Big Books of 2026

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Shelby (7 Lists)



Rubyfruit Jungle by Rita Mae Brown
Lesbian fiction set in the American South
64 books — 14 voters
Bastard Out of Carolina by Dorothy AllisonFried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe by Fannie FlaggWhere the Red Fern Grows by Wilson RawlsA Feast of Snakes by Harry CrewsWhite Trash by Nancy Isenberg
White Trash Literature
191 books — 52 voters

The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodThe Beauty Myth by Naomi WolfBeloved by Toni MorrisonGender Trouble by Judith ButlerCunt by Inga Muscio
Best Feminist Books
2,511 books — 3,515 voters
American Gods by Neil GaimanOryx and Crake by Margaret AtwoodThe Complete Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi
Best Books of the 21st Century
9,835 books — 21,937 voters

Sex at Dawn by Christopher RyanThe Ethical Slut by Dossie EastonOpening Up by Tristan Taormino
Best Books for Polyamory
120 books — 198 voters
What We Talk About When We Talk About Love by Raymond CarverThe Complete Stories by Flannery O'ConnorWhere I'm Calling From by Raymond CarverTales of H.P. Lovecraft by H.P. Lovecraft
Collections of Short Stories
2,893 books — 2,038 voters

Go Ask Alice by Beatrice SparksThe Outsiders by S.E. HintonGirl, Interrupted by Susanna KaysenThe Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John BoynePush by Sapphire
Best Teen Books About Real Problems
2,980 books — 12,436 voters