty by Robin McKinleyStardust by Neil GaimanEast by Edith PattouWicked by Gregory Maguire
The Best Fairytales and Retellings
2,795 books — 9,158 voters
The Complete Novels by Jane AustenThe Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare
Barnes & Noble Leatherbound Classics
137 books — 324 voters

The Turncoat by Donna ThorlandZ by Therese Anne FowlerBelle Epoque by Elizabeth Ross
Historical Fiction 2013
385 books — 2,104 voters
Strands of Bronze and Gold by Jane NickersonThe Caged Graves by Dianne K. SalerniVictoria Rebels by Carolyn MeyerVIII by H.M. CastorThe Madman's Daughter by Megan Shepherd
YA Historical Fiction of 2013
50 books — 187 voters

Titanic by Tim MaltinA Night to Remember by Walter LordThe Watch That Ends the Night by Allan WolfTitanic by Don LynchHow to Survive the Titanic by Frances Wilson
Best Titanic Books
168 books — 229 voters
Anastasia by Carolyn MeyerMarie Antoinette by Kathryn LaskyVictoria by Laurence YepElizabeth I by Kathryn LaskyEleanor by Kristiana Gregory
The Royal Diaries
22 books — 268 voters

Dragon Slippers by Jessica Day GeorgeSun and Moon, Ice and Snow by Jessica Day George
Best Unappreciated Books
4,356 books — 2,199 voters
Madame Tussaud by Michelle Moran
The French Revolution
231 books — 293 voters

Amber House by Kelly Moore
Books You Wish More People Knew About
17,381 books — 10,355 voters