Big Books of 2026

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Sally (14 Lists)



Kristy's Great Idea by Ann M. MartinHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingDouble Love by Francine PascalHarry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. RowlingThe Golden Compass by Philip Pullman
Young Adult Series Books published in the '80s & '90s
696 books — 576 voters
The Hate U Give by Angie ThomasThe Sun Is Also a Star by Nicola YoonWhen Dimple Met Rishi by Sandhya Menon
Non-white Female Protagonists (YA)
163 books — 19 voters

Before We Were Free by Julia AlvarezIn the Time of the Butterflies by Julia Alvarez
Books set in the Dominican Republic
6 books — 4 voters
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael ChabonThe Passage by Justin CroninAll the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
Big Fat Books Worth the Effort
1,874 books — 6,997 voters

Rebecca by Daphne du MaurierThe Pearl by John SteinbeckAnne of the Island by L.M. MontgomeryThe Awakening by Kate ChopinThe Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer
Down by the Sea
742 books — 560 voters
A Room of One’s Own by Virginia WoolfBorderlands/La Frontera by Gloria E. AnzaldúaWomen, Race & Class by Angela Y. DavisThis Bridge Called My Back by Cherríe L. Moraga
The Ms. Blog's Best Feminist Non-Fiction Reads: Reader's Choice
588 books — 442 voters

The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankHow the García Girls Lost Their Accents by Julia AlvarezThe Bluest Eye by Toni MorrisonThe Golden Compass by Philip PullmanThe Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey Eugenides
Best Feminist Young Adult Books
1,321 books — 1,341 voters
The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-ExupéryThe Color Purple by Alice WalkerHarry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. RowlingNight by Elie WieselThe Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
31,545 books — 120,071 voters

The Rock and the River by Kekla Magoon
2009 MUST READS: Children's and YA
222 books — 764 voters
The Bell Jar by Sylvia PlathGirl, Interrupted by Susanna KaysenThe Yellow Wallpaper and Other Stories by Charlotte Perkins Gilman
Women and Mental Illness (fiction and nonfiction)
1,154 books — 2,271 voters

Women, Race & Class by Angela Y. Davis
Social Justice: Books on Racism, Sexism, and Class
2,127 books — 1,534 voters
This Bridge Called My Back by Cherríe L. MoragaFeminism Is for Everybody by bell hooksThe Feminine Mystique by Betty FriedanThe Second Sex by Simone de BeauvoirThe Yellow Wall-Paper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman
Best Feminist Books
2,517 books — 3,519 voters